本教材以“落实立德树人根本任务、加强中外文明交流互鉴、提升学生跨文化传播能力”为编写原则，有机融入课程思政元素，设有相关主题拓展练习，增强学生的中国文化自信心，培养学生在复杂多变的国际交往中把握立场、明断是非的综合人文素养。
本教材广泛吸收和借鉴国内外优秀教材的编写特色，以成人高等教育英语教学大纲为指导，遵循英语学习和教学的规律性及教材编写的科学性，注重循序渐进、突出重点、加强操练的教材编写原则，以使学生在较短时间内提高外语应用能力、思辨能力和跨文化交际能力。教材以全面传授语言知识为先导，以培养阅读、翻译能力为中心，学生通过学习可掌握必需的、实用的英语语言知识和技能，具备阅读和翻译与本专业有关的英文资料的初步能力，并为进一步提高英语应用能力打下扎实的基础。

UNIT ONE
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TEXT A Teachers' Day
Text Exercises
Grammar-The Present Perfect Tense and the Past Perfect Tense
Grammar Exercises
TEXT B SORRR Reading Method
UNIT TWO
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TEXT A My Education in the Prison
Text Exercises
Grammar-Modal Verb, Imperative Sentence and Exclamatory Sentence
Grammar Exercises
TEXT B A Letter from A Father
UNIT THREE
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TEXT A Charity Shops
Text Exercises
Grammar-Infinitive
Grammar Exercises
TEXT B Millionaires Give Nine Percent of Income to Charity
UNIT FOUR
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TEXT A “Heart” Expressions
Text Exercises
Grammar-Participle
Grammar Exercises
TEXT B The Belt and Road Initiative
UNIT FIVE
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TEXTA The Rise of Sharing Economy
Text Exercises
Grammar-Gerund
Grammar Exercises
TEXT B Electric Cars
UNIT SIX
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TEXT A The Road to Success
Text Exercises
Grammar Subjunctive Mood
Grammar Exercises
TEXTB The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself
UNIT SEVEN
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TEXT A Cultural Taboos
Text Exercises
Grammar-Noun Clause
Grammar Exercises
TEXTB Origins of English Last Names
UNIT EIGHT
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TEXT A How to Write the Perfect CV
Text Exercises
Grammar-Attributive Clause
Grammar Exercises
TEXT B Types of People Whose Careers Grow the Fastest
UNIT NINE
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TEXT A The Great Wall of China
Text Exercises
Grammar-Adverbial Clause
Grammar Exercises
TEXT B Live Entirely in Music--Beethoven
UNIT TEN
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TEXT A Ideas of Home Have Changes
Text Exercises
Grammar Subject-Predicate Agreement
Grammar Exercises
TEXT B The Redefinition of “Old”
UNIT ELEVEN
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TEXT A Why the Americans Are Fascinated with Guns？
Text Exercises
Grammar-Inversion and Ellipsis
Grammar Exercises
TEXT B Is the Future of Mankind Gloomy or Bright？
UNIT TWELVE
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TEXT A Carpooling
Text Exercises
Grammar-English Word Formation
Grammar Exercises
TEXT B Save Money with “Green” Lighting
Appendix
Bibliography