在过去几年课程建设的辛勤耕耘中，编者已考虑并着手修订此教材，从而使之更加完善，更富有内涵，更具有实用性。但是，其宗旨仍然不变，即将社会知识与语言知识融合为一体，充分体现大学英语学习的学术性和语言学习的实用性。经数年呕心沥血，编者成功打造了一个全新版。

木教材由十个单元组成，在内容上有很大程度的调整和充实，选材更赋有针对性，即社会知识和语言知识两者的合理兼顾，从而使本教材洋溢着主题教材的时代气息，同时也提供了语言学习的丰富内容。

UNIT ONE

 TEXT A: Protecting Medicine in the 21st Century

 TEXT B: A Vision of Health Care for the Next Millennium

 Follow-up Activities:

 Vocabulary Enlargement & Reinforcemem

 Grammar and Structure Acquisition

 Integration

 Reading Comprehension

 Guided Paragraph Writing

UNIT TWO

 TEXT A: Stress

 TEXT B: The Ironic Politics of Obesity

 Follow-up Activities:

 Vocabulary Enlargement & Reinforcement

 Grammar and Structure Acquisition

 Integration

 Reading Comprehension

 Guided Paragraph Writing

UNIT THREE

 TEXT A: Antibiotic Resistance

 TEXT B: Less Is More

 Follow-up Activities:

 Vocabulary Enlargement & Reinforcement

 Grammar and Structure Acquisition

 Integration

 Reading Comprehension

 Guided Paragraph Writing

UNIT FOUR

 TEXT A：He Lifted His Eyes

 TEXT B：A Crowded Room

 Follow—up Activities：

 Vocabulary Enlargement&Reinforcement

 Grammar and Structure Acquisition

 Integration

 Reading Comprehension

 Guided Paragraph Writing

UNIT FIVE

 TEXT A： Standards of Carc 

 TEXT B：Will the Real Doctor Please Stand Up? 

 Follow-up Activities：

 Vocabulary Enlargement&Reinforcement

 Grammar and Structure Acquisition

 Integration

 Reading Comprehension

 Guided Paragraph Writing

UNIT Six

 TEXT A： Cure or Care?

 TEXT B：Death with Dignity：The Ultimate Human Right?

 Follow-up Activities：

 Vocabulary Enlargement&Reinforcement

 Grammar and Structure Acquisition

 Integration

 Reading Comprehension

 Guided Paragraph Writing

UNIT SEVEN

 TEXT A：Is Surrogate Motherhood Moral? 

 TEXT B：IUsks and Risks

 Follow—up Activities：

 Vocabulary Enlargement&Reinforcement

 Grammar and Structure Acquisition

 Integration

 Reading Comprehension

 Guided Paragraph Writing

UNIT EIGHT

 TEXT A：Humanity as the Model System

 TEXT B：The Body Pofitic

 Follow—up Activities：

 Vocabulary Enlargement&Reinforcement

 Grammar and Structure Acquisition

 Integration

 Reading Comprehension

 Guided Paragraph Writing

UNIT NINE

 TEXT A： Seeds of Refclrill：

 TEXT B：A Trip to the Pharmacy in 2010

 Follow‘up Activities：

 Vocabulary Enlargement&Reinforcement

 Grammar and Structure Acquisition

 Integration

 Reading Comprehension

 Guided Paragraph Writing

UNIT TEN

 TEXT A：Science as a Candle of Hope 

 TEXT B：Where Science Meets Society

 Follow—up Activities：

 Vocabulary Enlargement&Reinforcement

 Grammar and Structure Acquisition

 Integration

 Reading Comprehension

 Guided Paragraph Writing

GLOSSARY

APPENDIX：Task Slips