《新时代核心英语教程（综合英语4）》是系列教材的第四册，全书共10个单元，具有以下特点：
1.精选素材，注重育人
选材精心，注重挖掘课程育人元素，真正突出人文学科特别是英语教育的育人使命；话题兼顾中外、融汇古今，注重培养学生的中国情怀和国际视野。
2.内容驱动，强调综合
教学内容充分体现课程的“综合”特色，融语言、文学、翻译和文化知识于一体；教学活动以选篇为驱动，通过语言交际任务促进听、说、读、写、译技能的综合运用和全面发展。
3.能力导向，凸显思辨
设计专门的思辨能力板块介绍思维要素、认知标准和认知品质；通过多样的单元活动，将思辨能力的培养有机融入选篇讲解、板块设计和练习安排之中。
4.模式创新，赋能教学
依托外研社“U校园智慧教学云平台”全新开发数字课程，倡导混合式教学模式，引导学生养成自主学习的习惯，助力教师打造智慧课堂。

Unit 1
Essentials of Family
Text A The Evolution of American Family Structure
Text B The old Mother
Unit 2
When Cultures Meet
Text A The Meeting
Text B Mother Tongue
Unit 3 The Impact of Art
Text A What to Listen for in Music
Text B Lust for Life
Unit 4
Another Look at Literature
Text A The Reluctant Reader
Text B Why a Classic Is a Classic
Unit 5 Racial Equality Matters
Text A To Kill a Mockingbird
Text B A Word's Meaning
Unit 6 Hindsight of History
Text A Writing History as a Way of Thinking
Text B Too Loud to Be True: The California Gold Rush
Uint 7 War and Peace
Text A The Reader
Text B Sunday Before the War
Unit 8 Economics Is All Around Us
Text A The Substance of Economics
Text B Principles of Economics
Unit 9 More About Man
Text A Man and the Industrial Arts
Text B Man and Society
Unit 10 The Spirit of a Nation
Text A The English Language
Text B The Spirit of the Chinese People