王伦和揭力勤主编的《实用英语教程1（第2版）》是一套适用于成人自修及函授英语教学，也适合于程度相当的在校大、中专生使用的英语教材：本教材的编写以国家教育委员会1993年颁发的《普通高等专科英语课程教学基本要求》为依据，并参考了全国自学考试《英语教学大纲》及部分院校的《函授英语教学大纲》。本教材重视英语语言基础，同时突出实用性。在《基本要求》基础上提出了更高的要求：培养学生掌握必要的、实用的英语知识和技能，具有较强的阅读能力、一定的听说读写译的能力。为了体现上述教学目的，在编写过程中我们力求正确处理好语言基础和应用的关系，突出加强英语实践能力的培养和实际运用。

Unit One

 Dialogue : Hobbies

 Text: Learning a Language

 Exercises

 Grammar : 人称代词，物主代词；There be结构

 Reading Practice: Spelling English

Unit Two

 Dialogue : Climate

 Text: Coffee and Tea

 Exercises

 Grammar:名词；一般现在时

 Reading Practice: Fast-food Restaurants in the United States

Unit Three

 Dialogue: How to Go to the Bus Stop

 Text: Medicine in the Future

 Exercises

 Grammar:现在进行时，将来时；疑问句

 Reading Practice :The Future Problems

Unit Four

 Dialogue: Register a Letter

 Text: New Year's Celebration

 Exercises

 Grammar:一般过去时；数词，冠词

 Reading Practice: Christmas

Unit Five

 Dialogue :Open an Account

 Text:Buying on the Installment Plan

 Exercises

 Grammar:被动语态；现在完成时

 Reading Practice: Installment Buying in the U.S.

Unit Six

 Dialogue. Have You a Table for Two?

 Text. Educational Television in the United States

 Exercises

 Grammar:介词；形容词和副词的比较级与最高级

 Reading Practice: Television

Unit Seven

 Dialogue: Going to a Movie

 Text : Telephone Trouble

 Exercises

 Grammar:代词（2）;复合宾语

 Reading Practice: Handling Office Calls

Unit Eight

 Dialogue: Leaving a Message

 Text: The Web Lifestyle

 Exercises

 Grammar:过去进行时；主语从句

 Reading Practice: How to Read a Dictionary?

Unit Nine

 Dialogue : Thanksgiving

 Text: How to Make a Good Impression?

 Exercises

 Grammar:宾语从句；用引导词it的常用结构

 Reading Practice: The Languages and Customs of Different Countries

Unit Ten

 Dialogue: Going on a Vacation

 Text : Traveling

 Exercises ,

 Grammar:定语从句；过去将来时

 Reading Practice: Computer Art Museum

Unit Eleven

 Dialogue: Do I Have to Change?

 Text: A Computer Directs Traffic

 Exercises

 Grammar: 情态动词；过去完成时

 Reading Practice: Why Are Microcomputer Systems Important?

Unit Twelve

 Dialogue: Seeing a Doctor

 Text: How to Live to Be 100?

 Exercises

 Grammar: 同位语;状语从句

 Reading Practice: Exercises and Health

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