《外教社基礎外語系列教材：新世紀基礎英語（2）（學生用書）》是針對成人編寫的零起點教材，共四級，每級含學生用書、教師用書、錄音磁帶和多媒體自學光盤，是一套為滿足新時期繼續(xù)教育需要而編寫的立體化英語教材。這套教材有以下特點：
注重打好語言基本功——從字母、語音開始，各項內容依次呈現(xiàn)，循環(huán)操練，幫助學習者打下扎實的基礎
內容層次循序漸進——根據(jù)成人學習英語的特點設計難度梯級，每一級分別提供不同的內容輸入，配以專項練習，幫助學習者逐級提高英語水平
編排結構嚴謹周密——每單元包含課文、對話、語法、寫作、補充閱讀等板塊，充分考慮知識的系統(tǒng)性和對學習者能力的全面培養(yǎng)，能為學習者實現(xiàn)短時間內掌握英語的愿望助一臂之力
現(xiàn)代化，立體化教學手段的運用——教材配有磁帶和多媒體光盤，可以滿足各種學習需要，激發(fā)學習興趣，提升學習效果
Unit 1 People around you
Text A Look carefully and learn
Dialogue Keep in touch
Text B Bill Gates
Grammar 1. Present and past continuous tenses
2. Auxiliary verbs
Unit 2 Around the world
Text A England and Britain
Dialogue We want to go to Spain.
Text BImpressions of the British
Grammar The comparatives and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs
Unit 3 Life stories
Text A Excuses
Unit 1 People around you
Text A Look carefully and learn
Dialogue Keep in touch
Text B Bill Gates
Grammar 1. Present and past continuous tenses
2. Auxiliary verbs
Unit 2 Around the world
Text A England and Britain
Dialogue We want to go to Spain.
Text BImpressions of the British
Grammar The comparatives and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs
Unit 3 Life stories
Text A Excuses
Dialogue A birthday gift
Text B" Whatever you need"
Grammar Word formation
Unit 4 News and media
Text A Surviving a plane crash
Dialogue What a mess
Text B Different types of media
Grammar Types of sentences
Unit 5 Dealing with money
Text A Money and the meaning of life
Dialogue Making ends meet
Text B The history of money
Grammar Presentperfect tense
Unit 6 Words and stories
Text A The dumbest of grammas in the world
Dialogue Seeing eye to eye
Text B Where are the words from
Grammar Modal verbs - can, may, must
Unit 7 Fairy stories
Text A The eagle and the beetle
Dialogue The moral of a fable
Text B Walking in the woods
Grammar When-clause and if clause
Unit 8 Social matters
Text A FBI teams up with business to fight cyber crime
Dialogue A chat on line
Text B Good intentions aren 't enough
Grammar Restrictive attributive clause.,
Unit 9 Science and future
Text A Why we must venture into space
Dialogue A difficult job to do
Text B How computers came about
Grammar Expressions of simple future tense： "will " and "be going to "
Unit 10 Customs
Text A A national holiday
Dialogue Dinner invitation
Text B April Fools Day
Grammar Passive voice
Unit 11 Dilemmas
Text A A working woman s dilemma
Dialogue A student's dilemma
Text B The prisoner s dilemma： a fable
Grammar Direct and indirect speeches
Unit 12 Cultural difference
Appendix：Glossary
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