是“新世纪大学英语系列教材”中的主干教程，是根据教育部高等教育司颁发的《大学英语课程教学要求》（以下简称《课程要求》编写的。我们希望本教程的1—4册能帮助同学们在中学英语学习的基础上，进一步完善和提高“听”、“说”、“读”、“写”、“译”诸方面的基本技能，并协同《视听说教程》、《阅读教程》、《快速阅读》和《写作教程》全面实现《课程要求》规定的“一般要求”的教学目标；我们也希望同学们能够通过各种教学活动体验并学会如何自主学习英语。

Unit One Friendship
Get Started
Listen and Respond
Read and Explore
Text A What Is Friendship？
Text B After Twenty Years
Optional Classroom Activities
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Enjoy English
Unit Two Love
Get Started
Listen and Respond
Read and Explore
Text A How Deep Is Your Love？
Text B Holding Hands
Optional Classroom Activities
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Enjoy English
Unit Three Happiness
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Listen and Respond
Read and Explore
Text A The Pursuit of Happiness for the Common Good
Text B Material Things and Happiness
Optional Classroom Activities
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Enjoy English
Unit Four Health
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Listen and Respond
Read and Explore
Text A How to Grow Old
Text B AWhisper of AIDS
Optional Classroom Activities
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Enjoy English
Practice Test Ⅰ（Units 1-4）
Unit Five Education
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Listen and Respond
Read and Explore
Text A Education in Cyberspace
Text B The Four Pillars of Education in the Twenty-First Centu
Optional Classroom Activities
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Enjoy English
Unit Six Intercultural Communication
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Listen and Respond
Read and Explore
Text A Culture Shock
Text B Rich Met My Mother
Optional Classroom Activities
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Enjoy English
Unit Seven The Olympic Spirit
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Listen and Respond
Read and Explore
Text A What Makes Olympic Champions？
Text B Tokens of the Olympic Ideal
Optional Classroom Activities
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Enjoy English
Unit Eight Man and Society
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Listen and Respond
Read and Explore
Text A Competition and Cooperation
Text B Standards of Conduct
Optional Classroom Activities
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Enjoy English
Practice Test Ⅱ（Units 5-8）
Appendix ⅠScripts and Key to Practice Test Ⅰ
Appendix ⅡScripts and Key to Practice Test Ⅱ
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary