根据教育部关于《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求》以培养学生实际运用语言的能力为目标、突出教学内容的实用性和针对性等基本精神，参照各地学校在使用《21世纪实用英语》第二版后提出的意见和建议，我们对本套教材内容进行了修订。

第三版修订主要调整第四部分和第五部分的内容。即将原来第四部分Reading Training部分改为Workplace Context，主要用来描述于作场景发生的情景；将原来前三册第五部分全部改为应用文写作，第四册保留为短文写作。本书由张玲、纪淑军、范振辉主编。

Init 1

 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension: Renting an A Partment

 Part Ⅱ Speaking Development: Renting an A Partment

 Part Ⅲ Integrated Course: Text A We're Raising Children, Not Flowers! (Ⅰ)

Text B We're Raising Children, Not Flowers! (Ⅱ)

 Part Ⅳ Workplace Context: Products and Services

 Part Ⅴ Writing Work: How to Make a Topic Sentence

Unit 2

 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension: Tests and Examinations

 Part Ⅱ Speaking Development: Tests and Examinations

 Part Ⅲ Integrated Course: Text A Window

Text B Home Sickness

 Part Ⅳ Workplace Context: Money

 Part Ⅴ Writing Work: Description & Definition

Unit 3

 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension: Going to the Cinema

 Part Ⅱ Speaking Development: Going to the Cinema

 Part Ⅲ Integrated Course: Text A The Boy at the Track

Text B Babes in the Woods

 Part Ⅳ Workplace Context: Marketing

 Part Ⅴ Writing Work: Exemplification, Listing & Classification

Unit 4

 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension: A Job Interview

 Part Ⅱ Speaking Development: A Job Interview

 Part Ⅲ Integrated Course: Text A Surf's Up!

Text B Festivals

 Part Ⅳ Workplace Context: E-Business

 Part Ⅴ Writing Work: Comparison & Contrast

Unit 5

 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension: Having a Party or a Get-together

 Part Ⅱ Speaking Development: Having a Party or a Get-together 

 Part Ⅲ Integrated Course: Text A The Gift of Understanding (Ⅰ)

Text B The Gift of Understanding (Ⅱ)

 Part Ⅳ Workplace Context: Placing an Order

 Part Ⅴ Writing Work: Explanation of Causes and Reasons

Unit 6

 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension: Phone Service

 Part Ⅱ Speaking Development: Phone Service

 Part Ⅲ Integrated Course: Text A A Man Who Had No Eyes (Ⅰ)

Text B A Man Who Had No Eyes (Ⅱ)

 Part Ⅳ Workplace Context: Presenting Information

 Part Ⅴ Writing Work: Demonstrating or Refuting a Viewpoint

Unit 7

 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension: Emergency

 Part Ⅱ Speaking Development: Emergency

 Part Ⅲ Integrated Course: Text A For Blooming in Wards--Nightingale (Ⅰ)

Text B For Blooming in Wards--Nightingale (Ⅱ)

 Part Ⅳ Workplace Context: Corporate Image

 Part Ⅴ Writing Work: Description of Charts or Graphs

Unit 8

 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension: Leisure Time

 Part Ⅱ Speaking Development: Leisure Time

 Part Ⅲ Integrated Course: Text A The Smart Way to Live

Text B A Change for the Better?

 Part Ⅳ Workplace Context: Work in the Future

 Part Ⅴ Writing Work: Narration of Scene, Methods & Ways, Process

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