“新世纪大学英语系列教材”是我国普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材，是根据教育部高等教育司颁发的《大学英语课程教学要求》编写的。《视听说教程》是系列教材中的一个分册，配合《综合教程》和系列教材中的其他教程，引导学习者实现《大学英语课程教学要求》所规定的教学目标。

本《视听说教程(教师手册)》为第六册，是《视听说教程》前五册的后续课程。本教材配合主干教材《综合教程》使用，全书共八个单元，每单元上课两周。主干教材每单元一个题材，《视听说教程》尽力做到在题材上配合《综合教程》，所选题材都是学生所熟悉的，使学生能感觉到所学的语言贴近自己的学习和生活，有现实感和现代感，能满足当前的和未来的交际需要，因此能够引起学生的学习兴趣。

Unit 1 School and Beyond

 Topic The college experience; improving the quality of education

 Vocabulary Describing the first year of college

 Functions Practicing interviewing phrases and skills

 Lesson A School life

Vocabulary Focus: My first year at college

Listening: School lunches

Speaking: That's an interesting question.

Optional Listening: Education where you live

 Lesson B Education -- boys vs. girls?

Video: Education -- boys vs. girls?

Unit 2 Who Are You?

 Topic Memory, cognition, and personality

 Vocabulary Describing the mind and memory

 Functions Expanding on a topic

 Lesson A Memory and the mind

Vocabulary Focus: It completely slipped my mind.

Listening: Musical mind

Speaking: Let me explain what I mean ...

Optional Listening: Born to be ...

 Lesson B Developing intelligence

Video: Developing intelligence

Unit 3 Contemporary Issues

 Topic Current trends; resolving conflicts

 Vocabulary Illegal downloading

 Functions Expressing an opinion

 Lesson A In the city

Vocabulary Focus: I can get it for free.

Listening: Our cities are growing.

Speaking: Without a doubt

Optional Listening: Bullying -- what can you do about it?

 Lesson B Conflict resolution

Video: Sex discrimination

Unit 4 Happy Days

 Topic Outlooks and impressions

 Vocabulary Expressing feelings and opinions

 Functions Keeping a conversation going

 Lesson A What makes you happy?

Vocabulary Focus: A love-hate relationship

Listening: Who is happy?

Speaking: What do you mean by...?

Optional Listening: The worst day of the year

 Lesson B Global gaming

Video: Global gaming

Unit 5 In Other Words

 Topic Language and gender

 Vocabulary Describing language abilities

 Functions Talking about charts and data

 Lesson A Total immersion

Vocabulary Focus: What languages are you studying?

Listening: A TV show about language

Speaking: As you can see ...

Optional Listening: You just don't get it!

 Lesson B Baby talk

Video: Baby talk

Unit 6 The World Awaits You

 Topic Trips and journeys

 Vocabulary Describing travel destinations: words that end in -less

 Functions Using polite language

 Lesson A On the road

Vocabulary Focus: Dazzling destinations

Listening: A photographer's dream

Speaking: Would you mind ...

Optional Listening: I left home to find home

 Lesson B Destination Chile

Video: Destination Chile

Unit 7 Ordinary Deople,Extraordinary Lives

 Topic Aspirations, risks, and dreams

 Vocabulary Discussing and describing a sequence of events

 Functions Making a presentation to a group using presentation phrases

 Lesson A Follow your dream!

Vocabulary Focus: A well-kept secret

Listening: Running ultramarathons

Speaking: Today, I'd like to tell you about ...

Optional Listening: People in the World

 Lesson B Student activists

Video: Student activists

Unit 8 Our Changing World

 Topic The future of our world

 Vocabulary Discussing the future

 Functions Describing benefits and supporting points and giving support to main points

 Lesson A Looking to the future

Vocabulary Focus: What does the future hold?

Listening: A new spin on familiar products

Speaking: This has the advantage of...

Optional Listening: The Gathering World Storm ...

 Lesson B A million-dollar idea

Video: A million-dollar idea

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