《听力入门3000》仍然坚持“延伸”与“超越”的基本准则。就总体目标而言，《听力入门3000》更加着力于追求听力教学中“知识”与“技能”的平衡性，试图将两者之间的关系处理得更加自然合理。在《听力入门3000》中，包括数字快速反应、要点选择、关键词速记、纲要拟列以及归纳小结等一系列听力单项或综合基本技能训练的分量会有所增加，训练策略也有所改变。就内容而言，有将近一半兼具时代特征和典型价值的新鲜篇章注入到了《听力入门3000》之中。本书为《学生用书4》。

Unit 1 The Less Traveled Path

 Part Ⅰ Warming up

 Part Ⅱ Opting for a slower pace of life in the st century

 Part Ⅲ Family

 Part Ⅳ Listen and relax

Unit 2 The Changing Women

 Part Ⅰ Warming up

 Part Ⅱ Working mothers

 Part Ⅲ Mothers and daughters

 Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Unit 3 Work and Workforce

 Part Ⅰ Warming up

 Part Ⅱ Americans at work

 Part Ⅲ Stress management

 Part Ⅳ Listen and relax

Unit 4 Matching Dreams with Education

 Part Ⅰ Warming up

 Part Ⅱ Education then and now

 Part Ⅲ A life-changing event

 Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Unit 5 Love and Help

 Part Ⅰ Warming up

 Part Ⅱ Anti-AIDS campaign

 Part Ⅲ Innocence in danger

 Part Ⅳ Listen and relax

Unit 6 Youth Aspirations

 Part Ⅰ Wanning up

 Part Ⅱ British youth

 Part Ⅲ Young entrepreneurs

 Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Unit 7 Why the Problem?

 Part Ⅰ Warming up

 Part Ⅱ Why the problem?

 Part Ⅲ Drug therapy

 Part Ⅳ Listen and relax

Unit 8 Seeing Both Sides

 Part Ⅰ Warming up

 Part Ⅱ A medical question — should doctors always tell the truth?

 Part Ⅲ A radio debate

 Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Unit 9 Inside Me

 Part Ⅰ Warming up

 Part Ⅱ Roots of rap

 Part Ⅲ Stuntpeople: Hollywood's heroes

 Part Ⅳ Listen and relax

Unit 10 Your Round

 Part Ⅰ Warming up

 Part Ⅱ New fashions

 Part Ⅲ Humor — its role in our lives

 Part Ⅳ Listen and relax

Unit 11 Managing Personal Development

 Part Ⅰ Warming up

 Part Ⅱ Lateral or vertical?

 Part Ⅲ Mediation skills

 Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Unit 12 Review

 A. A healthy glow?

 B. Reading dictionaries

 C. Museum of Questionable Medical Devices

 D. Home schooling

 E. Ken Caulkins' automated orchestra

 F. The instinct for keeping useless objects

 G. Mr Harris comes to see the headmaster

Vocabulary

Acknowledgements