Personal Information 1.1 Listening: Understanding personal information Pre-listening prediction 1.2 Speaking: Saying hello and goodbye 1.3 Pronunciation: /e//ei//ӕ/ 1.4 Culture: Privacy in the west world The Family 2.1 Listening: Understanding family types and relationships Listening for specific details 2.2 Speaking: Describing a person 2.3 Pronunciation: Incomplete plosion 2.4 Culture: Differences of family values Town and Country 3.1 Listening: Understanding features of informal talks 3.2 Speaking: Asking for directions 3.3 Pronunciation: /s//z//θ//ð/ 3.4 Culture: Fill out the address Friends and Relationship 4.1 Listening: Understanding personal qualities Making inferences 4.2 Speaking: Small talk (1) 4.3 Pronunciation: Intonation 4.4 Culture: How to make friends with foreigners Leisure Time 5.1 Listening: Understanding small numbers Identifying signpost words (1) 5.2 Speaking: Small talk (2) 5.3 Pronunciation: Syllable, stress, /i//i:/ 5.4 Culture: College leisure time Food and Drink 6.1 Listening: Understanding different foods Following signpost words (2) 6.2 Speaking: Eating out 6.3 Pronunciation: /ʃ//ʒ//tʃ//dʒ/ 6.4 Culture: Dining etiquette Health and Fitness 7.1 Listening: Understanding diseases and symptoms Taking notes while listening (1) 7.2 Speaking: Seeing a doctor 7.3 Pronunciation: Stress 7.4 Culture: How to see a doctor in the United Kingdom Festivals 8.1 Listening: Understanding history of Valentine's Day Taking notes while listening (2) 8.2 Speaking: Sending wishes 8.3 Pronunciation: -s endings, -ed endings, silent h 8.4 Culture: Christmas day and customs Travel and Tourism 9.1 Listening: Understanding directions Understanding different accents 9.2 Speaking: Telephone language 9.3 Pronunciation: /l//r/, accents 9.4 Culture: Traveling in UK Money 10.1 Listening: Recognizing currencies Understanding large numbers 10.2 Speaking: At a bank 10.3 Pronunciation: Sentence stress and weakening 10.4 Culture: The tip culture Colleges 11.1 Listening: Following a campus visit Getting the gist 11.2 Speaking: Describing visual information 11.3 Pronunciation: /ɒ/ /ɔ:/, consonant cluster 11.4 Culture: Fit the life in college Library 12.1 Listening: Following a library tour Understanding paraphrasing 12.2 Speaking: Group discussion (1) 12.3 Pronunciation: Liaison and sense group 12.4 Culture: How to fully use the library Cooperation 13.1 Listening: Guessing word meaning from context 13.2 Speaking: Group discussion (2) 13.3 Pronunciation: Nasals 13.4 Culture: Group assignments Science and Technology 14.1 Listening: Understanding information about the Internet Review (1) 14.2 Speaking: Presentation (1) 14.3 Pronunciation: British English vs. American English 14.4 Culture: Popular and useful APPs among American college students Environment 15.1 Listening: Understanding information about the environment Review (2) 15.2 Speaking: Presentation (2) 15.3 Pronunciation: Diphthongs 15.4 Culture: Environmental protection in American people's daily life