NorthStar
Second Edition

Listening and Speaking, Advanced
 
1   THE INTERNET AND OTHER ADDICTIONS
  Theme: Addiction
Listening One: Interview with an Internet Addiction Counselor
Listening Two: Time to Do Everything Except Think
Pronunciation Highlighting Important Words
Grammar: Wish Statements—Expressing Unreality
Style: Expressions for Building on Others' Ideas
 
2   CELEBRATION, FLORIDA: DISNEY'S UTOPIA
  Theme: Utopian Movements
Listening One: The Celebration Experiment
Listening Two: Living in Celebration
Pronunciation Reduction of as, has, and is
Grammar: Noun Clauses after Verbs of Urgency
Style: Discussing Opinions
 
3   THE BOLD AND THE BASHFUL
  Theme: Personality
Listening One: Americans Are Getting Shyer
Listening Two: The Pollyanna Syndrome
Pronunciation Grouping Words Together
Grammar: Adjective Clauses—Identifying and Nonidentifying
Style: Starting a Conversation and Keeping it Going
 
4   THE TIPPING POINT
  Theme: Trends
Listening One: The Tipping Point
Listening Two: Tipping Points in Fighting Crime
Pronunciation: Stress Changing Suffixes
Grammar: Adverb Clauses of Result
Style: Making a Point with Metaphors
 
5   FENG SHUI: ANCIENT WISDOM TRAVELS WEST
  Theme: Cross-cultural Insights
Listening One: Interview with a Feng Shui Expert
Listening Two: Feng Shui in the Newsroom
Pronunciation Reductions with the Auxiliary have
Grammar: Spoken Discourse Connectors
Style: Emphasizing a Point
 
6   SPIRITUAL RENEWAL
  Theme: Religion
Listening One: The Religious Tradition of Fasting
Listening Two: Describing Monastic Life
Pronunciation Vowel Alternation
Grammar: Count and Non-Count Nouns and Their Quantifiers
Style: Telling an Anecdote
 
7   WORKPLACE PRIVACY
  Theme: Business
Listening One: Interview on Workplace Surveillance
Listening Two: Managers and Employees Speak Out About Workplace Privacy
Pronunciation Stress on Two-Syllable Words
Grammar: Verb + Gerund or Infinitive—Two Forms, Two Meanings
Style: Framing an Argument
 
8   WARRIORS WITHOUT WEAPONS
  Theme: The Military
Listening One: Warriors without Weapons
Listening Two: Michael Ignatieff's Views on War
Pronunciation Vowels //-//-//
Grammar: Direct and Indirect Speech
Style: Responding to Complex or Controversial Questions
 
9   BOOSTING BRAIN POWER THROUGH THE ARTS
  Theme: The Arts
Listening One: Does Music Enhance Math Skills?
Listening Two: Music, Art, and the Brain
Pronunciation Joining Final Consonants
Grammar: The Passive Voice and the Passive Causative
Style: Expressions That Link Sentences or Ideas
 
10   TELEVISION AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
  Theme: First Amendment Issues
Listening One: Interview with Newsweek Magazine Entertainment Editor
Listening Two: Interview with Former Chairman of MPAA Ratings Board
Pronunciation Word Stress of Phrasal Verbs
Grammar: Modals—Degrees of Certainty
Style: Expressing Doubts or Reservations
 
  Student Activities
Grammar Book References
Audioscript
The Phonetic Alphabet