本书为第四册,共十二个单元。每个单元的篇章结构和意图与前三册基本一致。但内容的取材原则体现不同的**:**册注重勾画当代社会中的一些宏观变化和时代特征;第二册的内容则主要围绕学生自身在专业、情操与体魄等方面的健康成长而展开;第三册又将学生的注意力引向世界,编入了有关国际政治、经济、科技和交通等诸多领域的要闻报道和成果介绍;而第四册作为整套教材的*后一册,将听力内容的***终落到了社会、教育、工作和家庭等实际方面,旨在引导学生正视未来,并对客观和主观世界做一些思考。

Unit 1 Happy Family Life
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ All you need is love?
Part Ⅲ First meetings
Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 2 Happy Family Life (11)
Part I Warming up
Part Ⅱ Mothers and daughters
Part Ⅲ Family
Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 3 The Changing Women
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Working mothers
Part Ⅲ Women and the web
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Unit 4 Work and Workforce
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Americans at work
Part Ⅲ Stress management
Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 5 Matching Dreams with Education (Ⅰ)
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ University life
Part Ⅲ Life after graduation
Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 6 Matching Dreams with Education (Ⅱ)
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Home schooling
Part Ⅲ Education then and now
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation
Unit 7 Love and Help(Ⅰ)
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Love and help
Part Ⅲ Innocents in danger
Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 8 Love and Help (Ⅱ)
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Anti-AIDS campaign
Part Ⅲ Drug therapy
Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 9 Managing Personal Development
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Lateral or vertical
Part Ⅲ Mediation skills
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation
Unit 10 Youth Aspiratios
Unit 11 Extinding Life through Fun(Ⅰ)
Unit 12 Extinding Life through Fun(Ⅱ)
Acknowledgements