《听力入门3000》仍然坚持“延伸”与“超越”的基本准则。就总体目标而言,《听力入门3000》更加着力于追求听力教学中“知识”与“技能”的平衡性,试图将两者之间的关系处理得更加自然合理。在《听力入门3000》中,包括数字快速反应、要点选择、关键词速记、纲要拟列以及归纳小结等一系列听力单项或综合基本技能训练的分量会有所增加,训练策略也有所改变。就内容而言,有将近一半兼具时代特征和典型价值的新鲜篇章注入到了《听力入门3000》之中。本书为《学生用书4》。

Unit 1 The Less Traveled Path
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Opting for a slower pace of life in the st century
Part Ⅲ Family
Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 2 The Changing Women
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Working mothers
Part Ⅲ Mothers and daughters
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation
Unit 3 Work and Workforce
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Americans at work
Part Ⅲ Stress management
Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 4 Matching Dreams with Education
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Education then and now
Part Ⅲ A life-changing event
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation
Unit 5 Love and Help
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Anti-AIDS campaign
Part Ⅲ Innocence in danger
Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 6 Youth Aspirations
Part Ⅰ Wanning up
Part Ⅱ British youth
Part Ⅲ Young entrepreneurs
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation
Unit 7 Why the Problem?
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Why the problem?
Part Ⅲ Drug therapy
Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 8 Seeing Both Sides
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ A medical question — should doctors always tell the truth?
Part Ⅲ A radio debate
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation
Unit 9 Inside Me
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Roots of rap
Part Ⅲ Stuntpeople: Hollywood's heroes
Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 10 Your Round
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ New fashions
Part Ⅲ Humor — its role in our lives
Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 11 Managing Personal Development
Part Ⅰ Warming up
Part Ⅱ Lateral or vertical?
Part Ⅲ Mediation skills
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation
Unit 12 Review
A. A healthy glow?
B. Reading dictionaries
C. Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
D. Home schooling
E. Ken Caulkins' automated orchestra
F. The instinct for keeping useless objects
G. Mr Harris comes to see the headmaster
Vocabulary
Acknowledgements