本书以最新《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》为指导原则，运用国际第二语言习得理论的新成果，充分体现“以人为本”的思想，突出英语专业的特色和优势，注重培养英语专业学生的语言、认知、逻辑等能力。本套教材为英语专业本科1-2年级基础阶段编写，核心理念是关注英语表达能力的培养。将思考、听力、口语、阅读、写作、翻译融为一体，综合提高英语表达能力。

Unit 1 Cross Cultural Communication：Are You Ready

 Text A How I'll Become an American

 Text B American Masala

Unit 2 Distinguished Women

 Text A Courage Under Ire

 Text B Hands-On Help

Unit 3 Health

 Text A Designing Heart-Healthy Communities

 Text B Not Always “the Happiest Time”

Unit 4 Individual First or Community First

 Text A The Power of We

 Text B Caught on the Web

Unit 5 Life Collections

 Text A Looking Forward，Looking Back

 Text B The World as I See It

Unit 6 How Can We Remain Young？

 Text A The End of Aging

 Text B In Sickness，in Health

Unit 7 What Is True Love？

 Text A Forget Me Not

 Text B The Last Chapter

Unit 8 Knowledge vs. Wisdom

 Text A Knowledge and Wisdom

 Text B How to Avoid Foolish Opinions

Unit 9 Can Advertising and Faith Coexist？

 Text A On the Art of Advertising

 Text B The Case Against Advertising

Unit 10 What Are You Reading？

 Text A Reading

 Text B How Should One Read a Book？

Unit 11 Art，Technology，and Human Soul

 Text A The Poet and the Computer

 Text B Between the Art and the Artist Lies the Shadow

Unit 12 Fascinating Society

 Text A Uniforms，Yes or No？

 Text B Look Closely：Some People Are Not Real