本书特点：
培养高素质、复合型外语创新人才、理念新颖
人文、科学知识融入教材，特色明显
覆盖知识、技能、文化等科目，总数超过150种 体系完备
全国30余所**高校百余位英语教育专家参加编写 阵容强大
“新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材”的编写和出版，不仅能满足21世纪英语人才培养的需要，其前瞻性、先进性和创新性也将为外语乃至其他学科教材的编写开辟一条新的思路，拓展一片新的视野。

Unit1 Words and Their Stories
Ⅰ Focus of Teaching
Ⅱ Teaching Notes
Ⅲ Topic-Related Background Information
Ⅳ Key Words and Expressions
Ⅴ Key to Exercises
Getting Ready
Listening&Speaking
Additional Activities
Ⅵ Tapescripts
Unit2 Dining Culture
Ⅰ Focus of Teaching
Ⅱ Teaching Notes
Ⅲ Topic-Related Background Information
Ⅳ Key Words and Expressions
Ⅴ Key to Exercises
Getting Ready
Listening&Speaking
Additional Activities
Ⅵ Tapescripts
Unit3 Generation Gap
Ⅰ Focus of Teaching
Ⅱ Teaching Notes
Ⅲ Topic-Related Background Information
Ⅳ Key Words and Expressions
Ⅴ Key to Exercises
Getting Ready
Listening&Speaking
Additional Activities
Ⅵ Tapescripts
Unit4 New Report
Ⅰ Focus of Teaching
Ⅱ Teaching Notes
Ⅲ Topic-Related Background Information
Ⅳ Key Words and Expressions
Ⅴ Key to Exercises
Getting Ready
Listening&Speaking
Additional Activities
Ⅵ Tapescripts
Unit5 Human and the Internet
Ⅰ Focus of Teaching
Ⅱ Teaching Notes
Ⅲ Topic-Related Background Information
Ⅳ Key Words and Expressions
Ⅴ Key to Exercises
Getting Ready
Listening&Speaking
Additional Activities
Ⅵ Tapescripts
Unit6 Mystery
Ⅰ Focus of Teaching
Ⅱ Teaching Notes
Ⅲ Topic-Related Background Information
Ⅳ Key Words and Expressions
Ⅴ Key to Exercises
Getting Ready
Listening&Speaking
Additional Activities
Ⅵ Tapescripts
Unit7 Life Abroad
Ⅰ Focus of Teaching
Ⅱ Teaching Notes
Ⅲ Topic-Related Background Information
Ⅳ Key Words and Expressions
Ⅴ Key to Exercises
Getting Ready
Listening&Speaking
Additional Activities
Ⅵ Tapescripts
Unit8 Speeches
Unit9 Around the World
Unit10 Chicken Soup for the Soul
Unit11 Violence in Sports
Unit12 Humans and Animals
Unit13 Religion
Unit14 Science&Superstition
Unit15 Terrorism
Unit16 Farmers' Worries
Unit17 Medical Development
Unit18 Sense of Humor