本教材自1982年发行第二版至今已历时十余载。现根据广大医药卫生人员使用及教学工作的需要,对此教材进行修订。
这次修订的原则是保持原教材自成体系的特点和风格,一、二册的基本框架不变,**册仍侧重于一般性及医学科普性文章,第二册为医学基本知识,少量课文作了修改和变更,使之成为内容更新颖、难易度与目前学生水平相当的医学英语教科书。这两册供一般医院校学生及在职人员使用。第三册在内容和文字方面有较大的变动,原来二、三册文字水平坡度不够,现有意提高文字难度,内容更接近临床医学及一些新的边缘学科。第三册可作为通过四级考试后的专业英语教材。一、二、三册配有《英语练习答案及参考译文》一书。

LESSON ONE
TEXT:Medicine As A Science
SUPPLEMENTARY READING:Rapid Progress In Modern Medicine
LESSON TWO
TEXT:The Organ Systems
SUPPLEMENTARY READING:Levels Of Organization
LESSON THREE
TEXT:Respiration And The Respiratory System
SUPPLEMENTARY READING:Respiration And The Upper Respiratory Infection
LESSON FOUR
TEXT:Metabolism
SUPPLEMENTARY READING:Calories——Units Of The Energy Value Of Foods
LESSON FIVE
TEXT:Muscles And Action
SUPPLEMENTARY READING:The Muscles:Our Sun-powered Engines
LESSON SIX
TEXT:The Nervous System
SUPPLEMENTARY READING:Structure And Function Of The Brain
LESSON SEVEN
TEXT:Blood——The Major Transportation Fluid
SUPPLEMENTARY READING:Transfusion And Blood Types
LESSON EIGHT
TEXT:Diseases Of The Circulation
SUPPLEMENTARY READING:Heart Attacks
LESSON NINE
TEXT:Glands And Their Hormones
SUPPLEMENTARY READING:Diabetes:Causes And Symptoms
LESSON TEN
TEXT:The Search For New Drugs
SUPPLEMENTARY READING:Aspirin’s Amazing New Promise
LESSON ELEVEN
LESSON TWELVE
LESSON THIRTEEN
LESSON FOURTEEEN
LESSON FIFTEEN
LESSON SIXTEEN
LESSON SEVENTEEN
LESSON EIGHTEEN
LESSON NINETEEN
LESSON TWENTY
VOCABULARY