本教材按照教育部高等教育司《高職高專教育英語課程教學基本要求》編寫， 貫徹聽說領(lǐng)先的原則，重在培養(yǎng)學生實際使用英語進行交際的能力，同時培養(yǎng)學生較強的閱讀能力，并兼顧寫作、翻譯等各項能力的發(fā)展，使學生具備以英語為工具，捕捉和獲取所需信息的能力，為學習各種專業(yè)英語打下堅實基礎(chǔ)。
本教材共分四冊，語言材料大部分選自原文材料，具有較強的思想性、科學性、知識性、趣味性和實用性。第一、二冊的內(nèi)容以共核英語為主（Common Core English）為主，第三、四冊適當增加科普和人文內(nèi)容的比例。學生學完第三冊后可以達到《高職高專教育英語課程教學基本要求》所規(guī)定的B級要求，學完第四冊后可以達到《高職高專教育英語課程教學基本要求》所規(guī)定的A級要求。
Unit One The Things Unknown to You
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Tape Scripts for Listening Comprehension
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Unit Two Fight against AIDS
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Unit Three Energy Sense Makes Future Sense
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Key to Unit1
Tape Scripts for Listening Comprehension
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Unit Four The Cloning Technology
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Key to Unit1
Tape Scripts for Listening Comprehension
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Unit Five Advertising and Advertisements
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Tape Scripts for Listening Comprehension
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Unit Six Computers Concerning You
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Tape Scripts for Listening Comprehension
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Unit Seven The Internet Concerning You
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Unit Eight International Trade
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Tape Scripts for Listening Comprehension
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RevisionⅡ
Appendix 教學大綱與實施方案
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