本书紧扣《高职高专英语课程教学基本要求》提出的教学目的，覆盖了所要求掌握的实用英语语言知识和交际技能，并结合目前高职高专(非英语专业)的英语课程设置特点所编写的。该教材将基础知识学习、实用技能训练和文化背景介绍有机地融为一体，力求使英语学习做到学用结合、学以致用、学后会用。从最新报纸、杂志、网络文章中收编了许多实用的交际性内容和与时俱进的材料，注重文章的可读性、趣味性，力求使学生在听、说、读、写、译五个方面得到全面的提高。

Unit 1 Education / 1

 Integrated skills development / 1

 Passage Schooling and education / 1

 Topic-related sentences / 5

Practise your language skills / 5

Reading Determine the main idea (确定文章大意) / 5

Translation 广告词句的翻译

 Applied writing / 7

How to get an ID on the Internet (怎样获得网上ID) / 7

 Grammar focus / 8

Comparative degree and superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs (形容词和副词的比较级和最高级)

 Merry learning /14

Unit 2 Social Custom / 15

 Integrated skills development / 15

Passage How nice to be clean / 15

 Topic-related sentences / 22

Practise your language skills / 22

Reading Recognizing important details (确定文章的重要细节) / 22

Translation Conversion (转译法) / 23

 Applied writing / 24

Poster (海报) / 24

 Grammar focus / 26

Model verbs (情态动词) / 26

 Merry learning / 29

Unit 3 About Internet / 30

 Integrated skills development / 30

Passage E-mail and our life / 30

 Topic-related sentences / 36

Practise your language skills / 36

Reading Classification (分类法) / 36

Translation Repetition (重复法) / 37

 Applied writing / 38

E-mail (电子邮件) / 38

 Grammar focus / 39

Subject-verb concord (主谓一致) / 39

 Merry learning / 41

Unit 4 About TV / 42

 Integrated skills development / 42

Passage How influential are the media on teens /42

 Topic-related sentences / 48

Practise your language skills / 48

Reading Guessing unknown words from

the context (根据上下文猜测生词含义) / 48

Translation Adding words (增词法)

 Applied writing / 50

Memorandum and minutes of a meeting (备忘录和会议记录) / 50

 Grammar focus /52

Compound words (复合词) / 52

 Merry learning / 54

Unit 5 The Stock Market / 55

 Integrated skills development / 55

Passage The stock markets / 55

 Topic-related sentences / 58

Practise your language skills / 58

Reading Find implications and make inferences (条民隐藏含义，使用推理) / 58

Translation Choice of lexical meaning (词义的选择) / 59

 Applied writing / 61

Certificate (证明) / 61

 Grammar focus / 62

Participle (分词) / 62

 Merry learning / 65

Unit 6 About Saving Time / 67

 Integrated skills development / 67

Passage Easy ways to get fit during lunch / 67

 Topic-related sentences / 72

Practise your language skills / 72

Reading Cause and effect (原因和结果) / 72

Translation Synthesis (综合法) / 73

 Applied writing / 74

Letter of congratulation (祝贺信) / 74

 Grammar focus / 76

Tag questions (反意疑问句) / 76

 Merry learning / 79

Unit7 Job /80

 Integrated skills development / 80

Passage Jobs define our identity / 80

 Topic-related sentences / 86

Practise your language skills / 86

Reading The point of view (观点问题)

Translation Translation of clauses Ⅰ (从句的翻译Ⅰ) / 87

 Applied writing / 88

Resume (个人简历) / 88

 Grammar focus / 90

Nagative sentence (否定句) / 90

 Merry learning / 92

Unit 8 Selling / 94

 Integrated skills development / 94

Passage Sales and packaging / 94

 Topic-related sentences / 99

Practise your language skills / 100

Reading Process (顺序) / 100

Translation Translation of clauses Ⅱ (从句的翻译Ⅱ) / 101

 Applied writing /102

Envelope and letter layout (信封及书信的写法) / 102

 Grammar focus /104

Inversion (倒装句) / 104

 Merry learning / 106

Unit 9 Business / 107

Intefrated skills development/ 107

Passage Doing business in Australia

 Topic-related sentences / 115

Practise your language skills / 115

Reading Making use of the linking words (使用连接词) / 115

Translation Translating conversely (正反、反正法) / 116

 Applied writing /117

Conference invitation (会议邀请函)

 Grammar focus / 119

Subordinate clauses (从属分句) / 119

 Merry learning / 121

Unit 10 Computer / 122

 Integrated skills development / 122

Passage How to protect yourself / 122

 Topic-related sentences / 128

Practise your language skills /128

Reading Exemplification (例证)

Translation Commendation and derogation of word meaning (词义的褒贬)

 Applied writing / 130

Operation instruction (使用说明书)

 Grammar focus / 132

Noun clauses (名词性从句) / 132

 Merry learning / 134

Unit 11 Advertising / 135

 Integrated skills development / 135

Passage What an advertiser needs / 135

 Topic-related sentences / 141

Practise your language skills / 141

Reading Drawing logical conclusion (得出合理的结论) / 141

Translation Subtracting words (减词法) / 142

 Applied writing / 143

Classified ads (分类广告) / 143

 Grammar focus / 145

Adverbial clauses (状语从句) / 145

 Merry learning / 148

Unit 12 Schools and Students / 150

 Integrated skills development / 150

Passage Correspondence schools / 150

 Topic-related sentences / 155

Practise your language skills / 156

Reading Time sequence (时间顺序)

Translation Translation of clauses Ⅲ (从句的翻译Ⅲ) / 157

 Applied writing / 158

Letter of application (求职信) / 158

 Grammar focus / 159

As-clauses (As 引导的从句) / 159

 Merry learning / 161

Unit 13 Thanks and Consolation / 162

 Integrated skills development / 162

Passage Where our children learn / 162

 Topic-related sentences / 168

Practise your language skills / 169

Reading Using the integrated skills Ⅰ (利用整合技巧Ⅰ) / 169

Transtation Translation of long sentence (长句的翻译) / 170

 Applied writing / 171

Letter of thanks and letter of consolation (感谢信和慰问信) / 171

 Grammar focus / 173

The passive voice (被动语态) / 173

 Merry learning / 175

Unit 14 Management / 176

 Integrated skills development / 176

Passage Learning from foreign management / 176

 Topic-related sentences / 181

Practise your language skills / 182

Reading Spatial order (空间位置)

Translation Translation of clauses Ⅳ (从句的翻译Ⅳ) / 183

 Applied writing /184

Placing order (下订单) / 184

 Grammar focus /185

Subjunctive mood (虚拟语气) / 185

 Merry learning /189

Unit 15 Welcoming / 190

 Integrated skills development / 190

Passage American travel tips / 190

 Topic-related sentences / 196

Practise your language skills / 197

Reading Using the integrated skills Ⅱ (利用整合技巧Ⅱ) / 197

Translation Translation of the passive voice (被动语态的翻译) / 198

 Applied writing / 199

Welcoming speech (欢迎词) / 199

 Grammar focus / 201

Modification (修饰) / 201

 Merry learning / 204

Vocabulary / 205

Proper Nouns and Phrases / 219