本书是“上海外语口译证书培训与考试系列丛书”中的一本。本书按照《上海市英语高级口译证书考试大纲》听力部分的要求而编写，目的是使学生通过培训，充分掌握和学习教材内容后能基本达到参加英语考级口译证书考试的听力水平。第5版为全新编写。

Unit One Education
Part One Can Early Experiences with Computers and Robots Increase STEM Interest among Young Girls
Part Two Chinese Maths Textbooks to Be Translated for UK Schools
Part Three How Looking at Paintings Became a Required Course in Medical School
Part Four Will Virtual Reality Help Students on Campus and Online Learn Better and More Cheaply
Part Five Seven Reasons Finland’S Education System Puts the US Model to Shame
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Two Language
Part One Why You Should Learn Another Language
Part Two Should English Remain the Main Language for EU Business after Brexit
Part Three The Animal Language Debate
Part Four Is Learning a Foreign Language Really Worth It
Part Five The Origins of Human Language：One of the Hardest Problems in Science
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Three Culture，Custom and History
Part One Some Fundamental Parerns of Cultural Differences
Part Two Millions of Children in England Growing Up in High.risk Environments
Part Three New Guinea’S Indigenous Tribes Are Alive and Well—Don’t Call Them“Ancient”
Part Four Horse Disaster
Part Five Director Daniel Bell Interviews Yuval Harari on His New Book Sapiens A BriefHistory ofHumankind
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Four Holiday
Part One Pros and Cons of Traveling in a Large Group
Part Two Kiwis Spend$10b on Overseas Travel
Part Three How to Beat Boredom and Anxiety during Solo Traveling
Part Four What is Authentic Travel
Part Five Planning That Affordable Holiday Trip
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Five Health
Part One Use Movement to Explore the ConneXion between Body and Mind
Part Three Start Your New Year with a Healthy Mouth and Body
Part Four Are You Suffering Decision Fatigue
Part Five Yoga——Ancient Cure for Modern Stress
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Six Urban Life
Part One Europe's Hottest Cities for Fashion You Don't Know About
Part Two New Seattle Marketplaces Satisfy Appetites for Everything
Part Three Happiness:There's Something about the Danish..
Part Four One in Three People Woridwide ls Fat,No Country Immung
Part Five Is Life in a Village or in a Small Town Better than City Life?
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Seven Traffic and Transportation
Part One Adoption of Autonomous Cars.
Part Two The East Wind Train
Part Three Giant Cruise Ships.
Part Four Two-wheel Takeover;Bikes Outnumber Cars in Copenhagen
Part Five Flying with Confidence
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Eight Places, Communities and People
Part One Dress Code for Office Workers
Part Two The Grenfell Tower Fire
Part Three A Lonely City.
Part Four Red Telephone Boxes Reinvented
Part Flve Why Glass Towers Are Bad for City Life
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Nine Social Problems
Part One How to Handle Stress
Part Two Homeshare Schemes
Part Three Social Problems on Facebook
Part Four Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage,Fatherhood,and theAmerican Dream - and Why It Matters
Part Five Global Warming
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Ten Science and Technology
Part One The Spy Device in Your Pocket
Part Two The Launch by Spacex
Part Three Interview of an Asteroid Hunter
Part Four Physics lsn't All Quantum Weirdness
Part Five A Second Industrial Revolution.
Part Six Listening and Translation.
Unit Eleven Environment
Part One Australians Can Have Zero-emission Electricity without Blowing the Bil.
Part Two Scientists Warn of Perilous Climate Shifts within Decades. Not Centuries..101
Part Three Environmental Pollution and Solutions in Japan
Part Four An Interview with an Environmental Activist
Part Five How to Grow a Forest in Your Backyard
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Twelve The Internet
Part One Why Retailers Stop Selling Online
Part Tw