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 Social Psychology 2
Q : What are you interested in?
Listening: Are You Interested in History? 
Building Vocabulary: Collocations for hobbies and interests 
Unit Video: Tate Modern Museum 
Grammar: Simple present of be; Simple present of other verbs
Pronunciation: Simple present third-person -s / -es 
Speaking Skill: Keeping a conversation going 
Note-taking Skill: Writing important words 
Unit Assignment: Interview and introduce a classmate 
UNIT 2 Education 
Q : What makes a good school?
Unit Video: Japanese Schools
Listening: Let’s Take a Tour
Listening Skill: Listening for examples 
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on examples 
Building Vocabulary: Using the dictionary: antonyms
Grammar: Adjectives; Adverbs + adjectives 
Pronunciation: Sentence stress 
Speaking Skill: Giving opinions
Unit Assignment: Plan a perfect school 
UNIT 3 Cultural Studies 36
Q : How do you choose your food?
Unit Video: Locavores 
Listening: Lifestyles and Food Choices
Building Vocabulary: Prefixes and suffixes 
Pronunciation: Stressed syllables 
Listening Skill: Listening for reasons 
Grammar: Verbs + gerunds or infinitives 
Unit Assignment: Design a survey and interview a classmate 
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on an interview
Skill Review: Giving opinions
UNIT 4 Sociology 52
Q : What makes something fun?
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on reasons 
Listening: Why Do You Come to the Park? 
Skill Review: Listening for reasons 
Building Vocabulary: Collocations with do, play, and go 
Unit Video: The High Line 
Grammar: Subject and object pronouns 
Pronunciation: Reduced pronouns
Speaking Skill: Agreeing and disagreeing 
Unit Assignment: Have a group discussion about fun places in your area
UNIT 5 Architecture 
Q : What makes a good home?
Listening 1: How Do You Like Your Home? 
Listening Skill: Listening for opinions
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on pros and cons
Listening 2: Housing Problems, Housing Solutions
Unit Video: Recycled Homes
Building Vocabulary: Compound nouns
Pronunciation: Stress in compound nouns
Grammar: Prepositions of location 
Unit Assignment: Design a home and give a presentation
Skill Review: Agreeing and disagreeing 
UNIT 6 Health Sciences 
Q : What do you do to stay healthy?
Listening 1: Health Watch 
Listening Skill: Listening for frequency
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes in a chart 
Listening 2: How Often Do You Work Out? 
Unit Video: Using Supplements to Stay Healthy
Building Vocabulary: Adjectives ending in -ed
Grammar: Modals can and should
Pronunciation: Stressing important words 
Speaking Skill: Asking for repetition
Unit Assignment: Make and discuss a health survey
UNIT 7 Urban Planning 
Q : What makes a city special?
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes in an informal outline 
Listening 1: Travel Talk 
Skill Review: Listening for frequency
Listening 2: Making Positive Changes 
Unit Video: Dubai, Inc
Building Vocabulary: Using the dictionary: word families 
Grammar: Past of be; Simple past affirmative statements 
Pronunciation: -ed endings 
Speaking Skill: Using open questions
Unit Assignment: Give a presentation about a special city 
UNIT 8 Developmental Psychology
Q : What are the most important events in someone’s life?
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes in a timeline 
Listening 1: Henrietta Leavitt: Understanding the Stars
Listening Skill: Listening for sequence 
Listening 2: Naguib Mahfouz: A Successful Writer 
Unit Video: Young Genius Goes to College 
Building Vocabulary: Phrases with get
Grammar: Simple past with regular and irregular verbs 
Pronunciation: Numbers with -teen and -ty
Unit Assignment: Interview a classmate and give a presentation
Skill Review: Using open questions