The emphasis of this period will be placed on listening and speaking.There are altogether two texts for the students to listen to in this period:one is in the Student's Book and the other is in the Workbook.The first one(on Page 31,Listening and speaking)is a conversation between two people,Li Bin and Professor Keeling,who is a scientist studying global warming.Professor Keeling has been mentioned in the reading passage on Page 26.