《普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材：视听说教程（第3版）（学生用书3）》在编写过程中注意了英语听说能力的平衡发展，事实上这两者是相辅相成的。学语言需要操练，因此教材中听和说的练习量也比较大，内容比较充实，这是有效教学必需的；只要备课充分，在课堂内有效完成教学内容完全可能。
《普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材：视听说教程（第3版）（学生用书3）》语料质量好，采用原版影音素材，语言真实地道，内容新颖，题材多样，生动有趣，形式活泼，能够激发学生的学习兴趣；而且编排循序渐进，由易到难，能做到有效教学。听力材料的选材原则是：题材相同、语言交际功能相近、尽量不出现生词；练习着眼于发展学生英语听解能力，大量采用信息迁移类练习；提供必要的听前语言准备，帮助学生做到能确实听懂。另外，为了满足不同层次学生的需要，这些听力材料的安排在语言难度上由浅人深，逐步提高要求，难度较高的练习前面标有一个*号，更难的标有两个**号，教师可以根据学生的实际水平确定课堂教学的内容。
1 Let's Go Somewhere!
Tooic Trio oreoarations and travel
Vocabularv Tasks before a trip; airline travel
Functions Saying you've forgotten something
Lesson A : Listem'ng & Speaking Before you go
tlocabulary Link: Tasks before a trip
Listening: Activities 1-5
Pronunciation: Reduced have to and has to
Speaking & Com，刀unication: Activities 1-2
Lesson B
Video Course Travel
Global Viewpoints: Travel
City Living: Mexico - here we come!
2 Indoors and Outdoors
Topic Indoor and outdoor environments
Vocabulary Items around the home
Functions - Saying what you want; expressing something is prohibited
Lesson A Liteningand Speaking At home
Vocabu/ary上加上；Around the house
Listening: Activities l-5
Pronunciation: Plural endings /s/, /z/, and／Iz/
Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2
Lesson B Video Course Places and rules
Global Viewpoints: My dream home Rules
City Living: Imaginary beach
3 Life Is All About Change
Topic Life changes and the future
Vocabulary The stages of life
Functions - Expressing intentions
Lesson A Listening & Speaking The times of your life
Vocabulary Link: The stages of life
Listening: Activities 1-5
Pronunciation: Emphasis patterns
Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2
Lesson B Video Course In the future
Global Viewpoints: Turning points In the future
City Living: Go with the flow
4 Health
Topic Illness, symptoms, and treatments
Vocabulary Symptoms and remedies
Functions Checking how someone feels
Lesson A Listening and Speaking How do you feell
Vocabulary Link: It gave me indigestion.
Listening: Activities 1-5
Pronunciation: Dropping the H
Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2
Lesson B Video Course Getting better
Global Viewpoints: Getting better
City Living: It must be a miracle!
5 Student Life
Topic Student life
Vocabulary Applying to and starting college
Functions Asking about meaning
Lesson A Listeningand Speaking Starting out
Vocabulary Link: Applying to and starting college
Listening: Activities 1-5
Pronunciation: Reduced pronunciation of going to
Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2
Lesson B Video Course Afcer graduation
Global Viewpoints: After graduation
Five years from now
City Living: The letter
6 Telecommunications
Topic Telephoning and cell phones
Vocabularv TeleDhoninPt
Functions Making a phone call
Lesson A Listening and Speaking Telephoning
Vocabulary Link: A telephone auiz
Listening: Activities 1-5
Pronunciation: Repeating to clarify information
Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2
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7 Sports and Hobbies
8 Men and Women
Review: Units l-4 Testing Your Listening Comprehension
Review: Units 5-8 Testing Your Listening Comprehension
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