本教程根据上海市通用外语(英语)水平等级考试“中级”考试大纲有关听力、语法与词汇以及阅读与翻译的测试标准编写。编写的出发点主要在于：其一是紧扣考试大纲的要求；其二是照顾到与上海市通用外语(英语)水平等级考试“初级英语”的水平度相衔接，以便于通过初级英语等级考试的学员能够较为顺利地过渡到本<中级英语教程(上册)>的学习；其三是尽量使教材内容切合当前国内外社会发展和现实生活的实际需要。

本教材共编有16个单元，可供一学期(约100一120个学时)使用。每一单元的主要内容包括精读课文、补充性快速阅读材料和听力短文。题材涉及科普、社会、文化、经济、史地和日常生活等；体裁有议论文、记叙文、描写文、说明文以及幽默故事等。全书词汇量为1100余个，加上初级英语已有的1900个单词和中级英语(下册)预计的1000余词汇，本套通用外语(英语)水平等级考试“中级英语”总词汇量约计4000余。

Unit One

 Text: Seeing Someone Off

 Additional Reading Material(ARM)：Too Clever

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Two

 Text： Helicopters

 ARM: The Car of the Future

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Three

 Text: Suffering for One's Own Actions

 ARM: Swift and His Lazy Servant

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Four

 Text: Mark Twain

 ARM: I Still Have a Dream

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Five

 Text: The Big Department Stores

 ARM：Supermarkets

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Six

 Text: Music

 ARM: The Musical Heart

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Seven

 Text: Languages

 ARM: Right or Wrong?

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Eight

 Text: The Discoverer of X-rays

 ARM：Atoms

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Nine

 Text: "Now It's Your Turn to Try and Catch Me! "

 ARM：Thank You

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Ten

 Text: What Are Computers? -

 ARM: What Do You Know About Metals?

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Eleven

 Text: Canada

 ARM: China's Island Province, Taiwan

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Twelve

 Text: Prejudice

 ARM. The Plight of Native Americans Today

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Thirteen

 Text: Credit Cards

 ARM: Why Banks Are Useful

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Fourteen

 Text: Are You Afraid of Speaking in Public?

 ARM: Buying Books in Shanghai

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Fifteen

 Text: The Role of Advertising

 ARM: Radio and Television in Advertising

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Unit Sixteen

 Text: Vaccination and Immunization

 ARM: Microbes and Antibiotics

Main Points for Learning

Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises

Comprehensive Improvement Exercises

Appendices

Appendix Ⅰ.  Solutions

Appendix Ⅱ.  Tapescripts

Appendix Ⅲ.  Glossary

Appendix Ⅳ.  List of Classified Irregular Verbs

Appendix Ⅴ. 国际音标元音符号对照表