《Step by Step 2000》共分为四册，供大专院校英语专业听力课使用，也可供具有较高水平的其他专业的研究生、本科生和科技人员等广大英语学习者选用。
《Step by Step 2000》是《Step by Step》的延伸。它仍遵循内容与听力技巧并重的原则，注重选材料的语言真实度和典型性，把重点始终放在发展学生的听力理解能力和思维能力等方面。
    《Step by Step 2000》更是《Step by Step》的超越。它采用全新的听力素材，且更注意四册教材中主题布局的整体性。
本书为第四册，共十二个单元，第四册作为整套教材的结尾，将听力内容的重点落到了社会、教育、工作和家庭等实际方面，旨在引导学生正视未来，并对客观和主观世界做一些思考。

第三册 Book 4 目录
Unit 1 Happy Family Life (I)
　Part Ⅰ Warming up
　Part Ⅱ All you need is lover?
　Part Ⅲ First meetings
　Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 2 Happy family life(II)
　Part Ⅰ Warming up
　Part Ⅱ All you need is lover?
　Part Ⅲ First meetings
　Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 3 The changing women
　Part Ⅰ Warming up
　Part Ⅱ Working mothers
　Part Ⅲ women and the web
　Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation
Unit 4 Work and workforce
　Part Ⅰ Warming up
　Part Ⅱ Americans at work
　Part Ⅲ Stress management
　Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 5 Matching Dreams with education(I)
　Part Ⅰ Warming up
　Part Ⅱ University life
　Part Ⅲ Life after graduation
　Part Ⅳ listen and relax
Unit 6 Matching dreams with education(II)
　Part Ⅰ Warming up
　Part ⅡHome schooling
　Part Ⅲ Education then and now
　part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation
Unit 7 Love and help(I)
　Part Ⅰ Warming up
　Part Ⅱ Love and help
　Part Ⅲ Innocents in danger
　Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 8 Love and help(II)
　Part Ⅰ Warming up
　Part Ⅱ Anti-AIDS campaign
　Part Ⅲ Drug therapy
　Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 9 Managing Personal development
　Part Ⅰ Warming up
　Part Ⅱ Lateral or vertical
　Part Ⅲ Mediation skills
　Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation
Unit 10 Youth aspirations
　Part Ⅰ Warming up
　Part Ⅱ British youth
　Part Ⅲ Young people & citizen service
　part Ⅳ Listen and relax
Unit 11 Extending life through fun(I)
　Part Ⅰ Warming up
　Part Ⅱ Movies and music
　Part Ⅲ Museum of questionable devices
　Part Ⅳ Listen and relax
UNit 12 Extending life through fun(II)
　Part Ⅰ Warming up
　Part Ⅱ New fashions
　Part Ⅲ Rock climbing
　Part Ⅳ Language study and language apreciation
Acknowledgements