王慧莉编著的《MPA英语教程》第一部分的体例主要为：（1）阅读（包括一篇或两篇文章，练习以培养英语实际运用能力为主，练习形式包括简答题、段落完型填空、回译等）；（2）听力（包括一至两段/篇对话或短文，并附有简单练习）；（3）口语（力求编写形式多样，尽可能给学生提供练习口语的图文并茂的素材，练习形式包括小组讨论、个人发言等）；（4）写作（结合成人特点，设计场景，力求使题目和体裁贴近学生的实际生活和工作）。第二部分主要围绕一篇经典文章或案例，对文章出现的主要单词进行注释，并用汉语给出文章的主要内容。

Section One Hot Topics

Unit One Globalization / 3

READING / 3

LISTENING / 9

SPEAKING / 11

WRITING / 13

Key / 13

Unit Two Concepts of Leadership / 17

READING / 17

LISTENING / 27

SPEAKING / 29

WRITING / 30

Key / 31

Unit Three Cross-Culture Issues / 37

READING / 37

LISTENING / 46

SPEAKING / 47

WRITING / 5O

Key / 50

Unit Four Choice of Two Futures / 55

READING / 55

LISTENING / 63

SPEAKING / 64

WRITING / 65

Key / 65

Unit Five Breaking Barriers to eGovernment / 70

READING / 7O

LISTENING / 78

SPEAKING / 79

WRITING / 8O

Key / 80

Unit Six Ups and Downs:'The Financial Crisis / 84

READING / 84

LISTENING / 92

SPEAKING / 93

WRITING / 94

Key / 95

Unit Seven Strategic Management in the Public Sector / 98

READING / 98

LISTENING / 107

SPEAKING / 108

WRITING / 109

Key / 109

Unit Eight Low-Cost and Energy Efficiency / 114

READING / 114

LISTENING / 123

SPEAKING / 124

WRITING / 125

Key / 125

Unit Nine Income Tax / 131

READING / 131

LISTENING / 139

SPEAKING / 140

WRITING / 141

Key / 141

Unit Ten Brain Trust and Think Tank / 146

READING / 146

LISTENING / 156

SPEAKING / 157

WRITING / 160

Key / 160

Unit Eleven Healthy Employees and Sustainable Business / 165

READING / 165

LISTENING / 173

SPEAKING / 175

WRITING / 176

Key / 177

Unit Twelve Liberal Education / 183

READING / 183

LISTENING / 191

SPEAKING / 193

WRITING / 195

Key / 195

Section Two MPA-Related Topics

Unit Thirteen What is Public Administration'?/ 203

Unit Fourteen Watergate: Implications for Responsible Government / 215

Unit Fifteen The Hawthorne Experiments / 229

Unit: Sixteen But No Cigar: How a Rescue Mission Failed, Just Barely, in Orange County / 239

Unit Seventeen Wichita Confronts Contamination / 251

Appendix Ⅰ Expressions Used in Group Discussions / 265

Appendix Ⅱ Making Effective Oral Presentations / 271