本书整体结构及难度的确定基于广泛而深入的调研，部分单元已在教学实践中试用。在编写时，编者在词汇量、听力难度、口语练习等方面充分考虑了与大学本科阶段听说教材的衔接。因此，本书亦可作为本科高年级学生提高英语听说能力的辅助教材。

Unit 1 Are You Hooked to It?

Unit 2 Happy Holidays

Unit 3 Education--Enlightenment of Mind

Unit 4 Do as Romans Do

Unit 5 Acts of Kindness

Unit 6 The Nature We Live In

Unit 7  The Celebrities I Know

Unit 8  Probing into Science

Unit 9  Clothes Make the Man

Unit 10 Travelling in the World's Mysteries

Unit 11 Let's Entertain Ourselves!

Unit 12 I'm a Sports Fan