汤菁等编著的《STEP BY STEP听透BBC语法突破》按照初级、中级、高级的难度划分编写了有针对性的听力练习，并且提供了详尽的解析以帮助读者掌握听力技巧。每本书都选择了最新的VOA或BBC原版听力材料，内容丰富有趣，题材广泛新颖。适用于准备应对各种英语考试、想要在听力理解部分获得高分的人群，从事外事交流及英文口译、笔译的工作人员，以及想要迅速提高英语听力水平的在职人员等。本书为中级。

Chapter 1 时事新闻眼

01 Saudi Arabia Gives Up Non-Permanent Seat on the UN Security Council

沙特拒绝安理会非常任理事国席位

02 Obama and Rouhani Spoke by Telephone

奥巴马和鲁哈尼进行电话交流

03 The Meeting Between President Obama and the New Iranian President Hasan Rouhani Is Off

奥巴马总统与新伊朗总统鲁哈尼的会面被取消

04 Chemical Weapon Crisis in Syria

叙利亚化学武器危机

05 Tokyo Will Host the 2020 Olympic Games

东京将举办2020年奥林匹克运动会

06 Obama’s Reform of National Surveillance Programs

奥巴马对监视计划进行改革

07 The Incidence of a Detention of David Miranda

拘留戴维·米兰达事件

08 Election in Zimbabwe

津巴布韦大选

09 The Sit-in in Egypt

埃及民众静坐抗议

10 Edward Snowden Has Applied for Political Asylum

爱德华·斯诺登申请政治避难

11 The Meeting Between President Obama and His Chinese Counterpart Xi Jinping

美国总统奥巴马和中国国家主席习近平举行会谈

12 Is It Time to Change Gun Law·

该是改变枪支法的时候了吗？

13 A Ceasefire Achieved by Israel and Palestine

巴以达成停火协议

14 The Harsh Campaign Between Obama and Romney

奥巴马和罗姆尼间的激烈竞选

15 Who Will Be the President of the US

谁将是下一任美国总统

16 General John Allen’s Anger

约翰·艾伦将军的怒气

Chapter 2 经济聚焦点

01 An Effort to Solve Budget Crisis in the US

努力解决美国的预算危机

02 Spanghero Resumes Some of Its Activities

斯潘盖罗公司恢复部分业务

03 New Regulations Issued by Central Banks

各国央行发布新规定

04 US Politicians Reach a Deal to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff

美国政界达成协议避免“财政悬崖”

05 The American Economy Picked Up

美国经济好转

06 Jaguar Land Rover Joined with Chinese Company Chery

捷豹路虎与中国公司奇瑞合作

07 The European Central Bank’s New Program

欧洲央行的新举措

08 News Conference Held by German and France

德法共同召开记者招待会

09 A Package Deal in Greek

希腊的一揽子协议

Chapter 3 生活广角镜

01 Developing Green Fingers

发展园艺才能

02 A Crazy Potato-Only Diet

不可思议的土豆减肥法

03 The “Five-a-day” Diet

“每日五份”的饮食

04 A Cycling Trip to China

骑自行车游中国

05 Celebrating the Chinese New Year in London

在伦敦过春节

06 The Danger of Banking by Telephone

电话银行的危险性

07 The World’s Most Expensive Ham

世上最贵的火腿

08 British People Like Using Weather Language

英国人喜欢谈论天气

09 Dangerous Biscuits

危险的饼干

10 Swine Flu

猪流感

Chapter 4 社会大杂烩

01 Women and Tech

女性与科技

02 A Female Student Was Gang-raped in New Deli

在新德里一名女大学生遭轮奸

03 Till Next Year Us Do Part

定期婚姻

04 Inter Words Added to Dictionaries

网络词录入字典

05 Be Late for School

上学迟到

06 Fancy Employee Perks

五花八门的雇员福利

07 Studying Abroad in Britain

留学英国

08 Nevertirees

永不退休的人

09 Somali Pirates Take Hostages

索马里海盗扣押人质

10 How to Deal with Bullies

如何对付恃强凌弱者

Chapter 5 科技空间站

01 A Meteor Fell in Russia

一颗陨石降落在俄罗斯

02 Counter-terrorism by Unmanned Aircraft

无人战机反恐

03 Neutrinos Has Turned Physics on Its Head

中微子彻底改变了物理学

04 A New Strain of Mosquito That’s Resistant to Malaria

抗疟疾蚊子

05 A Mission of Mind

意志之旅

06 London’s New “Green” Red Buses

伦敦的新型红色环保巴士

07 A Supersonic Car

超音速汽车

08 Monitoring the Infrasound of Elephants

监听大象的次声

Chapter 6 灾难记忆时

01 Bush Fire in Australia

澳大利亚的丛林大火

02 The Terrorist Attack in Shopping Mall of Kenya

肯尼亚商场的恐怖袭击

03 A Shooting Rampage Inside a US Navy Complex

美国海军大楼的枪击事件

04 A Train Derailed in Spain

西班牙火车出轨

05 A Terrorist Attack in London

伦敦的恐怖袭击事件

06 Hurricane Sandy Is Coming

飓风桑迪来临

07 Obama’s Word for People in Battered Area

奥巴马对灾区人民的承诺

08 Explosions in Boston

波士顿爆炸

Chapter 7 名人小故事

01 American Singer Lou Reed Died

美国歌手卢·里德去世

02 Mo Farah’s Petition

莫·法拉的请愿

03 The Birth of the Prince of Cambridge

剑桥王子的诞生

04 Tax Evasion Scandal

逃税丑闻

05 Pope Benedict Resigned

本尼迪克特教皇请辞

06 Felix Baumgartner Has Made an Unprecedented Leap

费利克斯·鲍姆加特纳史无前例的一跳

07 The Funeral of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini

主教卡洛·玛丽亚·马蒂尼的葬礼

08 The New President of France

法国新总统

09 Tony Hayward Has Come Under Ferocious Criticism

托尼·海沃德遭到激烈的批评

10 A Historic Love Letter Written to Anne Boleyn

一封写给安妮·博林的历史情书

11 Kate Winslet Got Divorced

凯特·温丝莱特离婚