这次修订是在广泛听取全国各地使用本系列教材的教师们的意见，并通过问卷形式对数以万计的师生征求意见的基础上进行的。大学外语教学指导委员会综合大学英语组对本教材的修订提供了多方面的指导与帮助。修订的宗旨是“面向21世纪，将大学英语教学推上一个新台阶”。修订本根据各教程的具体情况，对课文作适当调整，提高大纲词汇的覆盖率和常用词汇的重现率，进一步完善练习，突出重点词语的操练；同时国强各教程间的横向联系，做到既自成体系又相互补充，形成整体。修订本更加注意文、理、工、农、医等各科的通用性，力求给学生打好“宽、厚、牢”的语言基础。
第一部分为单项听力技能训练（PART A Micro-Listening）,第二部分为语篇整体听力技能训练（PART B Macro-Listening），第三部分为口头练习（PART C Oral Practice）。为了方便学生预习，在第二部分每篇材料的练习之前，列出了学习要点（Learning Points）,其中包括单词与短语（Words and Phrases）(列出单词及其音标和中文词义，专有名词和词组)、基本句型（Basic Structures）和常用语句（Usful Expres-sions）。学生须对这部分进行预习。练习部分在课内完成，不必事先准备。

LESSON 1 Education(Ⅰ）
PART A Micro-listening
Phonetics Tones Used for Tag Questions
PART B Macro-listening
Passage 1 What Is an Ideal Teacher Like?
Passage 2 The Open University in Britain
PART C Oral Practice
LESSON2 Education(Ⅱ)
PATR A Micro-Listening
Communicative Function Making Implied Affirmative or Negative Responses
PART B Maro-listening
Passage 1 Teachers'Complaints
Passage 2 Education in the U.S.A.
PART C Oral Practice
LESSON 3 Announcements(Ⅰ)
PART A Micro-listening
Communicative Function Airport Announcements
PART B Macro-Listening
Passage 1 We Wish You a Pleasant Flight
Passage 2 Here Is You Weekend Guide
PART C Oral Practice
LESSON 4 Announcements(Ⅱ)
PART A Micro-Listening
Communicative Function Railway Station Announcements
PART B Micro-Listening
Passage 1 Have a Pleasant Trip
Passage 2 Can I Have Your Attention, Please?
PART C Oral Practice
LESSON 5 Culture(Ⅰ)
PART A Micro-Listening
Communicative Function Identifying Details
PART B Macro-Listening
Passage 1 English Pubs
Passage 2 A Bread-and-Butter Letter
PART C Oral Practice
LESSON 6 Culture(Ⅱ)
PART A Micro-Listening
Numbers Calculation
PART B Macro-Listening
Passage 1 Whant Are Good Manners?
Passage 2 Tea Ceremony in Japan
PART C Oral Practice
QUIZ 1
LESSON1-LESSON6
LESSON 7 Special Days(Ⅰ)
PART A Micro-Listening
Sentence Structure Transition(...but)
PART B Macro-LIistening
Passage 1 Doll's Day
Passage 2 Australia Day
PART C Oral Practice
LESSON 8 Special Days(Ⅱ)
PART A Micro-Listening
Sentence Structure Negation
PART B Macro-Listening
Passage 1 Boxing Day
Passage 2 United Nations Day
PART C Oral Practice
LESSON 9 Famous People(Ⅰ)
PART A Micro-Listening
Sentence Structure Phrasal Verbs
PART B Macro-Listening
Passage 1 Who Was He?
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LESSON 10 Famous People(Ⅱ)
LESSON 11 Mass Media(Ⅰ)
LESSON 12 Mass Media(Ⅱ)
QUIZ 2
LESSON 7 - LESSON 12
LESSON 13 Comments(Ⅰ)
LESSON 14 Comments(Ⅱ)
LESSON 15 Food and Drink(Ⅰ)
LESSON 16 Food and Drink(Ⅱ)
LESSON 17 Popular Science(Ⅰ)
LESSON 18 Popular Science(Ⅱ)
QUIZ 3
LESSON 13-LESSON 18
LESSON 19 Stories(Ⅰ)
LESSON 20 Stories(Ⅱ)
TEST