《全明星英語學習輔導與自測4》立體化系列教材是在麥格勞一希爾公司出版的All-Star系列教材的基礎(chǔ)上，結(jié)合中國成人高等教育英語教學的實際改編而成的。改編后的《全明星英語》系列教材無論是教學內(nèi)容還是教學方法都更加符合我國英語教學的實際需要，不僅為成年人學習英語提供了難得的好教材，同時也適用于高職高專英語教學。
《全明星英語》立體化系列教材是在麥格勞一希爾公司出版的All-Star系列教材的基礎(chǔ)上，結(jié)合中國成人高等教育英語教學的實際改編而成的。改編后的《全明星英語》系列教材無論是教學內(nèi)容還是教學方法都更加符合我國英語教學的實際需要，不僅為成年人學習英語提供了難得的好教材，同時也適用于高職高專英語教學。
原書是為了專門幫助美國文化水平較低的成年人（尤其是外國移民）提高他們的英語基本語言技能而編寫的教材，編者多是有多年教學經(jīng)驗的教師。全書所涉及的技能有：
1.語言文字技能：聽、說、讀、寫語言技能；基本語法和發(fā)音技能以及運用和演算數(shù)字的技能；
2.處理日常生活的語言技能：涉及消費、環(huán)境保護、家庭和子女養(yǎng)育、政府和社區(qū)、合作、利用資源和服務(wù)、健康和營養(yǎng)、人際交往、學習策略、安全保衛(wèi)、電話通訊、時間和貨幣、交通和旅行等諸多方面；
3.勞動就業(yè)語言技能：涉及應(yīng)用技術(shù)、保持就業(yè)、求職等諸多方面。
Unit 1 Skills and Abilities
Lesson 1： What skills do you want to learn？
Lesson 2： Skills for Success
Lesson 3： Are you listening？
Lesson 4： How well do you write？
Lesson 5： Do you know if shes here？
Family Application Lesson： What do teachers want parents to do？
Community Application Lesson： Get Involved in Your
Community
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Making Inferences
Spotlight： Writing： Writing Business Letters
Unit 2 Getting Around
Lesson 1： It happened during rush hour.
Lesson 2： My insurance will cover it
Lesson 3： Could you tell me the arrival time？
Lesson 4： Planning a Trip
Lesson 5： I should have stayed home
Family Application Lesson： Whats there to do？
Work Application Lesson： Can you tell me how to get there？
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Identifying the Topic and Main Idea
Spotlight： Writing： Using Compound Subjects， Verbs，and Objects
Unit 3 Your Health
Lesson 1： Call 911 ！
Lesson 2： Whos your doctor？
Lesson 3： That was the 22nd， not the 28th
Lesson 4： Food Labels
Lesson 5： It hurts when I breathe
Work Application Lesson： This accident shouldnt
have happened
Community Application Lesson： Addiction is a problem
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Using Context Clues
Spotlight： Writing： Identifying Punctuation Marks
Unit 4 Rights and Responsibilities
Lesson 1： They marched on Washington
Lesson 2： Its your right
Lesson 3： Should high school be compulsory？
Lesson 4： Government Agencies
Lesson 5： He was elected in 1789
Family Application Lesson： What are a tenants rights？
Community Application Lesson： Voting Rights
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Skimming and Scanning
Spotlight： Writing： Identifying Purposes for Writing
Unit 5 Consumer News and Views
Lesson 1： Everything must go
Lesson 2： Are you an impulse buyer？
Lesson 3： Do you have your receipt？
Lesson 4： Best Buys
Lesson 5： Thats really expensive， isnt it？
Work Application Lesson： Do you sell greeting cards？
Community Application Lesson： Where can I get help？
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Using Context to Guess Meaning
Spotlight： Writing： Completing a Return Form
Unit 6 Rules and Laws
Lesson 1： She has jury duty
Lesson 2： Its a felony
Lesson 3： To hear this message again， press 9
Lesson 4： What to do when youre arrested
Lesson 5： It shows the amount that you must pay
Family Application Lesson： Laws protect children
Work Application Lesson： Laws protect workers
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Recognizing Cause and Effect
Spotlight： Writing： Organizing Your Ideas
Unit 7 Career Paths
Lesson 1： Whos in charge？
Lesson 2： Experience is preferred
Lesson 3： He spoke very clearly
Lesson 4： Performance Evaluations
Lesson 5： If l had known
Work Application Lesson： Whats happening to the
U.S. workforce？
Community Application Lesson： Keep on learning
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Identifying a Sequence of Events
Spotlight： Writing： Understanding the Writing Process
Unit 8 Money Matters
Lesson 1： Its not in the budget
Lesson 2： Do you have an IRA？
Lesson 3： Does this account earn interest？
Lesson 4： Preventing Consumer Fraud
Lesson 5： She said it was a good deal
Family Application Lesson： How can you teach
children about money？
Community Application Lesson： How much is the government in debt？
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Comparing and Contrasting
Spotlight： Writing： Using Transition Words and Phrases.
Big Picture Expansion
Key to Exercises （Workbook）
Key to Supplemental Translation Exercises
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