晏奎等编著的《基础英语教程》是根据《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》，结合21世纪对外语人才的多元需求，以课改后的新课标为起点而编写的。目的是夯实基础，全面发展，拓宽知识，提升素质。

本教程切合中国学生的特殊需要，倡导自主学习、合作研讨，体现以人为本。无论是介绍语言与文化、教与学、知识与技能、历史与发展的内在规律，还是引进先进的教学理念、方法、原则，包括引进新思想、新技术，体现时代性、先进性，都围绕21世纪对外语专门人才的多元需求，立足于人的全面发展和终身学习的需要。

晏奎等编著的《基础英语教程》是高等学校英语专业综合英语教材，全套共四册。本册为第一册，选文以友谊、兴趣、语言、英美文化、世界文明为主，材料新颖、内容健康、语言地道、启发性强。

《基础英语教程(1)》共12个单元，每个单元由四大部分组成：阅读理解(含Pre-reading Tasks、Texl．、Notes to the Text、Comprehension Tasks)、语言能力(含词法、句法)、技能训练、拓展练习(含Further Work、Leaming to Learn、Self-Assessment)。通过本册的学习和训练，力求使学生在知识、技能、文化、情感、策略五个方面获得进步和提高。

Unit 1

Pre-reading Tasks

Text: Three Lessons from Harry Potter

Linguistic Competence

Skill Development

Supplementary Reading: Welcome to LSE

Further Work

Learning to Learn: How Do You Learn English

Self-Assessment

Unit 2

Pre-reading Tasks

Text: Strength of a Single Syllable

Linguistic Competence

Skill Development

Supplementary Reading: If You Speak English

Further Work

Learning to Learn: Representing Sounds in Memory

Self-Assessment

Unit 3

Pre-reading Tasks

Text: Words That Really Move Us

Linguistic Competence

Skill Development

Supplementary Reading: The Perfect Match

Further Work

Learning to Learn: Placing New Words into a Context

Self-Assessment

Unit 4

Pre-reading Tasks

Text: Two Truths to Live by

Linguistic Competence

Skill Development

Supplementary Reading: The Style of Living

Further Work

Learning to Learn: Associating

Self-Assessment

Unit 5

Pre-reading Tasks

Text: Eleven

Linguistic Competence

Skill Development

Supplementary Reading: Shame

Further Work

Learning to Learn: Grouping

Self-Assessment

Unit 6

Pre-reading Tasks

Text: The Girl in the Fifth Row

Linguistic Competence

Skill Development

Supplementary Reading: The Most Beautiful Heart

Further Work

Learning to Learn: Structured Reviewing

Self-Assessment

Unit 7

Pre-reading Tasks

Text: In Pursuit of 15 Seconds of Fame

Linguistic Competence

Skill Development

Supplementary Reading: The Voices of Time

Further Work

Learning to Learn: Highlighting

Self-Assessment

Unit 8

Pre-reading Tasks

Text: The Psychology of Fashion

Linguistic Competence

Skill Development

Supplementary Reading: Why Are Wedding Dresses So Expensive?

Further Work

Learning to Learn: Getting the Idea Quickly

Self-Assessment

Unit 9

Pre-reading Tasks

Text: Moment of Regret

Linguistic Competence

Skill Development

Supplementary Reading: My Medical Choice

Further Work

Learning to Learn: Taking Notes

Self-Assessment

Unit 10

Pre-reading Tasks

Text: West Point

Linguistic Competence

Skill Development

Supplementary Reading: Harrow Public School

Further Work

Learning to Learn: Semantic Mapping

Self-Assessment

Unit 11

Pre-reading Tasks

Text: Japan's Lost Generation

Linguistic Competence

Skill Development

Supplementary Reading: ]apan: The Missing Million

Further Work

Learning to Learn: Summarizing

Self-Assessment

Unit 12

Pre-reading Tasks

Text: The Phoenix

Linguistic Competence

Skill Development

Supplementary Reading: Hummingbird Winter

Further Work

Learning to Learn: Formally Practicing with Sounds and Writing Systems

Self-Assessment