本系列教材由主干教程《大学基础英语教程》1～3册、《英语综合进阶练习》1～3册以及《教师用书》1～3册组成。本书为《大学基础英语教程》第三册。本书包含12个单元。采用每一单元设一主题的形式，每单元由两篇文章Text A和Text B组成。内容涉及当代生活的各个方面，学生可以将语言学习贯穿在了解和探讨现实生活各种问题的过程中，既能较扎实地掌握基本语言技能，提高语言应用能力，又可增进对中西文化的了解。

本书还配备的多媒体光盘包含每单元的听力、对话及主要课文的内容等。

Unit 1 Health

  Listen and Speak

 Listening Tasks

 Speaking Tasks

  Read and Practice

 Text A How to Live to Be a Hundred

 Text B Wake up Your Life by Walking

  Practical Writing

 商品介绍(Product Introduction)

Unit 2 Psychology

  Listen and Speak

 Listening Tasks

 Speaking Tasks

  Read and Practice

 Text A What a Woman Wants

 Text B To Feel Better, You Need to Think Better 

  Practical Writing

便函 (Memorandum)

Unit 3 Pace of Life

  Listen and Speak

Listening Tasks

Speaking Tasks 

 Read and Practice

Text A Pace of Life Allows No Room for Study

Text B Modernity or Bust

 Practical Writing

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Unit 4 Value

  Listen and Speak

 Listening Tasks

 Speaking Tasks 

  Read and Practice

 Text A Profits of Praise

 Text B The Green Banana

  Practical Writing

合同与协议(Contracts and Agreements)

Unit 5 Art

  Listen and Speak

 Listening Tasks

 Speaking Tasks

  Read and Practice 

 Text A The Monster

 Text B A Rebellious Singer of This Times 

  Guided Writing 

Unit 6 Terrorism

  Listen and Speak

 Listening Tasks

 Speaking Tasks

  Read and Practice

Text A Mr. President, We Need to Talk

Text B The Best Weapon against Fear-Love Your Neighbor 

 Guided Writing

Unit 7 Addiction

 Listen and Speak

Listening Tasks

Speaking Tasks

 Read and Practice

Text A Confessions of an Online Dating Addict

Text B Workaholics

 Guided Writing

Unit 8 Music

  Listen and Speak

 Listening Tasks

 Speaking Tasks

  Read and Practice

 Text A The Secret to Being a Successful Musician

 Text B Arts for All

  Guided Writing

Unit 9 Medicine

  Listen and Speak

 Listening Tasks

 Speaking Tasks

  Read and Practice

 Text A To Lie or Not to Lie--The Doctor's Dilemma

 Text B Crash Course

  Guided Writing

Unit 10 Famous People

  Listen and Speak

 Listening Tasks

 Speaking Tasks

  Read and Practice

Text A Hepburn Survived While Others Faded Away

Text B Oprah Winfrey

  Guided Writing

Unit 11 New Generation

  Listen and Speak

Listening Tasks

Speaking Tasks

 Read and Practice

Text A Youth Today: Adult Perceptions May Be Misperceptions

Text B Generation Y in the United States

 Guided Writing

Unit 12 Advertising

  Listen and Speak

 Listening Tasks

 Speaking Tasks

  Read and Practice

 Text A Kodak, Action: New Ads a Hit 

 Text B Insights into Advertising

  Guided Writing 

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