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 Business 2
Q: What makes a good leader?
Unit Video: Model CEO 
Note-taking Skill: Using a chart to organize notes about main ideas 
Listening 1: Best of Both Worlds? 
Listening Skill: Listening for main ideas 
Listening 2: Myths of Effective Leadership
Vocabulary Skill: Understanding meaning from context 
Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives 
Pronunciation: Syllable stress 
Speaking Skill: Checking for understanding
Unit Assignment: Give a presentation on how to be an effective leader 
UNIT 2 Behavioral Science 
Q: How does appearance affect our success?
Listening 1: A Perfect Mess 
Listening Skill: Identifying details 
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes using a T-chart 
Listening 2: The Changing Business Dress Code 
Unit Video: Benefits to Being Messy
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary 
Grammar: Subjunctive for suggestions 
Pronunciation: Unstressed syllables 
Speaking Skill: Confirming understanding 
Unit Assignment: Role-play 
UNIT 3 Developmental Psychology 
Q: When does a child become an adult?
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes using key words and phrases 
Listening 1: Making the Right Decision 
Listening Skill: Making predictions 
Listening 2: Growing Up Quickly 
Unit Video: Millennials
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary
Grammar: Phrasal verbs 
Pronunciation: Sentence stress 
Speaking Skill: Giving a presentation 
Unit Assignment: Give a presentation to a group 
UNIT 4 Fine Arts 
Q: Why do people do things by hand?
Listening 1: Quilting’s New Popularity 
Listening Skill: Making inferences
Note-taking Skill: Using a split page to take notes and create questions
Listening 2: A Different Path in Life 
Unit Video: Guitars Handmade from the Bones of New York 
Vocabulary Skill: Word forms 
Grammar: Present perfect and present perfect continuous 
Pronunciation: Basic intonation patterns 
Speaking Skill: Avoiding answering questions
Unit Assignment: Present a business plan 

UNIT 5 Nutrition 
Q: How has science changed the food we eat?
Unit Video: The Science of Taste
Note-taking Skill: Editing notes after a lecture
Listening 1: Food Additives Linked to Hyperactivity in Kids 
Listening Skill: Understanding bias in a presentation
Listening 2: The “Flavr Savr” Tomato 
Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes and suffixes 
Grammar: Comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs
Pronunciation: Other common intonation patterns
Speaking Skill: Expressing interest during a conversation 
Unit Assignment: Take part in a debate 
UNIT 6 Education 
Q: Is one road to success better than another?
Note-taking Skill: Comparing and contrasting notes on multiple topics 
Listening 1: Changing Ways to Climb the Ladder 
Listening Skill: Listening for contrasting ideas 
Listening 2: Life Experience Before College
Unit Video: Interns in New York 
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary: formal and informal words 
Grammar: Simple, compound, and complex sentences 
Pronunciation: Highlighted words
Speaking Skill: Changing the topic 
Unit Assignment: Reach a group decision 
UNIT 7 Anthropology 
Q: How can accidental discoveries affect our lives?
Unit Video: Post-It Note Inventor 
Listening 1: The Power of Serendipity 
Listening Skill: Listening for signal words and phrases
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on details
Listening 2: Against All Odds, Twin Girls Reunited 
Vocabulary Skill: Collocations with prepositions
Grammar: Indirect speech 
Pronunciation: Linked words with vowels 
Speaking Skill: Using questions to maintain listener interest 
Unit Assignment: Tell a story 
UNIT 8 Social Psychology 
Q: Is athletic competition good for children?
Listening 1: Training Chinese Athletes 
Listening Skill: Listening for causes and effects 
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on causes and effects 
Listening 2: Until It Hurts Discusses Youth Sports Obsession 
Unit Video: Children in Sports 
Vocabulary Skill: Idioms 
Grammar: Uses of real conditionals
Pronunciation: Thought groups
Speaking Skill: Adding to another speaker’s comments 
Unit Assignment: Share opinions about sportsmanship