《21世纪实用英语综合教程》（第3版）是“十四五”职业教育国家规划教材，按照党和国家部门关于教材建设的指示精神，根据《高等职业教育专科英语课程标准》及“十四五”时期我国高等职业教育发展新要求编写而成。
本套教材紧紧抓住高等职业教育人才的培养特点，充分吸收教学改革的最新成果，将立德树人的指导思想贯穿始终，突出教学内容的实用性和针对性，将语言基础能力和实际涉外交际能力的培养与提高学生整体素养、树立正确的人生观和价值观有机地结合起来，以满足新时代全球化社会经济发展对高职人才的要求。
本系列教材包括《综合教程》《综合练习》《教学参考书》（基础级和1-4册），并配有MP3、微课、助教PPT课件、“i学”App移动平台网络课程、超星“学习通”App示范教学包等。本套教材供高职高专院校普通英语教学使用。
本书为《教学参考书》第4册，共6个单元，每个单元根据《综合教程》的相关内容配备教法推荐、作者介绍、背景知识、课文详解、练习答案和录音原文等。同时，本书在版式设计上有所改革，将学生用书的内容完整地融入教学参考书，课文讲解引入了“左学右教”的方式，以方便教师教学。本书另配有PPT助教课件。

Unit 1 Good Orodit
Ⅰ. Objectives
Ⅱ. Suggested Teaching Plan
Ⅲ.Background Information
Ⅳ. Class Presentation
Lead-in
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: The Washwoman
Text B: The Power of a Good Name
Basic Reading Skills
Practical Reading & Writing: A Company Profile & Memos
Unit 2 New energy Cars
Ⅰ. Objectives
Ⅱ. Suggested Teaching Plan
Ⅲ.Background Information
Ⅳ. Class Presentation
Lead-in
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Text B: What Are Fuel Cells and Should I Buy a Hydrogen Car?
Basic Reading Skills
Practical Reading & Writing: A Watch User Guide & Sales Letters
Unit 3 The Beauty of Music
Ⅰ. Objectives
Ⅱ. Suggested Teaching Plan
Ⅲ.Background Information
Ⅳ. Class Presentation
Lend-in
Listening & Speaking
Rending & Writing
Text A: The New Frontier of Beauty
Text B: Stevie Wonder: Sunshine in the Shadow
Practical Reading & Writing:A Quick Travel-Policy & Order Letters
Basic Reading Skills
Unit 4 Dovotion to education
Ⅰ. Objectives
Ⅱ. Suggested Teaching Plan
Ⅲ. Background Information
Ⅳ. Class Presentation
Lead-in
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: More Than a Scholarship
Text B: Getting Behind the Teacher's Desk
Basic Reading Skills
Practical Reading & Writing: An Incident Report & Confirmation Letters
Unit 5 Career Success
Ⅰ. Objectives
Ⅱ. Suggested Teaching Plan
Ⅲ. Background Information
Ⅳ. Class Presentation
Lead-in
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: Salespeople Are Made, Not Born
Text B: Room for the Future
Basic Reading Skills
Practical Reading & Writing: A Return Policy & Resignation Letters
Unit 6 Tourist Attractiong
Ⅰ. Objectives
Ⅱ. Suggested Teaching Plan
Ⅲ.Background Information
IV. Class Presentation
Lead-in
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: Tourist Attractions and Entertainment
Text B: The Taj Mahal
Basic Reading Skills
Practical Reading & Writing: A Conference Registration & Abstracts
Grammar Review
Ⅰ. The Attributive Clause (1)
Ⅱ. The Attributive Clause (2)
Ⅲ. The Noun Clause
Ⅳ. The Appositive Clause
V. Adverbial Clauses of Time, Space and Manner
Ⅵ. Adverbial Clauses of Condition, Concession, and Cause
Ⅶ. Adverbial Clauses of Result, Purpose and Comparison
VIII.The Uses of“As”