本教程力求通过选材控制、任务设计以及视频剪辑方面的努力为新世纪的学习者提供一套反映时代特点、真实再现对象国国情、便于课堂教学与自主学习的教材。全书的编写以双主模式及Anderson的“听前—听时—听后”理论为指导，旨在提升学习者听力水平，切实落实《大纲》要求，拓展学习者的对象国文化和国情知识，并使之掌握一批高层次语言应用所必须的多主题核心词汇。

Unit 1 The Sea Gypsies

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Unit 2 Not Your Average Teen

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Unit 3 A Pill To Forget

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Unit 4 Brain Man

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Unit 5 The Ship Breaker

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Unit 6 Get Me the Geeks

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Unit 7 GM's Difficult Road Ahead

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Unit 8 Chasing the Flu

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Unit 9 A Very Costly Lesson

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Unit 10 Burning Rage

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Unit 11 Not Your Average Grocer

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Unit 12 I-Gaming: Illegal and Thriving

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Unit 13 Lethal and Leaking

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Unit 14 Exposing the Truth of Abu Ghraib

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Unit 15 AN Interview with Prince Charles

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