为全面培养我国大学生英语实际应用能力,提升英语听说能力,在新世纪初,**教育部和全国高校外语教学指导委员会制定颁布了*新的《大学英语课程教学要求》(试行),为大学英语教学明确了前进的方向。与此同时,对新的大学英语教材的需求也就与日俱增。在这新形式的鼓舞下,北京大学出版社和北大英语系大学英语教研室共同组织、策划了《大学英语视听说教程》,在北京大学教务部、北京大学外国语学院的支持下,该教程有幸得到了与北京大学有25年教学合作历史的ESEC (Education Services Exchange with China美国美中教育服务机构)的加盟,并获得北京大学教材建设委员会的**立项。北京大学大学英语教研室与ESEC众多语言学专家、英语教学专家通力合作,精心设计,反复琢磨,拟定大纲,编写样课。旨在结合国内外**英语教材的编写经验,为广大师生提供一套场景真实、语言地道、形式生动、内容丰富的��教材,从而提高学生的英语听说能力。

Unit 1 Hit the Books!
Communication Focus Common School Conversations
Pronunciation Focus /0/versus/t/
Listening Skill Identifying Signal Words
Unit 2 The Jack-O-Lantern
Communication Focus Asking for and Making Suggestions
Pronunciation Focus /i/ versus /ee/
Listening Skill Identifying Places
Unit 3 Let's Eat Out!
Communication Focus Ordering in a Restaurant
Pronunciation Focus "than" versus "then"
Listening Skill Listening for Details
Unit 4 At the Movies
Communication Focus Expressing Preferences
Pronunciation Focus /r/ versus /1/
Listening Skill Identifying Main Ideas
Unit 5 On the Road
Communication Focus Making Travel Arrangements
Pronunciation Focus /bl/,/pl/versus/br/,/pr/
Listening Skill Understanding Idioms
Unit 6 Are You On Biard?
Communication Focus Agreeing and Disagreeing
Pronunciation Focus /fl/
Listening Skill Understanding People' s Opinions
Unit 7 How Are You Feeling?
Communication Focus Asking for and Giving Advice
Pronunciation Focus /fl/versus/fr/
Listening Skill Identifying the Relationship between People
Unit 8 Let's Rock'n Roll!
Communication Focus Expressing Opinions
Pronunciation Focus "hafta" and "gotta"
Listening Skill Listening for Details
Unit 9 Book Your Vacation Now!
Communication Focus Making Requests
Pronunciation Focus /v/ versus /w/
Listening Skill Identifying Time
Unit 10 A Shoulder to Cry On
Communication Focus Expressing Grief or Sympathy.
Pronunciation Focus "wanna"and"gimme"
Listening Skill Understanding People' s Attitude
Unit 11 On the Campaign Trail
Communication Focus Discussing and Debating Political Ideas
Pronunciation Focus "oughtta"and"gonna"
Listening Skill Seeing beyond the Surface Meaning
Unit 12 You're a Winner!
Communication Focus Expressing Surprise
Pronunciation Focus /i:/ versus /i/
Listening Skill Making Inferences
Unit 13 I'm Really Sorry
Communication Focus Apologizing and Responding to Apologies
Pronunciation Focus Incomplete Plosion
Listening Skill Making Distinctions
Unit 14 Describe Yourself
Unit 15 You Tick Me Off!
Unit 16 Test Yourself