Scope and Sequence Unit 1 The Internet and Other Addictions Theme: Advertising Listening One: Interview with an Internet Addiction Counselor An interview with a psychologist Listening Two: Time to Do Everything Except Think An interview with a commentator Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, definitions, idiomatic expressions, word forms Grammar: Web statements: expressing unreality Unit 2 Celebration, Florida: Disney's Utopia Theme: Utopian Movements Listening One: The Celebration Experiment An interview with a scholar of American Studies Listening Two: Living in Celebration An interview with a resident journalist Vocabulary: Context clues, definitions, synonyms, analogies Grammar: Noun clauses after verbs of urgency Unit 3 The Bold and the Bashful Theme: Personality Listening One: American Are Getting Shyer An interview with a professor of psychology Listening Two: The Pollyanna Syndrome A commentary Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, synonyms, idiomatic expressions, vocabulary classification Grammar: Identifying and nonidentifying adjective clauses Unit 4 The Tipping Point Theme: Trends Listening One: The Tipping Point An interview with the author Listening Two: Tipping Points in Fighting Crime More excerpts from the interview Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, synonyms, metaphors Grammar: Adverb clauses of result Unit 5 Feng Shui: Ancient Wisdom Travels West Theme: Cross-cultural Insights Listening One: Interview with a Feng Shui Expert A conversation with Kirsten Lagatree Listening Two: Feng Shui in the Newsroom The expert redesigns a space Vocabulary: Word definitions, synonyms, context clues, word forms Grammar: Spoken discourse connectors Unit 6 Spiritual Renewal Theme: Religion Listening One: The Religious Tradition of Fasting A news report Listening Two: Describing Monastic Life An interview with an admirer Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, synonyms Grammar: Count and non-count nouns and their quantifiers Unit 7 Workplace Privacy Theme: Business Listening One: Interview on Workplace Surveillance Interviews with workplace specialists Listening Two: Managers and Employees Speak Out about Workplace Privacy Two opposing points of view Vocabulary: Context clues, definitions, synonyms Grammar: Verb + gerund - two forms, two meanings Unit 8 Warriors without Weapons Theme: The Military Listening One: Warriors without Weapon An interview with a scholar of the Geneva Convention Listening Two: Michael's Ignatieff's Views on War More excerpts from the interview Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, definitions, confusing pairs Grammar: Direct and indirect speech Unit 9 Boosting Brain Power through the Arts Theme: The Arts Listening One: Does Music Enhance Math Skills? A news report Listening Two: Music, Art, and the Brain An interview with a science journalist Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, definitions, idiomatic expressions, vocabulary classification, figurative and literal usage Grammar: The Passive voice and the passive causative Unit 10 Television and Freedom of Expression Theme: First Amendment Issues Listening One: Interview with Newsweek Entertainment Editor A radio interview Listening Two: Interview with Former Chairman of MPAA Ratings Board A radio interview Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, word definitions, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs Grammar: Modals: degrees of certainty Student Activities Grammar Book References Audioscript The Phonetic Alphabet
