UNIT 1 Culture
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. La Tomatina / B. Sumo
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. Long-Necked Women / B. Oktoberfest

UNIT 2 Individuals
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Andy Warhol / B. The Dalai Lama
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. Audrey Hepburn / B. Hayao Miyazaki

UNIT 3 Entertainment
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Paparazzi / B. Reality Shows
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. The Musical Line 1 / B. The Celebrity Dream

UNIT 4 Education
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. School Uniforms / B. College Application Essay
TOEFL LISTENING
A. Home Schooling / B. Babies and Music

UNIT 5 Health
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. The Colorful Diet / B. Abdominal Breathing
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. Ultimate Pill / B. Bama in China

UNIT 6 Art
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Jean Francois Millet / B. “Eating the City”
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. “Surrounded Islands” / B. The Musical “Cats”

UNIT 7 Mystery
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Twin Telepathy / B. Sea Monsters
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. Men in Black / B. X-Ray Eyes

UNIT 8 Environment
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Coral Reef / B. The Kyoto Protocol
TOEFL LISTENING
A. Organic Farming / B. The Greenhouse Effect

UNIT 9 Leisure
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Skis / B. Sensation Seekers
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. Clay Shooting / B. Rock Climbing

UNIT 10 History
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Egyptian Mummies / B. The Renaissance
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. Neil Armstrong / B. The Black Death

UNIT 11 Media
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Photojournalism / B. Yellow Journalism
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. Internet Radio / B. Digital Multimedia Broadcasting

UNIT 12 Psychology
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Unconscious Deliberation / B. Agoraphobia
TOEFL LISTENING
A. Positive Psychology / B. Depression

UNIT 13 Literature
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Shakespeare / B. “Beneath the Wheel”
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. Ernest Hemingway / B. Harold Pinter

UNIT 14 Origins
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. April Fool’s Day / B. Fast-Food Restaurant
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. Naming Hurricanes / B. Murphy’s Law

UNIT 15 Place
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. The Terracotta Museum / B. Venice
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. Florida / B. Freedom Paradise Resort

UNIT 16 Astronomy
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Asteroids / B. Space Surgery
TOEFL LISTENING
A. Black Holes / B. Moon Dust

UNIT 17 Nature
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. The Great Barrier Reef / B. El Nino and La Nina
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. Orchids / B. Hurricane

UNIT 18 Philosophy
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Noblesse Oblige / B. The Good Life
TOEFL LISTENING
A. Aristotle / B. Rationalism and Empiricism

UNIT 19 Medicine
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. The Spanish Flu / B. CAM
LISTENING FOR REAL
A. Allergies / B. Face Transplant

UNIT 20 Earth Science
FOCUS ON LISTENING
A. Landslides / B. Supervolcanoes
TOEFL LISTENING
A. Earthquake / B. The Pangaea Theory