当代应用英语

Unit 1 College Life

Listening identifying fractions; identifying key words and phrases

Speaking talking about college life

Reading Surviving Dorm life; Dealing with Exam Anxiety

Grammar using the infinitive

Writing E-mail

Unit 2 Belonging to the Net

Listening identifying decimals; identifying major points

Speaking talking about hobbies

Reading The Amazing Internet; Web Addiction

Grammar using the gerund

Writing Fax

Unit 3 Man's Special Friends

Listening recognizing special questions; identifying specific details

Speaking talking about health

Reading Feeling Better When Your Pet Dies; Dogs and Dog Biting

Grammar using the participles

Writing Letters of Apologies

Unit 4 Success Retail Stories

Listening identifying affirmative and negative meanings; understanding main ideas

Speaking talking about entertainment

Reading Sam Walton; The World's Top Retailer -- WaI-Mart

Grammar using five basic sentence patterns

Writing Letters of Consolation

Unit 5 Facing Terrorism

Listening understanding the meaning of comparatives and superlatives; drawing inferences

Speaking talking about travel arrangements

Reading A Nightmare; Terrorism

Grammar using the subject-verb agreement

Writing Letters of Complaints

Unit 6 Confidence Can Help

Listening understanding relative clauses and detecting the implied elements

Speaking talking about sports

Reading The Value of Self-Confidence; The Keys to Building Self-Confidence

Grammar learning noun clauses and appositive clauses

Writing Commercials

Unit 7 Afraid of Bird Flu?

Listening understanding the adverbial clause of time with before, after, until; predicting while listening

Speaking talking about food and diet

Reading Bird Flu; How to Continue to Eat Poultry Safely without Ca~t'ch

Grammar using the attributive clauses

Writing Letters of Application for School Admission

Unit 8 Your Zodiac Signs and Personality

Listening understanding the adverbial clauses with because, although, if; summarizing the main idea

Speaking talking about career

Reading Chinese Horoscope; Chinese Festivals

Grammar using the adverbial clauses

Writing Letters of Application for a Job