《高级英语视听说 听记教程（1 学生用书）/翻译专业本科生系列教材》针对提高阶段学生，培养他们的高级听力技能，不仅要求能听懂，还要能抓住材料的主要内容和细节，准确、完整、简练地记笔记，并能依据笔记复述内容、展开讨论。笔记方法的学习和训练贯穿始终。视频均选自美国《国家地理》视频资源，与单元主题相关。

Unit 1 Chronology：Talking about When Things Happen
Chapter 1 Napoleon：FrOm Schoolboy to Emperor
Chapter 2 Pompeii：Destroyed，Forgotten，and Found
Chapter 3 Steve Jobs：A Man with a Vision
Video Surviving an Avalanche

Unit 2 Process：Describing How Things Work
Chapter 4 Roller Coasters：The Ups and Downs of How They Work
Chapter 5 Language：How Children Acquire Theirs
Chapter 6 Robots：How They Work and Learn to Work
Video Tristan da Cunha Oil Spill

Unit 3 Classification：Defining and Putting Things into Categories
Chapter 7 A TidaI Wave：What Is It？Can We Predict lt？
Chapter 8 Levels of Language：Formal and Informal
Chapter 9 Power：The Kinds of Power People Use and Abuse
Video People， Plants，and Pollinators

Unit 4 Comparison and Contrast：Describing Similarities and Differences
Chapter 10 Asian and African Elephants：Similarities and Differences
Chapter 11 Lincoln and Kennedy：Different Times．Similar Destinies
Chapter 12 The Titanic and the Costa Concordia：Tragedies at Sea
Video Free Soloing with Alex Honnold

Unit 5 Cause and Effect：Describing the Reason Things Happen
Chapter 13 Dinosaurs：Why They Disappeared
Chapter 14 The U．S．Civil War：Why It Happened
Chapter 15 Endangered Species：Why Are They Endangered？
Video The Surma People

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