为了更好地体现现代高等教育英语教学的特点和要求,真正做到以学生为主体、适应课堂教学和自主学习相结合的特点,本套教材在以下方面下了一些功夫:
(1)紧密结合教学大纲的要求和课堂教学实际。编写队伍全部都是来自教学**线的教学骨干,充分地把各位编者的教学经验融入到教材中,特别是在选编课文时,注重选编短小精悍的短文,让师生在一个教学单位时间内能够完成一个相对完整的内容。
(2)选材新颖。无论是交际技能,还是课文学习,抑或是写作训练,从形式到内容,编者都注重选择*新的语料,并努力使英语学习寓于趣味性、娱乐性之中,以使得课堂教学和课后自学都不会枯燥乏味。
(3)注重基础训练。各册内容特别注重基本知识和基本技能的训练,设计了数量可观的练习;同时,考虑到部分学生入学时需要加强英语基础知识的学习,本套教材特别编写了《预备教程》,以供有需要的班级和学生在语音和基础语法方面加强复习和练习。
(4)编排形式科学。本套教材的主体部分按照交际技能、课文学习、综合练习和写作训练进行编排,努力做到在听、说、读、写、译五个方面提高学习者的英语水平。
(5)强调自主学习的特点。现代教育强调“教师为主导

UNiT 1
PART I Communicotion 5kills
Expressing Opinions
PART II Text A
Bringing up Children( I )
PART IIIText B
Bringing up Children(][[)
PART IV Writing Work
Letters of Thanks and Congratulations
UNIT 2
PART ICommunicotion Skills
Expressing Trust and Distrust
PART II Text A
Air Pollution Linked to Stroke Risk,
PART IIIText B
Give a Man a Fish
PART IV Writing Work
Letters of Introduction
UNIT 3
PART I Communicotion Skills
Expressing Approval and Disapproval
PART II Text A
What Is Money and What Are Its Functions?
PART IIIText B
Insurance
PART IVWriting Work
Letters of Job Application
UNIT 4
PART I Communicotion Skills
Expressing Possibility and Impossibitity
PART IIText A
The Olympic Games
PART III Text B
John Steinbeck
PART IVWriting Work
Letters of Resignation
UNIT 5
PART I Communicotion 5kills
Expressing Ability and Disability
PART II Text A
The Great Wall
PART IIIText B
The Thames Barrier
PART IV Writing Work
Letters of Invitation
UNIT 6
PART I Communicotion 5kills
Expressing Remembering and Forgetting
PART IIText A
The Meaning of a Glance
PART HI Text B
My Life as a Writer
PART IVWriting Work
Memorandum
UNIT 7
PART I Communicotion Skills
Expressing Insistence and Opposition
PART II Text A
Conquering Sicily
PART IIIText B
Entertaining Kids on Thanksgiving Day
PART IVWriting Work
Proposing Intention--Business Letter
UNIT 8
PART I Communication Skills
Expressing Determination
PART II Text A
Job Training
PART IIIText B
Schooling and Education
PART IVWriting Work
Letters of Application
UNIT 9
PART I Communication !Skills
Expressing Hesitation and uncertainty
PART II Text A
Interesti g Clothes
PART INText B
Divorce Rate
PART IV Writing Work
Letters of Reference
UNIT 10
PART I Communication Skills
Expressing OfferingAccepting or Declining Help
PART II Text A
Open Government
PART III Text B
Political PARTies
PART IVWriting Work
Letters of Recommendation
UNIT II
PART I Communication Skills
Expressing Asking for Permission , Permitting and Declining
Permission
PART IIText A
Cyber Love
PART III Text B
Cyber Criminals
PART IV Writing Work
Sales Contract
UNIT 12
PART I Communication Skills
Expressing Invitation, Accepting Invitation and Declining InvitaUc
PART IIText A
The Life of the Greatest Comedy ArUst--Charlie Chaplin
PART IIIText B
Benjamin Franklin
PART IV Writing Work
Service Contract
综合练习