本书分为两个部分，即读、写部分和视、听、说部分，并分别围绕着8个主题，从全国大学英语四、六级考试的听、说、读、写的角度进行编写。阅读技能指导、听力策略指导、写作指导与单元内容有机衔接、浑然一体，既可以作为单元的一个部分（Lead In），也可以单独使用。
本书可作为艺术设计类专业的教学用书，也可作为从事艺术设计的人员的参考用书。

Reading and Writing Section
Unit 1 Design Ethics
Part 1 Design for Survival and Survival through Design: What Can We Do?
Pre-reading Activities
Post-reading Activities
Part 2 Design for Personal Needs
Part 3 Confucian Design Ethics
Part 4 Writing Skill
Unit 2 Bauhaus
Part 1 The History of Bauhaus
Pre-reading Activities
Post-reading Activities
Part 2 Bauhaus at the Barbican: Art as Life
Part 3 Water Gropius and His Masterpieces
Part 4 Writing Skill
Unit 3 Chinese Traditional Arts and Crafts
Part 1 Paper cutting
Pre-reading Activities
Post-reading Activities
Part 2 Embroidery
Part 3 Kite
Part 4 Writing Skill
Unit 4 Animation and Cartoon
Part 1 Animation
Pre-reading Activities
Post-reading Activities
Part 2 Cartoon
Part 3 Sustainable Development Strategy of Chinese Animation Industry
Part 4 Writing Skill
Unit 5 Stories of Designers
Part 1 Raymond Loewy—the Man Who Streamlined the Sales-Curve
Pre-reading Activities
Post-reading Activities
Part 2 Fashion Queen—Coco Chanel
Part 3 Shigeo Fukuda, Japan
Part 4 Writing Skill
Unit 6 Design Management
Part 1 What is Design Management?
Pre-reading Activities
Post-reading Activities
Part 2 Why is Design Management Important?
Part 3 Why is Design Management Important?
Part 4 Writing Skill
Unit 7 Contemporary Japanese Design
Part 1 Contemporary Japanese Design
Pre-reading Activities
Post-reading Activities
Part 2 Hayao Miyazaki As Animator
Part 3 英汉对比阅读
Part 4 Writing Skill
Unit 8 Green Design
Part 1 Sustainable Design
Pre-reading Activities
Post-reading Activities
Part 2 Reading Exercises
Part 3 英汉对比阅读
Part 4 Writing Skill
Viewing, Listening and Speaking Section
Unit 1 Design Ethics
Part 1 Background Information
Part 2 Lead In
Part 3 Listening Strategy—Making Predictions
Part 4 Listening
Passage 1 When Clients Ask You to Copy Another Design
Passage 2 Victor Papanek
Passage 3 The Social and Moral Responsibilities of the Designer
Part 5 Viewing
Clip 1 Dieter Rams’ Commandments
Clip 2 Memphis
Clip 3 Objects of Desire
Part 6 Speaking
Unit 2 Bauhaus
Part 1 Background Information
Part 2 Lead In
Part 3 Listening Strategy—Making Predictions
Part 4 Listening
Passage 1 Bauhaus
Passage 2 Visual Communication
Passage 3 A Famous Designer in Bauhaus—Wilhelm Langenfeld
Part 5 Viewing
Clip 1 Inauguration of the Bauhaus in Dessau
Clip 2 The Bauhaus Body Part in Dessau
Clip 3 Bauhaus Staff Building and Its Ending in Dessau
Part 6 Speaking
Unit 3 Chinese Traditional Arts and Crafts
Part 1 Background Information
Part 2 Lead In
Part 3 Listening Strategy—Making Inferences
Part 4 Listening
Long Conversation Folk Art
Passage 1 Longquan Celadon
Passage 2 Traditional Chinese Arts and Crafts in Danger
Part 5 Viewing
Clip 1 Dunhuang Art
Clip 2 Court Ladies Preparing Newly-Woven Silk
Clip 3 Qipao
Part 6 Speaking
Unit 4 Animation and Cartoon
Part 1 Background Information
Part 2 Lead In
Part 3 Listening Strategy—Making Inferences
Part 4 Listening
Long Conversation Cartoons
Passage 1 Motion
Passage 2 Animation Industry
Part 5 Viewing
Clip 1 The films of Pixar Animation Studios
Clip 2 China International Cartoon and Animation Festival
Clip 3 Squash and Stretch
Part 6 Speaking
Unit 5 Stories of Designers
Part 1 Background Information
Part 2 Lead In
Part 3 Listening Strategy—Taking Notes
Part 4 Listen