崔秀敏主编的《简明实用英语(第1册)》词汇按不同级别明确标志，习题的设计均以A、B级考试大纲和样题为依据，满足不同层次读者的需求。本书均配有辅助教学资源包，内容包括：听力练习及精读、泛读文章录音（MP3），电子课件（PPT），各章节教学参考与指导（背景知识、语言点、语篇结构／写作技巧），课后练习及模拟题答案，参考译文。

崔秀敏主编的《简明实用英语(第1册)》系列教材共三册，《简明实用英语(第1册)》为第一册。全书共有10个单元，每个单元包括：Section1 Listening and Speaking（听说训练）、Section II Intensive Reading（精读课文）、Section III Grammar（语法精讲）、Section IV Applied Writing（实用文体写作）、Section V Reading Practice（阅读训练）和SectionⅥ Cultural Tips（文化点滴）等6个部分。

本次修订在保持教材内容完整性及实用性的前提下，将原《读写教程》与《听说教程》合二为一，调整了各单元模块顺序并更换了部分内容，在强调英语教学的科学性与连贯性的同时，更加注重提高学生的英语交际能力。

《简明实用英语(第1册)》可作为高职高专公共英语教学的教材，也可作为其他高等院校学生的参考用书。

第2版前言

Unit One Foreign Language Learning

 Section I Listening and Speaking Greeting

 Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading The Study of English

 Section Ⅲ Grammar The Article（冠词）

 Section IV Applied Writing English Letter and Envelope（英文书信和信封）

 Section V Reading Practice

Passage 1 Active Reading

Passage 2 Helping Remember New Words

 SectionⅥ Cultural Tips Informal and Formal Greetings

Unit Two College Life

 Section I Listening and Speaking Introduction

 Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Save Money for College on My Own

 Section Ⅲ Grammar Plural of Nouns（名词复数）

 Section IV Applied Writing Calling Card（名片）

 Section V Reading Practice

Passage 1 So Much to Learn

Passage 2 What Makes a Teacher？

 SectionⅥ Cultural Tips Different Kinds of Introductions

Unit Three Western Holidays

 Section I Listening and Speaking Invitation

 Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading The History of Thanksgiving Day

 Section Ⅲ Grammar The Pronoun（代词）

 Section IV Applied Writing Greeting Card（贺卡）

 Section V Reading Practice

Passage 1 Valentine Traditions and Customs

Passage 2 Santa Claus: The True Story

 SectionⅥ Cultural Tips Should I pay for the dinner？

Unit Four Famous Persons

 Section I Listening and Speaking Making Requests

 Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Jules Verne

 Section Ⅲ Grammar The Numeral（数词）

 Section IV Applied Writing Note and Asking-for Leave（便条和请假条）

 Section V Reading Practice

Passage 1 Bill Gates——A Story of Success

Passage 2 Bill Gates'11 Rules

 Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Cars

Unit Five Studying Abroad

 Section I Listening and Speaking Advice and Suggestions

 Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Experience of Studying Abroad

 Section Ⅲ Grammar The Preposition and Conjunction（介词和连词）

 Section IV Applied Writing Fax（传真）

 Section V Reading Practice

Passage 1 My First Time in China

Passage 2 A Letter to Wang Mei

 Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Table Manners

 Mid-term Test

Unit Six Generation Gap

 Section I Listening and Speaking Compliments and Apologies

 Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading The Breach

 Section Ⅲ Grammar The Comparative Degree of Adjective and Adverb

 Section IV Applied Writing E-mail

 Section V Reading Practice

Passage 1 Generation Gap

Passage 2 It Gets Easier... and then They Leave!

 Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Compliments and Apologies

 Section I Listening and Speaking Campus

 Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Friendship in Different Cultures

 Section Ⅲ Grammar The Verb

 Section IV Applied Writing Diploma

 Section V Reading Practice

Passage 1 My Doctor, My Sister, An Encounter with an Angel

Passage 2 Second Chance

 Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips University Motto

 Section I Listening and Speaking Taking Bus

 Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading How Americans View Time

 Section Ⅲ Grammar The Sense of the Passive Voice

 Section IV Applied Writing Weather Forecast

 Section V Reading Practice

Passage 1 The Value of Time

Passage 2 Value Your Time

 Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Traffic Warnings

 Section I Listening and Speaking Travel by Train

 Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading E-mail and Shop Online

 Section Ⅲ Grammar Direct Speech and Indirect Speech

 Section IV Applied Writing Poster

 Section V Reading Practice

Passage 1 Artificial Speech

Passage 2 Welcome to the Web!

 Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips High-speed Rail in China

 Section I Listening and Speaking Weather and Climate

 Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading A Payment Greater Than Money

 Section Ⅲ Grammar Modal Verbs

 Section IV Applied Writing Invitation Card and Letter

 Section V Reading Practice

Passage 1 A Story to Live By

Passage 2 Happy New You!

 Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips El Nino