《大学英语视听说(附光盘)由徐锦芬和江静主编，以英美文化背景知识为切入点，由不同文化主题下的影视片段、新闻报道或专题纪录片片段引出相关的文化背景知识、语境及语言功能性表达、师生交互式活动，为学习者提供真实的语言环境，训练学习者对文化背景、语境、语言材料的综合理解能力及语言表达能力，促进学习者听说能力的提高。

《大学英语视听说(附光盘)由徐锦芬和江静主编，包括11个单元，每个单元围绕着一个主题对学生进行听说训练。《大学英语视听说》主要内容包括：①主题导入(Getting Started)。导入的材料可能是相关的口语活动、主题讨论，也可能是音频、视频内容，目的是为了帮助学生练习与主题相关的知识和语言，激发学生的学习兴趣，为接下来的课堂听说活动做充分的准备。②影视、新闻片段学习。包括剧情介绍(Plot Summary)：对该电影，电视剧集或新闻作大致的介绍，为读者提供背景知识，扫除文化障碍；场景介绍(Introduction to the Selected Scene)：介绍所剪辑的电影，电视片段的场景，为读者充分理解视频材料中的语言和内容做好准备：生词和文化背景介绍(New Words，Phrases & Cultural Notes)：包含电影、电视剪辑，新闻中所出现的生词、难词和体现出文化特点的词：练习(Exercise)：每个电影新闻片段后面均设计了练习，其形式多样化，具有趣味性。③口语交互活动(Interactive Activities)：每单元设计了2个以学生为中心的口语交际活动，活动形式丰富且具有趣味性，目的是为了鼓励学生积极运用所学的语言和文化知识，同时提高他们的开创性思维能力。

《大学英语视听说(附光盘)》适合作为大学非英语专业学生、英语专业低年级学生的视听说教材，同时也为广大英语爱好者、自学者提供了一条快捷提高英语听说能力、丰富欧美文化知识的捷径。《大学英语视听说》提供的练习和视听光盘资料，既可供学习者课下练习，也可供教师在课堂使用。

前言

Unit 1 Friends Complete the World

 Getting Started

 Episode 1: Unlikely Friends (ABC News)

 Episode 2: Toy Story 3 (Movie Clip)

 Interactive Activity 1: What do I Look for Most in a Friend?

 Episode 3: The Lion King (Movie Clip)

 Episode 4: Desperate Housewives (TV Drama Clip)

 Interactive Activity 2: Role Play: A Caring Friend

Unit 2 Blood Is Thicker Than Water

 Getting Started

 Episode 1: Ice Princess (Movie Clip)

 Episode 2: The Joy Luck Club (Movie Clip)

 Interactive Activity 1: Group Discussion The Changing Family

 Episode 3: The Blind Side (Movie Clip)

 Episode 4: Interview with the Tiger Morn (NBC News)

 Interactive Activity 2: Role Play: Morn, Can You Stop Bugging Me?

Unit 3 Journeys End in Lovers' Meeting

 Getting Started

 Episode 1: The Holiday (Movie Clip)

 Episode 2: How to Talk to Girls (NBC News)

 Interactive Activity 1: Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

 Episode 3: Madagascar 2: Escape Africa (Movie Clip)

 Episode 4: Legally Blonde (Movie Clip)

 Interactive Activity 2: Presentation on Love and Romance

Unit 4 Education Remains in You

 Getting Started

 Episode 1: Sister Act (Movie Clip)

 Episode 2: Desperate Housewives (TV Drama Clip)

 Interactive Activity 1: Interview If I Could Learn Something New...

 Episode 3: Legally Blonde (Movie Clip)

 Episode 4: Yale Med Student Disappears (ABC News)

 Interactive Activity 2: What I Really Want to Major in Is....

Unit 5 When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do

 Getting Started

 Episode 1: Disney Family Museum Honors Mickey's Father (VOA Special English)

 Episode 2: The Bucket List (Movie Clip) Interactive Activity 1: Your Own Bucket List

 Episode 3: Rick Steves' Europe: Highlights of Paris (PBS Documentary)

 Episode 4: Eat Pray Love (Movie Clip)

 Interactive Activity 2: My Traveling Experience

Unit 6 The More the Merrier Getting Started

 Episode 1: Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special (Movie Clip)

 Episode 2: Rick Steves' European Christmas (PBS Documentary)

 Interactive Activity 1 : East or West?

 Episode 3: Friends (TV Drama Clip)

 Episode 4: Independence Day (Movie Clip)

 Interactive Activity 2: Create a Festival

Unit 7 Save the Planet, Save Ourselves

 Getting Started

 Episode 1: An Inconvenient Truth (Documentary)

 Episode 2: An Inconvenient Truth (Documentary)

 Interactive Activity 1: What Can We Do to Make a Difference to Our Planet?

 Episode 3: Obama's Earth Day Message (Speech)

 Episode 4: The Day after Tomorrow (Movie Clip)

 Interactive Activity 2: Escape for Life!

Unit 8 The Oscars and the Movies

 Getting Started

 Episode 1:80 Years of Oscar (2008)

 Episode 2: Best Actress Helen Mirren: The Queen (2006)

 Interactive Activity 1: Make Your Own Speech

 Episode 3: Best Actress: Kate Winslet: The Reader (2008)

 Episode 4: Natalie Portman: Child Star Done Right (CNN News)

 Interactive Activity 2: Celebrity Guessing Game: Bingo! I Am Helen Mirren

Unit 9 Work as a Way of Self-Actualization

 Getting Started

 Episode 1: The Nanny Diaries (Movie Clip)

 Episode 2: The Pursuit of Happyness (Movie Clip)

 Interactive Activity 1: A Mock Job Interview

 Episode 3: The Devil Wears Prada (Movie Clip)

 Episode 4: The Best Job in the World (CNN News)

 Interactive Activity 2: Who is Better Suited for the Job?

Unit 10 Hold Fast to Your Dreams

 Getting Started

 Episode 1: Ice Princess (Movie Clip)

 Episode 2: Sister A~t (Movie Clip)

 Interactive Activity l: What do I Wish for Life?

 Episode 3: Ratatouille (Movie Clip)

 Episode 4: Peter Luo (CNN News)

 Interactive Activity 2: Presentation on Dreams

Unit 11 Fascinating Lives of Celebrities Getting Started

 Episode 1: Jane Zhang (Talk Show)

 Episode 2: Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech (Speech)

 Interactive Activity 1: Person of the Year

 Episode 3: Jack Ma (Interview)

 Episode 4: Tiger Woods'Apology (Speech)

 Interactive Activity 2: Ranking the Celebrities