《英语听力教程》是教育部师范司组织编写的“中学教师进修高等师范本科（专科起点）”规划教材。全书共由18课组成，每课分课堂教学材料和课后听力材料两部分，并分别配有相应的练习，旨在系统全面地提高学生的听力理解技能和思考、记忆能力。
《英语听力教程》可作为中学英语教师进修高等师范英语专业本科之用，亦可供非英语专业人员和广大英语爱好者自学英语之用。

Surgeon General Joicelin Elders opened a news conference in Washington，sayingthat smoking by high seniors rose last year for the first time after annual surveys began in1976．More than 30 percent of the seniors and almost half of 8th graders do not believethat there is a great risk for smoking．Most of the adults in the United States who smoke began the habit before age 18．Estimated 3 million adolescents now smoke cigarettes and a million use chewing tobaccoor othersmokeless tobacco products．Health consequences quickly occur，including severerespiratory ailments and retarded lung function．If they persist，these young smokers willrisk joining the ranks of the 420，000 Americans who die each year from cancer or otherdiseases linked tO smoking． Furthermore，tobacco appears to be a gateway drug leading to subsequent use ofalcohol，marijuana and other drugs．The nation’S top public health official says that young-sters most likely to use tobacco are those with low academic achievement，little ability toresist and a lower self-image．The tobacco industry’S marketing experts promote theirproduct to such people by giving it an appealing image，the five-S image．By adoptingcigarette smoking，young people are led to believe that they’re slim，they’re sexy，they’resociable，they’re sophisticated and they’re successful． 听力在英语学习诸技能中的重要性不言而喻，尤其对培养高年级学生的英语语言综合运用能力，提高交际能力，充实学生的社会文化知识，发展学生的逻辑思维和创新能力起着至关重要的作用。
本套教材主要供高等师范院校本科（专科起点）英语专业听力教学使用。根据学生已具备了听力理解的基础技能，本书着重培养学生在听力过程中的思考能力和记忆能力。思考能力包括推断、猜测、联想、总结和概括等；记忆能力包括回忆听力材料的**思想、主要论点和重要细节。本教材共分上、下两册。在完成上册学习的基础上，下册采用了语速较快的美国之音英语新闻节目（News Programs inStand English of the Voice ofAmerica）中的新闻报道为教材主要内容，其中包括社会、文化、科技、教育、环保、医学等题材。全书具有内容广泛、知识丰富、词汇量大和实用性强等特色，能有效地提高学生的英语听力和交际能力。

Lesson One Part I Public School System in the United States
Part II Punishment On Truancy
Lesson Two Part I CompetencyTests for American Teachers
Part II PoorWriting Ability ofAmerican Pupils
Lesson Three Part I VOA Child Health Care Campaign
Part II A UNICEF Repon the Welfare of Children
Lesson Four Part I Handgun Violence in American Schools
Part II Brady Law
Lesson Five Part I Smoking in American Schools
Part II Smoking，Alcohol and Drugs
Lesson Six Part I Domestic Violence
Part I I American Women’S Rights Activists
Lesson Seven Part I Equal Pay for Equal Work
Part II American Women’S Role in Economy
Lesson Eight Part I The Growing Crises in the World
Part II Growing Urban Crisis
Lesson Nine Part I Best Cities for Business
Part II Revitalized Waterfront in San Francisco
Lesson Ten Part I Flag Day
Part II Gettysburg Battle
Lesson Eleven Part l Halloween
Part ll Ch—stmas Season Purchase
Lesson Twelve Part I Homelessness
Part II Beggars in NewYork City
Lesson Thirteen Part I Capital Punishment in the United States
Part II Violent Crime in the United States
Lesson Fourteen Part I Immigrants’Languages Spoken at Home
in the U．S．
Part II The Official Language in the United States
Lesson Fifteen Part I Drive Less．Ride More
Part II Bicycle Production in China
Lesson Sixteen Part I A New Study ofAdolf Hitler's Illnesses
Part ll POIio
Lesson Seventeen Part I Bowling
Part II Balanced Diet
Lesson Eighteen Part I Hubble Mission
Part II SpaceWalks
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