本教材的编写思路：语言知识的传授+专业知识和人文素养的提升+实际技能的操练+自主学习能力的培养。本书在具体编写上有以下几个突出的特点：1．大量取材原汁原味的英语文章，力求语言地道、精炼，确保学习过程中专业知识和语言输入的质和量；2．根据学习者的背景和专业学习需要，有针对性地提炼素材和知识点进行简明讲解，强调学用相长，锤炼语言能力，拓展专业相关知识，为未来职业发展打下良好的基础，提升竞争力；3．精心补充和设计材料和活动，活用训练贯穿全书各个板块，实现英语各项技能在专业和学术背景下的协调运用和综合发展；4．融入中西文化元素和理念，同时提升中国文化的推荐力和跨文化交际的能力，有意识地引导学生关注社会问题，如环保、人工智能对人类未来发展的影响，培养社会责任感；5．专为本教材编写和拍摄的的“现代邮政英语”慕课课程，视频制作精良，主题与教材的单元主题紧密结合又互为补充，对于提高语言复现率、丰富教学内容呈现手段、打破校园壁垒、提高学习兴趣和效率大有裨益。
本教材共分8个单元，细致地梳理、选择与相关专业紧密关联的单元主题，内容主要涉及邮政的历史、集邮、物流、快递、电子商务、邮政管理和服务、现代邮政、未来技术的发展和展望等。每个单元结合线上的慕课课程设置课前准备、信息输入、实际运用、拓展探究、自主学习5个板块。

Unit l Postal History
Passage One Royal Mail
Passage Two Service or Business--The Reality of the USPS and the Royal Mail
Yucheng Post
Unit 2 Stamps and Stamp Collection
Passage One Stamps As Storyteller
Passage Two Topical Stamp Collecting：A Universal Hobby for Sen iors
Stamp Worth
Unit 3 Logistics
Passage One Logistics--A Revenue Driver
Passage Two State of Industrial Real Estate：It’s Crunch Time
The Biggest Logistics Job in the World
Unit 4 Express Delivery
Passage One Connecting People and Possibilities：The History of FedEx
Passage Two Why Go to the Store，When the Groceries Can Come to Your Doorstep
Cost of Greener Deliveries Borne by All
Unit 5 E-commerce
Passage One Overview of E—commerce
Passage Two Two E-commerce Giants：Alibaba VS Amazon
Alibaba’s Singles’Day
Unit 6 Postal Service
Passage One Customers Demand Right to Choose Post
Passage Two Break Bad Habits and Profits will Bc in thc Post
Mail Carriers
Unit 7 Modern Posts
Passage One Universal Postal Union and World Post Day
Passage Two China’s Postal Services：Which Path Forward
Postal Big Data Offers Key to Nations’Well—beinrg
Unit 8 Smart Era
Passage One Trends That Took Center Stage in Logistics lnnovation
Passage Two How to Avoid Digging with Spoons
The Last Mile Drones or Robots
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