本套教材根据全国高职英语教学大纲，结合我校成人外语教学的实际情况编写，适用于成人专科在校期间使用。分上、下二册。每册书中包含十五课，分为A、B课。教师参考书附有背景介绍、课文精讲、习答案及课文翻译。
本套教材内容由浅入深、涉及面广。融知识性、趣味性于一体。语法讲解通俗易懂，有配套练习。便于巩固，使学生能准确掌握书中要点。

Lesson One
Text A：The Largest and Most Populous
Grammar：The Comparative and Superlative Form of Adjectives and Adverbs
Text B：New York
Lesson Two
Text A：Beaeh Party
Grammar：The Noun Clause
Text B：An Outing
Lesson Three
Text A：R0ck and RoU
Grammar：The Attributive Clause（1）
Text B：Elvis Presley
Lesson Four
Text A：Shakespeare
Grammar：The Attributive Clause（2）
Text B：Reading Good Books
Lesson Five
Text A：What is Happiness
Grammar：The Infinitive（1）
Text B：Happiness is a Choice
Lesson Six
Text A：Ancient China
Grammar：The Infinitive（2）
Text B：’Crossing a Continent
Lesson Seven
Text A：Nonverbal Communication
Grammar：The Adverbial Clause（1）
Text B：Body Talk
Lesson Eight
Text A：The Importance of Being Kind and Polite
Grammer：The Adverbial Clause（2）
Text B：Why We Walk in Circles
Iesson Nine
Text A：Picasso。
Grammar：The Gerund
Text B：The Man Who Made You Laugh
Lesson Ten
Text A：Man’S Best Friend
Grammar：The Participle
Text B：Kindness to Animals
Lesson Eleven
Text A���Air
Grammar：The Subjunctive Mood（1）
Text B：Heat and Temperature
Lesson Twelve
Text A：Why are Maps Drawn with North a．t the Top？
Grammar：The Subjunctive Mood（2）
Text B：You Have a Choice
Lesson Thirteen
Text A：The Merchant of Venice（1）
Grammar：Direct and Indirect Speech
Text B：The Merchant of Venice（2）
Lesson Fourteen
Text A：Body Defenses against Infection
Grammari Uses of“It”（1）
Text B：The Hunmn Body as a Fortress
Lesson Fifteen
Text A：The lady with the lamp
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Vocabulary