改编自牛津大学出版社原版教材，单元结构和练习设计环环相扣，层层递进，以英语听说所需的各项基本技能贯穿始终，以口语任务产出为导向；该课程基于混合式教学理论和翻转课堂教学方式，体现了信息化时代下，英语教学的新趋势；通过此课程的学习，学生可学到原汁原味的地道语言，培养跨文化交际能力及批判性思维，并拓展国际视野。
此外，此套教程特邀国内一线教学专家添加了语言技能微课讲解，并针对单元主题，增加了体现中西文化对比的中国文化听力素材，增补了生动、有趣、多样的听力和口语练习（增补后的内容稍后会陆续添加）。
UNIT 1 Linguistics
Q: What happens when a language disappears?
Unit Video: Language and Speaking
Reading 1: History of the Maori Language
Reading Skill: Distinguishing main ideas from details
Reading 2: When Languages Die
Vocabulary Skill: Using a thesaurus
Writing Skill: Writing an extended definition
Grammar: Contrast and concession connectors
Unit Assignment: Write an extended definition
UNIT 2 Sociology
Q: What is the difference between work and fun?
Unit Video: Gardening Leisure
Reading 1: Laid-Back Labor: The $140 Homemade Scarf
Reading Skill: Identifying contrasting ideas
Reading 2: Tae Kwon Do for Health
Vocabulary Skill: Reporting verbs
Writing Skill: Using evidence to support an argument
Grammar: Noun clauses
Unit Assignment: Write an argumentative essay
UNIT 3 Media Studies
Q: How well does a picture illustrate the truth?
Reading 1: Infographics Lie: Here’s How
Reading Skill: Previewing a text
Reading 2: Phototruth or Photofiction?
Unit Video: The Very Large Telescope
Vocabulary Skill: Latin and Greek roots
Writing Skill: Writing with unity
Grammar: Quantifiers
Unit Assignment: Write a proposal
UNIT 4 International Relations
Q: Why is global cooperation important?
Unit Video: Seed Banks
Reading 1: In Norway, Global Seed Vault Guards Genetic Resources
Reading Skill: Making inferences
Reading 2: Building the Perfect Spaceman
Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes
Writing Skill: Organizing supporting ideas
Grammar: Parallel structure and ellipsis
Unit Assignment: Write an essay
UNIT 5 Urban Planning
Q: What makes a public place appealing?
Reading 1: The New Oases
Reading Skill: Following ideas
Reading 2: A Path to Road Safety with No Signposts
Unit Video: Millennium Park
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary: verb complements .
Grammar: Passive voice to focus information
Writing Skill: Connecting information
Unit Assignment: Write an analysis essay
UNIT 6 Ecology
Q: How can we turn trash into treasure?
Reading 1: Garbage of Eden
Reading Skill: Anticipating content through questions
Reading 2: The Glorious Feeling of Fixing Something Yourself
Unit Video: TerraCycle
Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes
Writing Skill: Paraphrasing
Grammar: Modals of possibility
Unit Assignment: Write a business plan
UNIT 7 Psychology
Q: Why do people want to change who they are?
Reading 1: Set in Our Ways: Why Change Is So Hard
Reading Skill: Identifying the author’s intent
Reading 2: Kids Want to Tan
Unit Video: Change Your Personality
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary
Writing Skill: Summarizing
Grammar: Subject-verb agreement
Unit Assignment: Write a summary and response essay
UNIT 8 Health Sciences
Q: What energizes people?
Unit Video: Food for Your Mood
Reading 1: A Healthy Lifestyle Can Reduce Fatigue, Boost Energy
Reading Skill: Organizing notes and annotations in a chart
Reading 2: A Jolt of Caffeine, by the Can
Vocabulary Skill: Adjective/verb + preposition collocations
Writing Skill: Writing a cause and effect essay
Grammar: Cause and effect connectors
Unit Assignment: Write a cause and effect essay
