高级英语视听说教程

Unit One The Face of the People 1

Chapter 1 The Population 2

Notetaking Preparation: Number Notation

Rhetorical Cues

Chapter 2 Immigration: Past and Present 10

Notetaking Preparation: Dates: Teens and Tens

Language Conventions:

Countries and Nationalities

Chapter 3 Americans at Work 20

Notetaking Preparation: Abbreviations

Rhetorical Cues

UNIT ONE Quiz Preparation 28

Unit Two The American Character 33

Chapter 4 Family in the United States 34

N.otetaking Preparation: Key Words: Content Words

Rhetorical Cues

Chapter 5 Religion 44

Notetaking Preparation: Commonly Used Symbols

and Abbreviations

Rhetorical Cues

Chapter 6 Passages: Birth, Marriage, and Death 54

Notetaking Preparation: Key Words: Listening

Adverbs as Content Words

UNIT TWO Quiz Preparation 63

Unit Three American Trademarks 67

Chapter 7 Multiculturalism 68

Notetaking Preparation: Key Words: Listening

Rhetorical Cues: Transition Words

Chapter 8 Crime and Violence in the United States 78

Notetaking Preparation: Structuring

Rhetorical Cues

UNIT THREE Quiz Preparation 87

Unit Four Education 89

Chapter 9 Public Education: Philosophy and Funding 90

Notetaking Preparation: Structuring: Outlining

Rhetorical Cues

Chapter 10 Postsecondary Education: Admissions 100

Notetaking Preparation: Structuring: Listening

Acronyms

Chapter 11 Distance Education 109

Notetaking Preparation: Deciphering Notes

Rhetorical Cues

UNIT FOUR Quiz Preparation 118

unit Five The Official Side 121

Chapter 12 The Role of Government in the Economy 122

Notetaking Preparation: Prelecture Reading

Rhetorical Cues

Chapter 13 Government by Constitution: Separation of Powers/

Checks and Balances 133

Notetaking Preparation: Prelecture Reading

Practicing the Language

of Political Science

Chapter 14 Common Law and the Jury System 143

Notetaking Preparation: Prelecture Reading

Courtroom Language

UNIT FIVE Quiz Preparation 154

Glossary: 157