本教材是《涉外护理英语》系列教材的组成部分，为五年制高等职业教育护理英语教学用书，也可用作广大英语爱好者和医护人员获取英语听说能力的辅助教材。

本册教材依照教育部于2004年初颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求(试行)》的教学方针和教学要求而编写，目标是即能实现大学英语听说目标，又能基本满足涉外护理学护士临床实践的需求。编写的指导思想仍以交际功能为最终目标，以语言技能训练为方法，以有关第二语言习得思想为依据，循序渐进，培养学生英语听说能力，使学生实现由普通英语向基础医学英语和专业护理英语过渡，并最终满足涉外护理工作中的专业交际需求。

本册教材有以下特色：1.听说并重，注重实用和交际；2.强化基础，强调应用；3.图片丰富，话题熟悉、实用性高，听说能力拓展适合多层面的学生；4.普通英语和护理英语合理结合；5.部分内容吸收CET与CET—SET的题型设计。

本册教材由15个单元构成，每单元由4个部分组成：Part A Warm-up Exercise；Part B Listening Tasks；Part C Speaking Tasks；Part D Additional Practice。

Unit 1 Language Learning

Part A Warm-up Exercise

Part B Listening Tasks

Part C Speaking Tasks

Part D Additional Practice

Unit 2 Health and Die！

Part A Warm-up Exercise

Part B Listening Tasks

Part C Speaking Tasks

Part D Additional Practice

Unit 3 Leisure Time Activities

Part A Warm-up Exercise

Part B Listening Tasks

Part C Speaking Tasks

Part D Additional Practice

Unit 4 Sleep and Dream

Part A Warm-up Exercise

Part B Listening Tasks

Part C Speaking Tasks

Part D Additional Practice

Part A Warm-up Exercise

Part B Listening Tasks

Part C Speaking Tasks

Part D Additional Practice

Unit 6 Common Disease-Obestiy

Part A Warm-up Exercise

Part B Listening Tasks

Part C Speaking Tasks

Part D Additional Practice

Unit 7 Sports

Part A Warm-up Exercise

Part B Listening Tasks

Part C Speaking Tasks

Part D Additional Practice

Unit 8 Aging

Part A Warm-up Exercise

Part B Listening Tasks

Part C Speaking Tasks

Part D Additional Practice

Unit 9 Travel

Part A Warm-up Exercise

Part B Listening Tasks

Part C Speaking Tasks

Part D Additional Practice

Part A Warm-up Exercise

Part B Listening Tasks

Part C Speaking Tasks

Part D Additional Practice

 Part A Warm-up Exercise

 Part B Listening Tasks

 Part C Speaking Tasks

 Part D Additional Practice

 Part A Warm-up Exercise

 Part B Listening Tasks

 Part C Speaking Tasks

 Part D Additional Practice

 Part A Warm-up Exercise

 Part B Listening Tasks

 Part C Speaking Tasks

 Part D Additional Practice

Unit 14 Health Education

Part A Warm-up Exercise

Part B Listening Tasks

Part C Speaking Tasks

Part D Additional Practice

Unit 15 Health for All

Part A Warm-up Exercise

Part B Listening Tasks

Part C Speaking Tasks

Part D Additional Practice