《英语》系列教材是教育部全国成人高等教育规划教材，1998年正式出版发行，供各类高职高专院校非英语专业（含具有“专升本”需求的）学生使用。编写组结合10多年来一线教师的教学体验和广大学生的学习诉求，对《英语》进行了两次修订。本系列教材是对《英语》进行了第二次修订后推出的第三版。第三版在保留了深受使用院校广大师生欢迎的教材的基本框架和针对人才市场对涉外职场英语交际需求的特点的基础上，更有针对性地更新了部分课文及相应练习，在让老用户感到熟悉与亲切的同时，又能更多地体验教材与时俱进的新语境和新气息；同时又为新用户提供一套理念更新换代的更新版《英语》。
《英语(第三版)-(非英语专业专科用)》为《英语1》（第三版），共12个单元。每单元包括阅读理解、应用文写作、语法讲解、趣味阅读和词汇表。

英语(第三版)-(非英语专业专科用)》
unit 1 greeting people you meet for the first time
integrated skills development
dialogue a. how do you do?
b. at the canteen
passage a. welcome
b. professor waters introduces herself
applied writing
pick up your grammar
merry learning
words & phrases
unit 2 introducing people to each other
integrated skills development
dialogue a. lizzy, this is my friend
b. li ying, this is mr. brown
passage a. no time for formality
b. how to greet a foreign friend
applied writing
pick up your grammar
merry learning

words & phrases
unit 3 getting and giving information about people
integrated skills development
dialogue a. could i join the school library?
b. a family photo
passage a. passport
b. cultural differences in greeting people
applied writing
pick up your grammar
merry learning
words & phrases
unit 4 making a telephone call
integrated skills development
dialogue a. one moment, please
b. this is smith here
passage a. how to make an efficient phone call
b. how to improve your working efficiency
applied writing
pick up your grammar
merry learning
words & phrases
unit 5 can i see your manager?
integrated skills development
dialogue a. can i see your manager?
b. let me check
passage a. a receptionist’s job
b. it’s never too late to learn
applied writing
pick up your grammar
merry learning
words & phrases
unit 6 communications facilities
integrated skills development
dialogue a. would you please take a message?
b. i’ll send it to you by e-mail
passage a. a secretary’s job
b. mr. wilson’s secretary
applied writing
pick up your grammar
merry learning
words & phrases
test one (unit 1–unit 6)
unit 7 at the information desk of a travel agency
integrated skills development
dialogue a. i prefer warm places
b. where to spend our holiday
passage a. how can you get travel information?
b. a working mother has no time for holiday
applied writing
pick up your grammar
merry learning
words & phrases
unit 8 live arrival/departure information
integrated skills development
dialogue a. your plane will take off soon
b. flight 620 now is boarding
passage a. air travel
b. mr. wang’s trip home by train
applied writing
pick up your grammar
merry learning
words & phrases
unit 9 itinerary and schedule
integrated skills development
dialogue a. when does the train leave?
b. are there any non-stops?
passage a. holidays abroad
b. a bus driver must have a strong sense of time
applied writing
pick up your grammar
merry learning
words & phrases
unit 10 giving shopping advice
integrated skills development
dialogue a. could you give me some advice?
b. where are the clothes counters, please?
passage a. shopping places
b. an elderly customer
applied writing
pick up your grammar
merry learning
words & phrases
unit 11 can i help you?
integrated skills development
dialogue a. may i help you?
b. how does it fit?
passage a. i don’t need a bag
b. how to save money in shopping
applied writing
pick up your grammar
merry learning
words & phrases
unit 12 a souvenir to remind me of china
integrated skills development
dialogue a. shall i pack it for you?
b. cash or credit card?
passage a. how do you buy things you want?
b. coloured hands
applied writing
pick up your grammar
merry learning
words & phrases
test two (unit 7–unit 12)
vocabulary
phrases