本教程是以《高职高专教育英语课程教学的基本要求》和《高等学校英语应用能力考试大纲》为基点而编写的，是遵循《基本要求》和《考试大纲》的产物。

本教程分听和说、精读课文、语法、阅读课文和写作五大部分，共计20个单元(60篇文章)，24个语法条目、300多个语言点，符合教材编制体系。各个部分内容广泛、丰富，既巩固复习了中学所学的知识，又全面扩展了新的内容，是名副其实的“大全”。

本书为大学英语高职高专专门用书，读者对象是高职高专学生，作者均为有丰富教学经验的一线教师。全书以大学英语学习中要求掌握的基础知识为主线编排，并配以大量的词、词组、短语和例句，习题量充实，内容丰富；紧贴《高等学校英语应用能力考试大纲》的主题，融系统性、知识性、应用性为一体。同时针对“高等学校英语应用能力考试”的题型，精编和精选了大量例题，在巩固学生学习的同时，提高他们在考试中的实战能力。

Unit 1

 Listening & Speaking

 Intensive Reading

Text A What Is a Great Book?

 Grammar动词不定式(Infinitive)

 Extensive Reading

Text B Sports in Britain

Text C Guidelines for Giving Presentations

 Applied Writing语法的应用

Unit 2

 Listening & Speaking

 Intensive Reading

Text A Fifty Years of Love

 Grammar动名词(Gerund)

 Extensive Reading

Text B Turning in Your Assignment on Time

Text C The Best Years of Your Life

 Applied Writing应用文应试技巧

Unit 3

 Listening & Speaking

 Intensive Reading

 Text A A Gift for Mother’s Day

 Grammar分词(Participle)

 Extensive Reading

Text B How to Make Your Holidavs

Text C Types of Transitions

 Applied Writing备忘录

Unit 4

 Listening & Speaking

 Intensive Reading

Text A Influencing the Younger Generation

 Grammar名词性从句(The Noun C1ause)

 Extensive Reading

Text B Thought for the Day

Text C Youth

 Applied Writing通知的类型及写作

Unit 5

 Listening & Speaking

 Intensive Reading

Text A A World without Oil

 Grammar定语从句(The Attributive C1ause) 

 Extensive Reading

Text B Energy of Thoughts

Text C Global Warming May Be Twice as Bad as Feared

Applied Writing广告

Unit 6

 Listening & Speaking

 Intensive Reading

Text A New World under thP SPa

 Grammar状语从句(The Adverbial Clause)

 Extensive Reading

Text B Leap Second

Text C Weddings in the United States

 Applied Writing求职简历

Unit 7

 Listening & Speaking

 Intensive Reading

Text A Effects of Music on Animals

 Grammar倒装句(The Inverted Sentence)

 Extensive Reading

Text B Prometheus

Text C Music of the Ancients

 Applied Writing英文自传

Unit 8

 Listening & Speaking

 Intensive Reading

Text A Transport and Trade

 Grammar否定(The Negative Structure)

 Extensive Reading

Text B A Doctor’s Story

Text C Advantages and Disadvantages of Nuclear Energy

Applied Writing图表

Unit 9

 Listening & Speaking

 Intensive Reading

Text A Avian 1nfltlenza(Bird Flu)

 Grammar虚拟语气(The Subjunctive Mood)

 Extensive Reading

Text B Respecting Our Differences and Working Together

Text C To Save a Life

 Applied Writing图表作文(一)

Unit 10

 Listening & Speaking

 Intensive Reading

Text A Sustainability Today

 Grammar It的用法(The Usage of It)

 Extensive Reading

Text B A Boy’s Heartsong

Text C The Gettysburg AddressBy Abraham Lincoln

Applied Writing图表作文(二)

Glossary