随着改革开放的日趋深入，社会各界对外语人才的需求持续增长，我国英语专业的招生规模逐年扩大，教学质量不断提高。英语专业本科生教育的改革、学科建设及教材的出版亦取得了巨大的成绩，先后出版了一系列在全国有影响的精品教材。21世纪的到来对英语人才的培养提出了更高的标准，同时也为学科建设和教材编写提出了新的要求。随着中国加入世界贸易组织，社会需要的不是仅仅懂英语的毕业生，而是思维科学、心理健康、知识面广博、综合能力强，并能熟练运用英语的高素质的专门人才。由于中学新的课程标准的颁布，中学生英语水平逐年提升，英语专业本科生入学时的基础和综合素质也相应提高。此外，大学英语（公外）教育的迅猛发展，学生英语能力的提高，也为英语专业学生的培养提出了严峻的挑战和更新更高的要求。这就规定了21世纪的英语教学不是单纯的英语培训，而是英语教育，是以英语为主体，全面培养高素质的复合型人才。教材的编写和出版也应顺随这种潮流。
为了迎接时代的挑战，作为我国*大的外语教材和图书出版基地之一的上海外语教育出版社（外教社）理应成为外语教材出版的领头羊。在充分调研的基础上，外教社及时抓住机遇，于新世纪之初约请了全国25所主要

UNIT 1
Section One Tactics for Listning
Section Two Listening Comprehension
Section Three Oral Work
Section Four Supplementary Exercises
UNIT 2
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Section Two Listening Comprehension
Section Three Oral Work
Section Four Supplementary Exercises
UNIT 3
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Section Three Oral Work
Section Four Supplementary Exercises
UNIT 4
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Section Three Oral Work
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UNIT 5
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UNIT 6
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UNIT 7
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UNIT 8
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UNIT 9
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UNIT 10
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UNIT 11
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UNIT 12
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UNIT 13
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UNIT 14
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UNIT 15
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UNIT 16
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TESTS
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