Scope and Sequence
Unit 1 The Internet and Other Addictions
Theme: Advertising
Listening One: Interview with an Internet Addiction Counselor
An interview with a psychologist
Listening Two: Time to Do Everything Except Think
An interview with a commentator
Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, definitions, idiomatic expressions, word forms
Grammar: Web statements: expressing unreality
Unit 2 Celebration, Florida: Disney’s Utopia
Theme: Utopian Movements
Listening One: The Celebration Experiment
An interview with a scholar of American Studies
Listening Two: Living in Celebration
An interview with a resident journalist
Vocabulary: Context clues, definitions, synonyms, analogies
Grammar: Noun clauses after verbs of urgency
Unit 3 The Bold and the Bashful
Theme: Personality
Listening One: American Are Getting Shyer
An interview with a professor of psychology
Listening Two: The Pollyanna Syndrome
A commentary
Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, synonyms, idiomatic expressions, vocabulary classification
Grammar: Identifying and nonidentifying adjective clauses
Unit 4 The Tipping Point
Theme: Trends
Listening One: The Tipping Point
An interview with the author
Listening Two: Tipping Points in Fighting Crime
More excerpts from the interview
Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, synonyms, metaphors
Grammar: Adverb clauses of result
Unit 5 Feng Shui: Ancient Wisdom Travels West
Theme: Cross-cultural Insights
Listening One: Interview with a Feng Shui Expert
A conversation with Kirsten Lagatree
Listening Two: Feng Shui in the Newsroom
The expert redesigns a space
Vocabulary: Word definitions, synonyms, context clues, word forms
Grammar: Spoken discourse connectors
Unit 6 Spiritual Renewal
Theme: Religion
Listening One: The Religious Tradition of Fasting
A news report
Listening Two: Describing Monastic Life
An interview with an admirer
Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, synonyms
Grammar: Count and non-count nouns and their quantifiers
Unit 7 Workplace Privacy
Theme: Business
Listening One: Interview on Workplace Surveillance
Interviews with workplace specialists
Listening Two: Managers and Employees Speak Out about Workplace Privacy
Two opposing points of view
Vocabulary: Context clues, definitions, synonyms
Grammar: Verb + gerund — two forms, two meanings
Unit 8 Warriors without Weapons
Theme: The Military
Listening One: Warriors without Weapon
An interview with a scholar of the Geneva Convention
Listening Two: Michael’s Ignatieff’s Views on War
More excerpts from the interview
Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, definitions, confusing pairs
Grammar: Direct and indirect speech
Unit 9 Boosting Brain Power through the Arts
Theme: The Arts
Listening One: Does Music Enhance Math Skills?
A news report
Listening Two: Music, Art, and the Brain
An interview with a science journalist
Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, definitions, idiomatic expressions, vocabulary classification, figurative and literal usage
Grammar: The Passive voice and the passive causative
Unit 10 Television and Freedom of Expression
Theme: First Amendment Issues
Listening One: Interview with Newsweek Entertainment Editor
A radio interview
Listening Two: Interview with Former Chairman of MPAA Ratings Board
A radio interview
Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, word definitions, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs
Grammar: Modals: degrees of certainty
Student Activities
Grammar Book References
Audioscript
The Phonetic Alphabet