NorthStar
Second Edition

Listening and Speaking, High Intermediate
 
1   FOR NEWS RESISTERS, NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS
  Theme: Media
Listening One: News Resisters
Listening Two: CornCam
Pronunciation Reducing and Contracting Auxiliary Verbs
Grammar: Passive Voice
Style: Stating an Opinion
 
2   THE ACHILLES HEEL
  Theme: Overcoming Obstacles
Listening One: Dreams of Flying and Overcoming Obstacles
Listening Two: The Achilles Track Club Climbs Mount Kilimanjaro
Pronunciation Thought Groups
Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives
Style: Using Narrative Techniques
 
3   EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE ...
  Theme: Medicine
Listening One: Teen Sleep Needs
Listening Two: Get Back in Bed
Pronunciation Contrastive Stress
Grammar: Present Unreal Conditionals
Style: Interrupting Politely to Ask Questions
 
4   THE EYE OF THE STORM
  Theme: Natural Disasters
Listening One: Preparing for a Hurricane
Listening Two: Hurricane Hunters
Pronunciation Listing Intonation
Grammar: Adjective Clauses
Style: Expressing Surprise and Shock
 
5   YOU WILL BE THIS LAND
  Theme: Conservation
Listening One: Interview with a Medicine Priest
Listening Two: "Ndakinna"—A Poem
Pronunciation th Sounds
Grammar: Advisability in the Past—Past Modals
Style: Asking For and Giving Examples
 
6   IT'S BETTER TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE
  Theme: Philanthropy
Listening One: Oseola McCarty—An Unusual Philanthropist
Listening Two: Please Donate or Volunteer—Public Service Announcements
Pronunciation Intonation of Tag Questions
Grammar: Tag Questions
Style: Prioritizing or Ranking Ideas
 
7   EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
  Theme: Education
Listening One: Can You Learn EQ?
Listening Two: Test Your EQ
Pronunciation Unstressed Vowels
Grammar: Direct and Indirect Speech
Style: Restating for Clarification or Emphasis
 
8   GOODBYE TO THE SIT-DOWN MEAL
  Theme: Food
Listening One: French Sandwiches
Listening Two: Food in a Bowl
Pronunciation Spelling and Sounds—oo and o
Grammar: Phrasal Verbs
Style: Calling Attention to a Particular Item
 
9   FINDING A NICHE: THE LIVES OF YOUNG IMMIGRANTS
  Theme: Immigration
Listening One: A World within a School
Listening Two: The Words Escape Me
Pronunciation Discriminating Between sh, z, ch, and j
Grammar: Present and Past—Contrasting Verb Tenses
Style: Hesitating in Response to a Question
 
10   TECHNOLOGY: A BLESSING OR A CURSE?
  Theme: Technology
Listening One: Noise in the City
Listening Two: Technology Talk
Pronunciation Stressed Adverbial Particles
Grammar: Future Perfect and Future Progressive
Style: Expressing Frustration
 
  Student Activities
Grammar Book References
Audioscript
The Phonetic Alphabet