刘淑颖，女，教授，毕业于西安外国语大学英文学院。英语应用语法研究专家和英语教育专家、职业院校外语教学指导委员会分委会委员、西安科技大学高新学院靠前教育学院教学院长。
主要研究方向：英语应用语法、英语教学法、测试学。曾出版如专著《大学英语教学法研究》、教材《大学英语应用语法教程》等40余部；先后在《外语教学》、《人文杂志》、《宁夏社会科学》、《法律科学》和《科学术语研究》等学术期刊发表论文30余篇；主持省部级教学改革课题10余项：“基于能力培养的公共英语教学改革研究”、“基于翻译能力培养的翻译测试题型改革研究”、“基于能力培养的高职高专英语教学研究”、“基于网络的外语教学内容与教学活动设计”、“现代化信息技术与大学英语教学研究以学生为中心的大学英语教学研究”等。
曾多次指导学生参加靠前外大型英语演讲比赛并获得佳绩：分别荣获2005年和2006年“CCTV杯”全国英语演讲大赛陕西赛区特等奖、2005年第十一届“21世纪澳门之星杯”靠前总决赛二等奖、“CCTV杯”全国英语演讲大赛西部地区总决赛一等奖以及中国日报社和上海外语教学出版社共同举办的第十一届“21世纪外教社杯”全国英语演讲比赛带征文选拔赛二等奖；多次获得很好指导教师殊荣：分别荣获2005年至2007年“CCTV杯”全国英语演讲大赛陕西赛区指导教师特等奖（2005、2006年）及二等奖（2007年）、2005年和2006年中央电视台“CCTV杯”全国英语演讲大赛指导教师很好奖、2005年第十一届“21世纪澳门之星杯”全国英语演讲比赛西部地区总决赛指导教师一等奖和第十一届“21世纪澳门之星杯”全国英语演讲比赛总决赛指导教师二等奖。

Unit 1 Successful Language Learning 1Part One Warming-up Activity 1Part Two Conversations 2Part Three Passages 4Part Four Compound Dictation 6Part Five Story Appreciation 7Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 7Unit 2 Private Schools 13Part One Warming-up Activity 13Part Two Conversations 13Part Three Passages 16Part Four Compound Dictation 18Part Five Story Appreciation 18Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 19Unit 3 Education in China 24Part One Warming-up Activity 24Part Two Conversations 25Part Three Passages 27Part Four Compound Dictation 29Part Five Story Appreciation 30Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 30Unit 4 Choosing Career 36Part One Warming-up Activity 36Part Two Conversations 36Part Three Passages 39Part Four Compound Dictation 41Part Five Story Appreciation 42Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 42Unit 5 Do it Yourself 48Part One Warming-up Activity 48Part Two Conversations 49Part Three Passages 51Part Four Compound Dictation 53Part Five Story Appreciation 54Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 54Unit 6 Stock Market 59Part One Warming-up Activity 59Part Two Conversations 60Part Three Passages 62Part Four Compound Dictation 64Part Five Story Appreciation 65Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 65Unit 7 Live Longer 71Part One Warming-up Activity 71Part Two Conversations 72Part Three Passages 75Part Four Compound Dictation 77Part Five Story Appreciation 78Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 78Unit 8 A Frightening Experience 83Part One Warming-up Activity 83Part Two Conversations 84Part Three Passages 86Part Four Compound Dictation 88Part Five Story Appreciation 89Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 89Unit 9 Drink in Public Bar 94Part One Warming-up Activity 94Part Two Conversations 95Part Three Passages 97Part Four Compound Dictation 99Part Five Story Appreciation 100Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 100Unit 10 The Man’s Lottery 105Part One Warming-up Activity 105Part Two Conversations 106Part Three Passages 108Part Four Compound Dictation 110Part Five Story Appreciation 111Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 111Unit 11 Breakfast and better Health 116Part One Warming-up Activity 116Part Two Conversations 117Part Three Passages 119Part Four Compound Dictation 121Part Five Story Appreciation 122Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 122Unit 12 What is Intelligence? 128Part One Warming-up Activity 128Part Two Conversations 129Part Three Passages 131Part Four Compound Dictation 134Part Five Story Appreciation 134Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 134Unit 13 The Secret of Happiness 141Part One Warming-up Activity 141Part Two Conversations 142Part Three Passages 144Part Four Compound Dictation 146Part Five Story Appreciation 147Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 147Unit 14 The Population Growth in the World 153Part One Warming-up Activity 153Part Two Conversations 154Part Three Passages 156Part Four Compound Dictation 158Part Five Story Appreciation 159Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 159Unit 15 Air Pollution 165Part One Warming-up Activity 165Part Two Conversations 166Part Three Passages 168Part Four Compound Dictation 170Part Five Story Appreciation 171Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 171Unit 16 How I Became A Writer 178Part One Warming-up Activity 178Part Two Conversations 179Part Three Passages 181Part Four Compound Dictation 183Part Five Story Appreciation 184Part Six Key to the Exercises (Listening by Code) 184

本书每单元都由Warming-up Activity、Short Conversations、Long Conversations、Passages、Compound Dictation及Essay Appreciation组成。形式活泼多样而且与全国大学英语水平测试第四级的形式相吻合，内容涉及了日常生活和社交活动的各个方面，不仅有助于提高学生的听力技