College English listening comprehension course

Unit 1 Fresh Start 1

Text A Toward a brighter future for all 1

Text B What we wish 7

Unit 2 Loving parents, loving children 8

Text A A child’s clutter awaits an adult’s return 8

Text B Time slows down 10

Unit 3 Digital Campus 12

Text A College life in the Internet age 12

Text B Too much of a good thing-a real addiction 14

Unit 4 Heroes of our time 15

Text A Heroes among us 16

Text B A hero’s aspiration 18

Unit 5 Winning is not everything 19

Text A Cliff Yong, an unlikely hero 19

Text B Shaping young lives with sports 21

Unit 6 Earn as you learn 22

Text A To work or not to work- That is a question 22

Text B Earn as you learn? 24

Unit 7 Hoping for the better 25

Text A When honesty disappears 25

Text B Roys of hope in rising rudeness 27

Unit 8 Friendship Across gender and boarder 28

Text A Gender variable in friendship: Contradiction or not? 28

Text B Similarities and differences: Friendship across cultures 29