本教材依据“大学英语课程教学要求”，专为普通高等院校的学生以及各学校的音体美类学生设计编写。教材编写贯彻分类指导、因材施教原则，文章选材中西兼顾，加入了中国元素。在级别难度上将各种语言技能综合为一体，每个单元同一主题为组织核心，各种技能训练在语言内容上有一定的重叠，达到读写译相互渗透有机组合，推动学生综合应用英语技能的形成和巩固。本册为第三册学生用书。

Unit 1
Part Ⅰ Preparatory
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A My Greatest Olympic Prize
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Extreme Sports
Unit 2
Part Ⅰ Preparatory
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A Alfred Nobel, A Man of Peace
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B The Wake-up Call from Stockholm
Unit 3
Part Ⅰ Preparatory
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A Six Celebrities Share What They've Learned
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Talking to Your Parents
Unit 4
Part Ⅰ Preparatory
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A Ways of Handling Stress
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Stress
Unit 5
Part Ⅰ Preparatory
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A Hollywood
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Pageants
Unit 6
Part Ⅰ Preparatory
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A A Brief History of Pop Music
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Music and Health
Unit 7
Part Ⅰ Preparatory
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A Culture Shock
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Parachute Children
Unit 8
Part Ⅰ Preparatory
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A How We Are Being Americanized
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Amerlcamzatlon or Globalization
Vocabulary