本套教材共计3册，词汇起点为800词。第一册的重点是基本语法和基本的听、说、读、译的技能训练，第二册、第三册在继续加强听、说、读、译的技能训练和提高语法应用能力的同时，增加套写应用文的训练。教材中的每个单元均根据在国内进行专题涉外活动的实际需要，设计提供了大量的小对话、常用句型、短文和应用文范文，便于学生学习、模仿、套用，使学生真正掌握一些实用英语，最终达到在涉外活动中能举一反三、较为自如运用的目的。本教材在编写过程中力求实用、新颖、简明，强调学用相结合，既突出了成人的特点又兼顾到选材的趣味性。编写者力求能达到所设定的目标。本书为第三册。

Unit 1 Busy Tempo of Modern Life

Ⅰ. Working on Information

　Dialogues A. Is Life a Race?

　　　　　　B. How to Cope with Stress?

　Passage Stress Consumes Modern Lives

Ⅱ. Using Words and Expressions

Ⅲ. Integrated Listening and Speaking

Ⅳ. Grammar Project

　分词结构做后置定语(Participle Phrases as Post-modifiers)

Ⅴ. Language Practice

Ⅵ. Practical Writing

　商务传真 (Business Faxes)

Ⅶ. Supplementary Reading

　10 Ways to Let the Sun Shine in

Unit 2　Wedding Customs

Ⅰ.Working on Information

　Dialogues A. Should They Get Married?

　　　　　　B. They Are Breading up

　Passage Wedding Customs and Superstitions

Ⅱ. Using Words and Expressions

Ⅲ. Integrated Listening and Speaking

Ⅳ. Grammar Project

　"it"做形式主语或形式宾语 ("It" as Formal Subject or Object)

Ⅴ. Language Practice

Ⅵ. Practical Writing

　祝贺信(Letters of Congratulation)

Ⅶ. Supplementary Reading

　Fewer Americans than Ever Gettinq

Unit 3 Advantages orE-mail

Ⅰ. Working on Information

　Dialogues A. Personal Computers

　　　　　　B. On-line Courses

　Passage Advantages of E-mail

Ⅱ. Using Words and Expressions

Ⅲ. Integrated Listening and Speaking

Ⅳ. Grammar Project

　主谓一致 (Subject-verb Concord)

Ⅴ. Language Practice

Ⅵ. Practical Writing

　申请信 ( Letters of Application )

Ⅶ. Supplementary Reading

　Disadvantages of E- mail

Unit 4 Child Education

Ⅰ. Working on Information

　Dialogues How to Become Effective Parents?

　Passage Three Types of Parents

Ⅱ. Using Words and Expressions

Ⅲ. Integrated Listening and Speaking

Ⅳ. Grammar Project

　非限制性定语从句( Non-restrictive Attributive Clauses )

Ⅴ. Language Practice

Ⅵ. Practical Writing

　欢迎词与欢送词(Welcoming Speeches and Farewell Speeches)

Ⅶ. Supplementary Reading

　Tell Your Children You Love Them Too

Unit 5　Travelling

Ⅰ. Working on Information

　Dialogues A. Taking, a Vacation

　　　　　　B. It's an Interesting to Nanjing

　Passage A Foreigner's Vist to Nanjing

Ⅱ. Using Words and Expressions

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Unit 6　Housing

Unit 7 Electrnic Commerce

Unit 8 Violence