本书是《涉外护理英语》系列教程的组成部分，供五年。制高职高专涉外护理专业英语教学使用，也可供广大英语爱好者和医护人员作为学习英语的辅助读物。

本教程注重从学生实际水平出发，坚持先易后难、由浅人深、循序渐进。学生通过学习逐步掌握语言技能和知识，不断增进对中西方文化的了解，掌握良好的学习方法。

课文全部选自英美文章原稿，略有删改。阅读材料鲜活多样，题材广泛，体裁多样，语言地道精确，难度适中，练习和任务设计灵活新颖，体现学生的兴趣特点、知识水平、认知特点和心理发展水平。选材内容健康；贴近学生生活和语言水平；具有思想性、趣味性、知识性、文化性、挑战性和时代感。选材内容包括生活趣事、名人轶事、体育健身、民情风俗、娱乐休闲、学习策略、科普知识、医学保健、环境自然、国家地理、工作就业等。

本册共有15个单元，每单元由3篇短文组成，每篇450～600字，每篇生词不超过3％。Passage 1紧密体现主话题，Passage 2则围绕话题有所展开，内容涉及的范围更广泛。考虑到涉外护理特征，即为了让学生尽早接触一些简单的医护词汇，Passage 3则选简易医学护理普及读物。

Unit One Home and School

 Passage 1 Getting Along with Parents

 Passage 2 What to Do If You Don't Like School?

 Passage 3 The Start of Modern Anesthesia

Unit Two Do It Fair and Square

 Passage 1 Cheating ( I )

 Passage 2 Cheating ( II )

 Passage 3 Acupuncture

Unit Three Pop Culture

 Passage 1 Hip Hop

 Passage 2 Music That's Always on Top

 Passage 3 Can Loud Music Hurt My Ears?

Unit Four Homeschooling: Better or Worse?

 Passage 1 Homeschooling ( I )

 Passage 2 Homeschooling ( II )

 Passage 3 Kids and Growing Pains

Unit Five Diet and Health

 Passage 1 Get a Good Diet and Be Healthy

 Passage 2 Chinese Medicine Dishes

 Passage 3 Healthy Food

Unit Six It All Happens in Teen's Life

 Passage 1 Basketball Tryouts

 Passage 2 Friends Forever

 Passage 3 When Snack Attacks Strike

Unit Seven Making Wise Decisions

 Passage 1 Decision Making

 Passage 2 Dealing with Peer Pressure

 Passage 3 Five Steps to Fight Stress

Unit Eight Wonders of the Human Civilizations

 Passage 1 Leaning Tower of Pisa

 Passage 2 The Great Pyramid

 Passage 3 Why Do People Get Shrunk?

Unit Nine Leisure Time

 Passage 1 How Americans Spend Their Time ( I )

 Passage 2 How Americans Spend Their Time ( II )

 Passage 3 What to Tell the Doctor

Unit Ten Gifts of Love

 Passage 1 Extra Good Luck

 Passage 2 Love Conquered Cancers

 Passage 3 Hugging for Health

Unit Eleven Taking Good Care of Your Body

 Passage 1 Exercise Yourself to Fitness

 Passage 2 Why Exercise Is Cool?

 Passage 3 Winding Up Your Body Clock

Unit Twelve Great People in History

 Passage 1 Hans Christian Andersen

 Passage 2 Leonardo da Vinci

 Passage 3 The Discoverer of X-rays

Unit Thirteen Fantastic Facts of the Natural World

 Passage 1 Amazing Insects

 Passage 2 Animals Up in the Air

 Passage 3 Circus Doctor

Unit Fourteen Masterpieces of Superb Imagination

 Passage 1 Verne's Science Fiction

 Passage 2 Robinson Crusoe

 Passage 3 What Is Imagination?

Unit Fifteen Medical Information on Well-Being

 Passage 1 A Bit About Blood Pressure

 Passage 2 Color Therapy

 Passage 3 Cosmetic Surgery

Appendix I  Key to Exercises

Appendix II Glossary