《简明实用英语（第2册）（第2版）》系列教材共三册，本书为第二册。全书共有10个单元，每个单元包括：SectionⅠ Listening and Speaking（听说训练）、SectionⅡ Intensive Reading（精读课文）、SectionⅢ Grammar（语法精讲）、SectionⅣ Applied Writing（实用文体写作）、SectionⅤ Reading Practice（阅读训练）和SectionⅥ Cultural Tips（文化点滴）等6个部分。本次修订在保持教材内容完整性及实用性的前提下，将原《读写教程》与《听说教程》合二为一，调整了各单元模块顺序并更换了部分内容，在强调英语教学的科学性与连贯性的同时，更加注重提高学生的英语交际能力。本书可作为高职高专公共英语教学的教材，也可作为其他高等院校学生的参考用书。

第2版前言
Unit OneLanguage Learning
Section Ⅰ Listening and SpeakingAsking the Way
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading The Pleasure of Learning
Section Ⅲ GrammarDisjunctive Questions(反意疑问句)
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Letter of Request (请求信)
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice
Passage 1Learning Foreign Languages
Passage 2How I Became a Successful Language Learner
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Broadway
Unit TwoJob-hunting
Section Ⅰ Listening and SpeakingTravel by Air
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Enthusiasm Leads to Success
Section Ⅲ GrammarThe Emphatic Pattern (强调句型)
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Application Letter (求职信)
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice
Passage 1Eight Ways to Sidestep Hidden Job-hunting Hazards
Passage 2Top Ten Tips for Career Fair Success
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips An Uncomfortable Trip
Unit ThreeInternet
Section Ⅰ Listening and SpeakingShopping
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading The Impact of the Internet on OurDaily Life
Section Ⅲ GrammarVerb Tense Ⅰ (时态一)
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Certificate (证明信)
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice
Passage 1Tips on Online Shopping
Passage 2Online Shopping
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips About Shopping
Unit FourAmerican Culture
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking Going to Clinic
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Why People Move to the UnitedStates?
Section Ⅲ GrammarVerb Tense Ⅱ (时态二)
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Recommendation Letter (推荐信)
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice
Passage 1American Customs and Habits
Passage 2Table Manners
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Medicine in the U.S.
Unit FiveFamily Life
Section Ⅰ Listening and SpeakingHotel
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading What do Parents Owe TheirChildren?
Section Ⅲ GrammarVerb Tense Ⅲ (时态三)
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Letter of Complaint (投诉信)
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice
Passage 1The "Other Woman" in My Life
Passage 2A Long Walk Home
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips About Reservation
Mid-term Test
Unit SixEnvironmental Protection
Section Ⅰ Listening and SpeakingAt the Restaurants
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Focus on Global Warming
Section Ⅲ GrammarVerb Tense Ⅳ(时态四)
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Letter of Introduction (介绍信)
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice
Passage 1The Green Lifestyles
Passage 2Global Warming
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Making a Toast
Unit SevenCreativity
Section Ⅰ Listening and SpeakingMaking Telephone Call
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Developing Your PersonalCreativity
Section Ⅲ GrammarThe Past Future Indefinite (过去将来时)
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Resume (简历)
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice
Passage 1Thought Expanders: A New Thinking Product
Passage 2People Are Notes Pegs
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Telephone Number in the U.S
Unit EightAdvertisement
Section Ⅰ Listening and SpeakingPost Office
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Background of Today'sAdvertising
Section Ⅲ GrammarSubject Clauses (主语从句)
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Job Advertisement (招聘广告)
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice
Passage 1TV Advertising Continuing to Flourish
Passage 2Advertising: The Selling of a Product
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips EMS
Unit NineTravel
Section Ⅰ Listening and SpeakingCareer Planning
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Rest Areas on Highways
Section Ⅲ GrammarPredicative Clauses (表语从句)
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Notice (通知与启示)
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice
Passage 1Have A Safe Trip!
Passage 2Business Travel to New York
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips The Keys to Career Planning
Unit TenPolitical Events
Section Ⅰ Listening and SpeakingJob Interview
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading The Boston Tea Party
Section Ⅲ GrammarObject Clause & AppositiveClauses(宾语从句和同位语从句)
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Instructions (说明书)
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice
Passage 1Space Race
Passage 2The "Unsinkable" Titanic Went Down
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips The Changing AmericanWorkforce
Final Test
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