本教材专门为全国各高校艺术、体育类学生,民族地区学生和其他一些大学入学时英语基础相对薄弱的非英语专业大学生编写,编写体例、课文选材、练习设计等均体现了较强的针对性。
与国内其他**教材相比,本教材依据目标学生实际情况,教材编写不求大而全,突出其简约而实用的特点,各册既各有侧重,又有机相连。
本教材以《大学英语课程教学要求》为依据,**培养学生英语综合应用能力,使学生通过本教材的学习,做到学有所用,学以致用,以用促学,学用统一。
本教材不仅注重激发学生学习兴趣,培养学生外语技能,更加注重学生综合人文素养的提升和积极人生观与价值观的培养,在潜移默化中,启迪思想,陶冶情操。

Unit One Speeches about Olympics
Text A Opening Speeches on Olympic Games
Text B Speeches for the XlII Paralympic Games
Writing in Focus
Unit Two Sports Skill or Technology
Text A Swimming Records Fall: Is There Something in the Water?
Text B High-tech Devices at the Olympic Games
Writing in Focus
Unit Three Iconic Sportsmen
Text A Great Olympic Moments: Daley Thompson and the Decathlon
Text B Tales of Life After the Olympics
Writing in Focus
Test One
Unit Four Learning Revolution
Text A A Do-it-yourself Guide
Text B Relearn How to Read--Faster, Better, More Easily
Writing in Focus
Unit Five Memory
Text A Visual Memory
Text B Memory Aids
Writing in Focus
Unit Six Film: Past and Future
Text A A Brief History of AMPAS
Text B The Future of Movies
Writing in Focus
Test Two
Unit Seven Effective Learning Strategy
Text A Holistic Learning Strategy
Text B Master Chinese to Excel in English
Writing in Focus
Unit Eight Power of Music
Text A Coldplay--Brit-Pop' s New Force
Text B The Power of Mozart
Writing in Focus
Unit Nine One Picture Is Worth Ten Thousand Words
Text A The Intriguing Mona Lisa
Text B Cartoons in America from Donald
Duck to New Yorker Cartoons
Writing in Focus
Test Three
Unit Ten Leadership in a New and Challenging Era
Text A The Complex Challenges in the New Era
Text B On Military Leadership
Writing in Focus
Unit Eleven Wings of Success--Attitude
Text A Aptitude+Attitude=Altitude
Text B Positive Attitude for Unlimited Success
Writing in Focus
Unit Twelve Public Speeches
Text A President-Elect Barack Obama's
Victory Speech
Text B 2008 Stanford Graduates Commencement
Address
Writing in Focus
Test Four

与国内现有其他**教材相比,本教材依据目标学生实际情况,不求教材大而全,突出其简约而实用的特点。同时,本教材编写融听、说、读、写、译多种语言技能培养为一体,各册既各有侧重,又有机相连,从而达到全面培养学生综合运用英语能力的目标。