本教材以全新的视角体现了目前国内外英语教学研究的成果，以与学生生活贴近的“话题”为核心，以结构和功能为主线，通过形式多样而又便于操作的“活动”方式，创设有意义的语言情境，综合训练学生听、说、读、写四项基本技能，切实培养学生应用英语进行交际的能力。

本教材注重学生英语运用能力的培养，体现了“素质教育”和“能力本位”的教学思想。教学内容覆盖中等职业学校英语课程中的“语法项目”和“交际话题”。

UNIT 1 What I look like

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading & Writing

 Description of a person — appearance, clothes

UNIT 2 All about you

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading & Writing

 Informal letter(Ⅰ) - to a penfriend for the first time

UNiT 3 Places I've been to

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading & Writing

 Description of a place

UNIT 4 On holiday

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading & Writing

 Informal letter (Ⅱ) - to give news

UNIT 5 An imaginary world

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading & Writing

 Imaginary story

UNIT 6 Let's celebrate

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading & Writing

 Informal letter (Ⅲ) - to invite, to describe what you are going to do

UNIT 7 Films I've seen

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading & Writing

 Film review

UNIT 8 My everyday experiences

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading & Writing

 Account of a true event

UNIT 9 Our green world

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading & Writing

 Formal letter - to ask for information, make a request

UNIT 10 Revision

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading & Writing

SPEAKING ACTIVITIES

GRAMMAR

VOCABULARY