本书（全新版）根据成人高等教育的*新教学大纲与考纲修订而成。全书选用了24篇不同题材和文体的原版短文作为12个单元中的Text A与B。Text A均配有难句注释、日常对话、词语学习、语法知识以及多种形式的综合练习（包括问题简答、完形填空、句子变换、词语替换、汉英互译、阅读理解和实用写作等等）。Text B的内容与Text A的题材基本呼应，其后一般只设难句注释与问题简答，以培养学生的自学能力和综合运用英语的能力，亦可供教学选用。
另外，编者还在每6课后设计了综合复习试题，可供教师考查和学生自测之用。书末另附总词汇表，以便于读者参阅。

Lesson One
TextA The college Experience
Dialogues In an English Dining-room
Word Study change,decide
Grammar The Modal Verb Ⅱ
Exercises
Text B The Pleasure of learning
Lesson Two
TextA Meeting Strandgers on the Internet
Dialogues Asking the Way
Word Study lie,reduce
Grammar The Participle Ⅱ
Exercises
Text B DotComguy Surviving Nicely
Lesson Three
TextA IQ and IQ
Dialogues Giving Suggestions on a Wedding Present
Word Study succeed,propose
Grammar The Gerund Ⅱ
Exercises
Text B Nature or Nurture?
Lesson Four
TextA A Walk in the Woods
Dialogues Shopping
Word Study hurt,recive
Grammar The Subjunctive Mood Ⅰ
Exercises
Text B Global Warming
Lesson Five
TextA What Makes for Success
Dialogues Dorm Rooms or Apartments?
Word Study measure,invite
Grammar The Uses of “As”
Exercises
Text B Stresses of Being a Celebrity
Lesson Six
TextA I Wish They'd Do It Right
Dialogues Arriving at a Hotel
Word Study belong,arrange
Grammar The Subjunctive Mood Ⅱ
Exercises
Text B To Be a Foreign Wife for a Farmer
REVISION EXAMINATION(One-Six)
Lesson Seven
TextA Why We Must Control Population Growth
Dialogues In a University Classroom
Word Study realize,conquer
Grammar Ellipsis
Exercises
Text B Population Growth
Lesson eight
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Lesson Nine
Lesson Ten
Lesson Eleven
Lesson Twelve
REVISION EXAMINATION(Seven-Tweeve)
APPENDIX VOEABULARY