Unit 1 Facing Failures
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 Morns Talk. Facing Failure
Conversation 2 Why Most People Give Up and Fail
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 Failures Are Neutral
Passage 2 Failure Is Just the First Step Towards Success
Part Three Speaking Out
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song Trouble Is a Friend
Unit 2 Laughter
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 To Stay Healthy
Conversation 2 Why Do Shy People Avoid Social Situatiorks?
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 To Laugh and Play
Passage 2 Laughing Clubs
Part Three Speaking Out
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song Love Like Laughter
Unit 3 What's Your Favorite Song?
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 Jazz and Classical Music
Conversation 2 What's Your Favorite Song?
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 Music
Passage 2 Jazz
Part Three Speaking Out
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song Music and Me
Unit 4 Women Like Shopping
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 You're Obsessed with Cotton
Conversation 2 Wearing a Suit
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 Tips for Shopping
Passage 2 Colors Work
Part Three Speaking Out
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song The Show
Unit 5 Traffic Accidents
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 Where to Park?
Conversation 2 An Accident
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 Driver Fatigue
Passage 2 Crossing the Road Safely
Part Three Speaking Out
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song Traffic in the Sky
Unit 6 I've Been Laid Off!
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 How Is Your Work?
Conversation 2 Job Market
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 How to Keep Your Job in Good Standing
Passage 2 Finding a Job in a Struggling Economy
Part Three Speaking Out
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song I'll Be There
Unit 7 I Am Ambitious
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 Living in Space
Conversation 2 What Is Your Dream?
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 You Can Make a Difference
Passage 2 Be Ambitious
Part Three Speaking Out
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song Dream On
Unit 8 ! Am Still Single
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 Is That True?
Conversation 2 A Blind Date
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 Looking for Mr. Right
Passage 2 The Man Who Loved Women
Part Three Speaking Out
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song Love and Marriage
Unit 9 Overpopulation
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 Population Problem
Conversation 2 Causes of Overpopulation
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 The Growth in Population
Passage 2 Population in America
Part Three Speaking Out
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song We Are the World
Unit 10 Crime
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 Be Tough on Crime
Conversation 2 Drive to the Party?
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 Drunk Driving
Passage 2 Accusation
Part Three Speaking Out
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song Where Is the Love