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第一线的教学骨干，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、学生为主体、学生自主学习”的理念；同时，高中毕业后进入高等院校继续学习的学生对母语已经掌握得比较好了，而有些学生英语语感相对较差。为此，我们特别编写了《基础英语语法》，以使英语学习者更好地利用母语优势。
（6）结合现代教育技术和利用辅助教学手段。与纸质教材配套，我们充分利用了现代计算机和多媒体技术制作了供学生使用的多媒体课件和供教师使用的课堂教学课件，以使

UNiT 1
PART Ⅰ Communicotion 5kills
Expressing Opinions
PART Ⅱ Text A
Bringing up Children（Ⅰ）
PART Ⅲ Text B
Bringing up Children（Ⅱ）
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 Ⅲ Text 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 Ⅲ Text B
Insurance
PART Ⅳ Writing Work
Letters of Job Application
UNIT 4
PART Ⅰ Communicotion Skills
Expressing Possibility and Impossibitity
PART Ⅱ Text A
The Olympic Games
PART Ⅲ Text B
John Steinbeck
PART Ⅳ Writing Work
Letters of Resignation
UNIT 5
PART Ⅰ Communicotion 5kills
Expressing Ability and Disability
PART Ⅱ Text A
The Great Wall
PART Ⅲ Text B
The Thames Barrier
PART Ⅳ Writing Work
Letters of Invitation
UNIT 6
PART Ⅰ Communicotion 5kills
Expressing Remembering and Forgetting
PART Ⅱ Text A
The Meaning of a Glance
PART Ⅲ Text B
My Life as a Writer
PART Ⅳ Writing Work
Memorandum
UNIT 7
PART Ⅰ Communicotion Skills
Expressing Insistence and Opposition
PART Ⅱ Text A
Conquering Sicily
PART Ⅲ Text B
Entertaining Kids on Thanksgiving Day
PART Ⅳ Writing Work
Proposing Intention-Business Letter
UNIT 8
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills
Expressing Determination
PART Ⅱ Text A
Job Training
PART Ⅲ Text B
Schooling and Education
PART Ⅳ Writing Work
Letters of Application
UNIT 9
PART Ⅰ Communication！Skills
Expressing Hesitation and uncertainty
PART Ⅱ Text A
Interesti g Clothes
PART Ⅲ Text 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 Ⅳ Writing Work
Letters of Recommendation
UNIT 11
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills
Expressing Asking for Permission,Permitting and Declining
Permission
PART Ⅱ Text 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 Ⅱ Text A
The Life of the Greatest Comedy ArUst-Charlie Chaplin
PART Ⅲ Text B
Benjamin Franklin
PART Ⅳ Writing Work
Service Contract
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