本教程专门为医学生，尤其是为医学本科生编写而成，在第二版的基础上修订而成，更换了部分选篇，增加了大量视频。本教材具有四个基本特点：1）较好的知识切入点，贴近医学生；2）新颖的教材体例设计，缩短知识内容呈现与课堂实践的距离，将语言与语言运用结合在一起；3）精心设计的系列课堂互动式平台，激发学生的参与性和能动性；4）写说结合，提高学生的专注性和能动性。本教材分8个单元，每个单元由两部分组成，第一部分是两篇课文，有大量生词解释和短语句子注释，课后有分类相关练习，第二部分是四个视频及配套练习。

Unit One About Social :Medicine.
I. Text-based Learning Activities
Text A: The Burden of Disease and the Changing Task of Medicine--Text-based Learning Activities
Text B: The Burden of Disease and the Changing Task of Medicine--Multiple-choice Questions for Reading Comprehension
II. Video-based Learning Activities
Video 1 (V1): Social Determinants of Health--Video-based Learning Activities
Video 2 (V2): Social Determinants of Health--Examples--Video-based Learning Activities
Video 3 (V3): Multiple-choice Questions for Listening Comprehension
Video 4 (V4): Multiple-choice Questions for Listening Comprehension
Unit Two About Stress
I. Text-based Learning Activities
Text A: Stress--Text-based Learning Activities
Text B: Stress and Burnout in China: Modern Problems, Ancient Solutions--Multiple-choice Questions for Reading Comprehension
II. Video-based Learning Activities
Video 1 (V1): How to Know When You're Suffering from Workplace Burnout--Video-based Learning Activities
Video 2 (V2): How to Get Rid of the Virus from Your Hands--Video-based Learning Activities
Video 3 (V3): Multiple-choice Questions for Listening Comprehension
Video 4 (V4): Multiple-choice Questions for Listening Comprehension
Unit Three About Antibiotic Resistance
I. Text-based Learning Activities
Text A: Less Is More--Text-based Learning Activities
Text B: Stop the Spread of Superbugs--Multiple-choice Questions for Reading Comprehension
II. Video-based Learning Activities
Video 1 (V1): Fighting Superbugs--Video-based Learning Activities
Video 2 (V2): Overuse of Antibiotics--Pediatric Expert Tips--Video-based Learning Activities
Video 3 (V3): Multiple-choice Questions for Listening Comprehension
Video 4 (V4): Multiple-choice Questions for Listening Comprehension
Unit Four About Food Safety
I. Text-based Learning Activities
Text A: Food Safety Really Is Everyone's Business--Text-based Learning Activities
Text B: Food Safety Is Still High among Concerns--Multiple-choice Questions for Reading Comprehension
II. Video-based Learning Activities
Video 1 (V1): Food Safety Tips--Video-based Learning Activities
Video 2 (V2): Myth, Cereal's False Claims--Video-based Learning Activities
Video 3 (V3): Multiple-choice Questions for Listening Comprehension
Video 4 (V4): Multiple-choice Questions for Listening Comprehension
Unit Five About Patient-physician Relationship
I. Text-based Learning Activities
Text A: Standards of Care--Text-based Learning Activities
Text B: Redefining the Doctor-patient Relationship--Multiple-choice Questions for Reading Comprehension
II. to Video-based Learning Activities
Video 1 (V1): Doctor-patient Relationship--Video-based Learning Activities
Video 2 (V2): The Medicine in the Year of 2060--Video-based Learning Activities
Video 3 (V3): Multiple-choice Questions for Listening Comprehension
Video 4 (V4): Multiple-choice Questions for Listening Comprehension
Unit Six About The Human Dimension of Medicine
I. Text-based Learning Activities
Text A: The Envelope--Text-based Learning Activities
Text B: He Lifted His Eyes--Multiple-choice Questions for Reading Comprehension
II. Video-based Learning Activities
Video 1 (Vl): Treating the Whole Patient--Not Labels--Video-based Learning Activities
Video 2 (V2): Why Patient Experience Matters--Video-based Learning Activities
Video 3 (V3): Multiple-choice Questions for Listening Comprehension
Video 4 (V4): Multiple-choice Questions for Listening Comprehension
Unit Seven About Medical Ethics
I. Text-based Learning Activities
Text A: Cure or Care?--The Future of Medical Ethics--Text-based Learning Activities
Text B: Is Surrogate Motherhood Moral?--Multiple-choice Questions for Reading Comprehension
II. Video-based Learning Activities