本教程分为三部分：医学新闻、临床会话、医学报告。医学新闻部分，选自美国国际广播电台提供的慢速医学英语新闻广播节目，供学生提高收听医学新闻的能力。临床会话部分，疾病选自人体各主要系统的常见疾病，通过典型场景中医生和典型病例病人间的对话，提高学生临床会话能力。医学报告部分包括会议报告、授课、作讲座时经常使用的演讲式语言，以各种篇章为例，突出常用演讲式语言，供学生提高收听及发表演讲的能力。三部分互相独立，可以按本书编排的顺序使用，也可以根据需要挑选使用。

Part I News
Unit 1 Malaria Vaccine Fails
Unit 2 Heart Disease Reports
Unit 3 New AIDS Report
Unit 4 Hospital Equipment
Unit 5 MS Findings
Unit 6 Project Hope
Unit 7 Kawasaki Disease——Update
Unit 8 Headache Treatment
Unit 9 Alopecia Areata
Unit 10 Artificial Heart-Update
Unit 11 Synesthesia
Unit 12 World Health Day
Part II Clinical Conversations
Unit 1 Basic Details
Unit 2 Pain
Unit 3 Fever and Sweating
Unit 4 Common Cold
Unit 5 Pneumonia
Unit 6 Measles
Unit 7 Appendicitics
Unit 8 Duodenal Ulcer
Unit 9 Myocardial Infarction
Unit 10 Hypertension
Unit 11 Enlargement of the Prostate
Unit 12 Vaginitis
Part III Speeches and Lectures
Unit 1 Presenting a Lecture
Unit 2 Sleep
Unit 3 You Are What You Eat
Unit 4 Exercise and Tai Chi
Unit 5 Massage-The Power of Touch
Unit 6 Diagnostic Value of and Adequate History
Unit 7 Sir Alexander Fleming and Penicillin
Unit 8 Cance-Cells Out of Control
Unit 9 Drug Abuse and Drug Rehabilitation
Unit 10 Cloing
Unit 11 Early Success in Treating Parkinson's Disease with Acupuncture
Unit 12 Platelets and Platelet Counting
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