本教材选取了十五个常见对话主题，在每个主题中又分为不同的场景对话，使学生充分领悟每个话题的交际策略。并设计了令学生感兴趣的话题来进行课后讨论，有效地培养学生的交际能力；阅读部分设计为精读和泛读两部分。精读部分强调阅读技能的培养，在文章中提高大纲词汇的覆盖率和常用词汇的重现率。在课后筛选出每课的重点词汇和词组，加以反复操练；泛读部分的文章都是与学生专业相关的科技类文章，涉及到了很多常用术语，在课文之后都加以注解；本教材设有日常词汇学习部分，将常用词汇总结分列在每个单元之中，并进行同义词的辨析，使学生在扩大词汇量的同时还能规范语言。

本书选取了十五个常见对话主题，在每个主题中又分为不同的场景对话，使学生充分领悟每个话题的交际策略，并且在文章中提高大纲词汇的覆盖率和常用词汇的重现率。

本书是一本面向高等院校理工类学生的综合英语教材。《矿业实用英语》既可用作高职高专的公共英语教材，又可用作高等院校理工科的专业英语教材。

Unit 1

 1.Dialogues Introductions

 2.Text A Introductions and Titles

 3.Word Study meet，say，introduce，response

 4.Grammar Basic Sentence Patterns

 5.Text B The Sun and the Moon

Unit 2

 1.Dialogues Greetings and Saying Goodbye

 2.Text A People and the Earth

 3.Word Study come，make，grow，turn

 4.Grammar The Noun

 5.Text B Geology and Historical Geology

Unit

 1.Dialogues Giving Thanks and Expressing Regret

 2.Text A What is Coal

 3.Word Study compose，source，take，live

 4.Grammar The Pronoun

 5.Text B Coal is an Important Fuel

Unit 4

 1.Dialogues Talking about the Weather

 2.Text A Language Etiquette in Communication

 3.Word Study pretend，create，ask，seem

 4.Grammar The Determiner

 5.Text B Natural resources

Unit 5

 1.Dialogues Making a Telephone Call

 2.Text A Types of Coal

 3.Word Study produce，depend，contain，act

 4.Grammar The Preposition

 5.Text B Classification of Coals Test Yourself I

Unit 6

 1.Dialogues Making an Appointment & Leaving a Message

 2.Text A Social Customs and Behavior

 3.Word Study serve，shake，habit，offer

 4.Grammar The Adjective and the Adverb

 5.Text B Origin of Coal

Unit 7

 1.Dialogues Spending Holidays

 2.Text A Coal-Mining

 3.Word Study need，part，work，keep

 4.Grammar The Tense

 5.Text B Early Mining Technology

Unit 8

 1.Dialogues Traveling

 2.Text A Energy in Coal

 3.Word Study change，get，remain，absorb

 4.Grammar The Simple Future Tense

 5.Text B Surface Mining

Unit 9

 1.Dialogues Reservations

 2.Text A Do You Know These Signs？

 3.Word Study spend，cost，help，aid

 4.Grammar The Present Continuous Tense & The Past Continuous Tense

 5.Text B Ventilation

Unit 10

 1.Dialogues Asking for Directions

 2.Text A Rocks and Minerals

 3.Word Study under，over，beneath，on

 4.Grammar Present Perfect Tense ~ Past Perfect Tense

 5.Text B Surveying

Test Yourself Ⅱ

Unit 11

 1.Dialogues Shopping

 2.Text A Rescue Operation

 3.Word Study decline，refuse，reject，deny

 4.Grammar Passive Voice

 5.Text B Coal Mining Safety

Unit 12

 1.Dialogues Eating Out

 2.Text A Seams of Coal

 3.Word Study direct，conduct，avoid，escape

 4.Grammar Non-finite Verbs

 5.Text B Coal and the Environment

Unit 13

 1.Dialogues Invitation

 2.Text A A Successful Language Learner

 3.Word Study wish，hope，want，desire

 4.Grammar The Clause

 5.Text B Coal-Fired Engines

Unit 14

 1.Dialogues At the Doctor's Office

 2.Text A Answer to Energy Shortage Could Lie Deeper Down

 3.Word Study allow，permit，guide，lead

 4.Grammar Subject-verb Concord

 5.Text B Coal-fired Power Plants

Unit 15

 1.Dialogues Talking about Health

 2.Text A Clean Air

 3.Word Study rise，arise，rouse，raise

 4.Grammar Inversion

 5.Text B Underground Mining

Test Yourself Ⅲ

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

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