网络教育模式是一种以多媒体技术为主要手段，通过网络进行跨越时间和空间、实时或非实时的交互式教学。

本教材在编写过程中融人了网络教育主讲教师多年的经验，在借鉴以往大学英语教材优良传统的同时，也充分考虑到网络教育学生的基础和特点。教材中选取的素材贴近网络教育学生的生活和工作，并力求兼顾时尚性和趣味性。

Unit 1 Education

     Part 1 Lead-in

           I. Background Information

           II. Warm-up Questions

     Part 2 Text A

           I. New Words and Expressions

           II. Text Education Does Count

           III. Exercises

     Part 3 Text B

           I. New Words and Expressions

           II. Text A Good Experience

           III. Exercises

     Part 4 Grammar

Unit 2 Friendship

      Part 1 Lead-in

           I. Background Information

           II. Warm-up Questions

      Part 2 Text A

           I. New Words and Expressions

           II. Text How to Mend a Broken Friendship

           III. Exercises

      Part 3 Text B

           I. New Words and Expressions

           II. Text Friends Forever

           III. Exercises

      Part 4 Granunar

Unit 3 Health

      Part 1 Lead-in

          I. Background Information

          II. Warm-up Questions

     Part 2 Text A

          I. New Words and Expressions

          II. Text Why I Run

          -III. Exercises

     Part 3 Text B

          I. New Words and Expressions

          II. Text Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

          III. Exercises

     Part 4 Grammar

Unit 4 Reading and Writing

     Part 1 Lead-in

          I. Background Information

          II. Warm-up Questions

     Part 2 Text A

           I. New Words and Expressions

           II. Text What Is a Great Book?

           III. Exercises

     Part 3 Text B

           I. New Words and Expressions

           II. Text Writing: a Kind of Passion

           III. Exercises

     Part 4 Grammar

Unit 5 Affection

     Part 1 Lead-in

           I. Background Information

           II. Warm-up Questions

     Part 2 Text A

           I. New Words and Expressions

           II. Text The Missed Blessings

           III. Exercises

     Part 3 Text B

           I. New Words and Expressions

           II. Text The Apple Tree

           III. Exercises

     Part 4 Grammar

Unit 6 Philosophy of Life

     Part 1 Lead-in

         I. Background Information

         II. Warm-up Questions

     Part 2 Text A

         I. New Words and Expressions

         II. Text Emotions Are Human

         III. Exercises

     Part 3 Text B

         I. New Words and Expressions

         II. Text The 50-Percent Theory of Life

         III. Exercises

     Part 4 Grammar

Unit 7 People

     Part 1 Lead-in

         I. Background Information

         II. Warm-up Questions

     Part 2 Text A

         I. New Words and Expressions

         II. Text The Man Who Made Mickey Mouse

         III. Exercises

     Part 3 Text B

         I. New Words and Expressions

         II. Text Jonathan James

         III. Exercises

     Part 4 Grammar

Unit 8 Social Roles

     Part 1 Lead-in

         I. Background Information

         II. Warm-up Questions

     Part 2 Text A

         I. New Words and Expressions

         II. Text Everyone Is Special

         III. Exercises

    Part 3 Text B

         I. New Words and Expressions

         II. Text Are Women as Good as Men?

         III. Exercises

    Part 4 Grammar