本书是依据教育部颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求》编写的非英语专业用本科英语教材。本书突出实用性，在充分考虑学习者英语基础的同时，结合人文关怀和职场需要，旨在培养学生的英语听说、阅读、写作、翻译等综合应用能力，为学习者在今后的学习、工作和社会交往中用英语进行交际，适应我国社会发展和国际交流的需要奠定必要的基础。本书共设六个单元，每单元包含五个模块，分别是Listening and Speaking(听说)、Reading Comprehension(阅读理解)、EnglishChinese Translation Techniques(翻译技能)、Writing(写作)和Cultural Express(文化扩展)。本书可用于普通本科教育、成人本科教育、函授本科教育、普通专科教育，也适用于自学。

Unit 1 Advertisements 1
Part?Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 2
Part?Ⅱ Reading Comprehension 7
Passage 1 The Most Effective Advertising of All 8
Passage 2 How to Create an Advertisement 14
Part?Ⅲ EnglishChinese Translation Techniques 20
Part?Ⅳ Writing 22
Part?Ⅴ Cultural Express 26
Unit 2 Health and Medicine 28
Part?Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 29
Part?Ⅱ Reading Comprehension 33
Passage 1 Researchers May Have Found New Weapon Against Disease 33
Passage 2 One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Heart 40
Part?Ⅲ EnglishChinese Translation Techniques 46
Part?Ⅳ Writing 48
Part?Ⅴ Cultural Express 51
Unit 3 Food 53
Part?Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 54
Part?Ⅱ Reading Comprehension 58
Passage 1 Four Major Cuisines in China 58
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