本教材的主要对象是高职高专旅游专业及其他相关专业的高年级学生。目前国内现有的旅游英语教材大多侧重于阅读、口语或应用文写作等方面。我们根据教学实践中遇到的问题，编写了这本旨在培养学生多方面语言技能的教材。教材的选材涉及旅游行业的许多方面，例如，海关、交通、宾馆、餐饮服务、购物、观光等。书中包含了旅游行业常用英语词汇和表达方式。我们的目的是培养学生实际应用英语的能力，使他们能够在旅游行业的相关语境中进行一般的听、说交际，借助词典阅读有关文章，并具有初步的写作和翻译能力。
根据教育部高等教育司2000年10月颁布的《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求》，学生在一、二年级已经完成了公共英语的学习，认知了3400个英语单词（A级）或2500个英语单词（B级），掌握了基本的英语语法规则，具有一定的听、说、读、写、译的能力。在此基础上，通过本教材的学习，学生将掌握旅游行业的英语词汇和表达方式，并在听、说、读、写、译等方面有进一步的提高。
本教材信息量大，练习题型丰富。教师在教学过程中可以根据学生的情况及课时数等作适当删减。全书共10单元。每单元大致围绕一个主题展开．由两个部分组成。

Unit One China and Its History
Section One Reading and Speaking Greeting and Introduction
Dialogue One Please Call Me Dave
Dialogue Two How Is Everything
Passage Cultural Variations in Introductions
Section Two Reading and Writing
Passage One Chinese Culture in Brief
Passage Two Urban Lifestyles in China
Unit Two Chinese People and Art
Section One Reading and Speaking At the Railway Station or Airport
Dialogue One Meeting a Tour Group at the Airport
DiMogue Two Meeting Tourists at the Railway Station
Passage Spotting Tour Groups
Section Two Reading and Writing
Passage one The Chinese and Their Influence
Passage Two Beijing Opera
Unit Three Chinese Festivals
Section One Reading and Speaking Talking on the Phone
Dialogue One Room Reservations
Dialogue Two May I Help You?
Passage “Duan Wu”—A Day in Memory of a Patriotic Poet
Section Two Reading and Writing
Passage One Spring Festival
Passage Two The Mid—Autumn Festival
Unit Four Tourism
Section One Reading and Speaking At the Customs
Dialogue One At the Customs(1)
Dialogue Two At the Customs(2)
Passage The Importance of Declaring Things
Section Two Reading and Writing
Passage One Tourism
Passage Two Travel Agency
Unit Five Transportation
Section One Reading and Speaking Traveling by Plane
Dialogue One Traveling by Air
Dialogue Two Flight Reservation
Passage Transportation
Section Two Reading and Writing
Passage One Transportation in China
Passage Two An Overview of the Air Transportation
Unit Six Hotel
Section One Reading and Speaking Hotel Service
Dialogue One The Registration
Dialogue Two About the Room Facilities
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Unit Seven Chinese Cuisine
Unit Eight Shopping
Unit Nine Tours Around China
Unit Ten Departure
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