volume.The new type of iPod uses the clicking wheel to replace control buttons so that the machines even smaller and lighter. 7)the iPod Mini the predecessor of the new type of iPod.It is small and light but it can store a great many pieces of music or audiobooks.if you pay a certain fee to subscribe for them from a cable company. 8)a first-level entry the first item on the menu 9)multiple playlists You can design a number of lists of songs or music pieces for you to listen to. 10)audiobooks books that are recorded and made into audio files that you can download from a website onto your iPod machine. 3.Play the tape recorder for the students. 4.Ask the students some questions about the conversations 5.Ask the students to answer the questions in the book.Lead them to get the right answers and teach them some tips for the listening exercises. Step Four Oral Practice 1.Explain the sentence structures and ask the students to do the Exercise 2.Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal presentation. 1.How important is science and technology to mankind? 2.Are you one of the 890 million people that use the Internet?If yes,what do you use it for?Do you think it is safe to strike up an online romance? 3.Do you like to listen to music wherever you go?Why or why not? Step Five Homework 1.Listen to the second passage and try to retell it. 2.Ask the students to finish the"Home Listening"after class. VI.References 1.《大学英语听说IV》(学生用书)，虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 2.《大学英语听说IV》(教师用书)，虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 3.大学英语语法.薄冰主编.山西：山西教育出版社，2006 4.大学英语实用语法讲解与练习.任福洪等主编.北京：国防工业出版社，2004 5.牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版）.牛津大学出版社，2004volume. The new type of iPod uses the clicking wheel to replace control buttons so that the machines even smaller and lighter. 7)the iPod Mini the predecessor of the new type of iPod. It is small and light but it can store a great many pieces of music or audiobooks .if you pay a certain fee to subscribe for them from a cable company. 8)a first-level entry the first item on the menu 9)multiple playlists You can design a number of lists of songs or music pieces for you to listen to. 10)audiobooks books that are recorded and made into audio files that you can download from a website onto your iPod machine. 3. Play the tape recorder for the students. 4. Ask the students some questions about the conversations. 5. Ask the students to answer the questions in the book. Lead them to get the right answers and teach them some tips for the listening exercises. Step Four Oral Practice 1. Explain the sentence structures and ask the students to do the Exercise 2. Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal presentation. 1. How important is science and technology to mankind? 2.Are you one of the 890 million people that use the Internet? If yes, what do you use it for? Do you think it is safe to strike up an online romance? 3. Do you like to listen to music wherever you go? Why or why not? Step Five Homework 1. Listen to the second passage and try to retell it. 2. Ask the students to finish the “Home Listening” after class. VI. References 1.《大学英语听说 IV》（学生用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 2.《大学英语听说 IV》（教师用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 3.大学英语语法. 薄冰 主编. 山西：山西教育出版社，2006. 4. 大学英语实用语法讲解与练习. 任福洪等主编. 北京：国防工业出版社，2004. 5. 牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版）. 牛津大学出版社，2004