本书为听说教程第三册的学生用书。全书共十六个单元，设八个话题。十六个单元后提供两套综合试题。书末附录提供课文听力训练的音带原文及练习答案。
每单元设A、B、C、D四个部分：
Part A“微技能训练”，这部分提供两个练习，旨在帮助学生获取重要的交际能力和掌握多种听力技能。此外，为了增加趣味性，还选编了一些与听力材料有关的谚语和名人名言。
　　Part B“语篇训练”，这部分提供两篇听力材料。练习形式力求新颖与多样化，注重培养学生整体理解能力。
　　Part C“口语训练”，这部分的口语活动主要围绕课文内容及各种交际功能展开。练习形式由浅入深，有利于启发学生开口，培养他们串句成段、复述课文的能力。每逢单课提供与课文话题有关的交际能力﨤其常用语言表达方式，通过练习使学生学到如何得体地进行日常对话。
　　Part D“课外听力训练”，这部分提供一篇与课文同一话题的听力材料及练习，供学生课外自学。

UNIT 1Resevuations
PART A　Micro—listening Listeningfor Important Details
PART B Macro—listening
Conversation 1 I/d Like to Make a Reservation
Conversation 2 Marcel Always Does My Hair
PART C Oral Practice 1．CommunicativeFunctionMakingReservations
2．Retelling
PART D Home Listening
Conversations Making Reservations
Conversations Booking Seats
UNIT 2 cytnt'mah abd Dets
PART A Micro—listening Finding the Main Idea
PART Macro-listening
A Conversation Choosing a Pet
A Story Dog Plays“Mother”to Tiger Cubs
PART C OraI Practice 1．Pair Work
2．Retelling
PART D Home Listening
A Passage How Do People Treat Animals?
A Story The World's OldestCat
UNIT 3tge
PART A Micro—listening Listeningfor Specic Information
PART B Macro—listening
Conversation 1 You Sure Don/Tt Look It
Conversation 2 Do You Mind If I Ask You How Old You Are?
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function：Talking About
Age and What You’LL Do in Future
2．Retelling
PART D Home Listening
A Passage Age Is a Sensitive Subject
A Story I Hate Birthdays
UNIT 4 Personal Budgets
PART A Micro-listening Drawing Inferences
PART B Macro—listening
Conversation 1 Saving and Spending Money
Conversation 2 Sounds Like You Have a Budget Problem
PART C OraL Practice 1．Pair Work
2．Retelling
PART D Home Listening
A Conversation What A re Your Biggest Expenses?
A Discussion Spend or Save It?
UNIT 5sports
PART A Micro—listening Drawing Inferences
PART Macro-listening
A Passage The Olympic Park
A Conversation Do You Like Sports?
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function：Talking About
Sports
2．Retelling．
PART D Home Listening
A Compound Dictation
A Conversation Playing Sports
UNIT 6Jransportation
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UNIT 7 Comparisons
UNIT 8 Office Work
UNIT 9 Jobs
UNIT 10 Law and Order
UNIT 11 Story Time
UNIT 12 Famous Deople
UNIT 13 Music
UNIT 14 Education
UNIT 15 Leeidents and Disasters