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 Sociology 
Q: What makes someone admirable?
Unit Video: Big Tipper 
Reading 1: We All Need a Role Model 
Reading Skill: Previewing and predicting 
Reading 2: Search for 100 Real-Life Heroes 
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary 
Writing Skill: Organizing and developing an essay
Grammar: Restrictive relative clauses
Unit Assignment: Write a three-paragraph analysis essay
UNIT 2 Consumer Behavior 32
Q: What makes you want to buy something?
Reading 1: So Much Dead Space
Reading Skill: Highlighting and annotating
Reading 2: Now on Stage: Your Home! 
Unit Video: Staging Homes
Vocabulary Skill: Collocations with nouns 
Writing Skill: Writing a descriptive essay 
Grammar: Definite and indefinite articles
Unit Assignment: Write a descriptive essay 
UNIT 3 Developmental Psychology 
Q: What important lessons do we learn as children?
Reading 1: The Good Teen 
Reading Skill: Making inferences 
Reading 2: Bird by Bird 
Unit Video: Robin Goodman on Children Who Want to Quit 
Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes and suffixes
Writing Skill: Writing a narrative essay and varying sentence patterns
Grammar: Past perfect and past perfect continuous 
Unit Assignment: Write a narrative essay
UNIT 4 Anthropology
Q: How important is it to write by hand?
Reading 1: Two Styles of Writing
Reading Skill: Understanding compare and contrast organization 
Reading 2: Haji Noor Deen—A Chinese Muslim Calligrapher 
Unit Video: Is Handwriting Still Important?
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary to distinguish between homonyms 
Writing Skill: Writing a compare and contrast essay 
Grammar: Subordinators and transitions to compare and contrast 
Unit Assignment: Write a compare and contrast essay
UNIT 5 Nutritional Science 
Q: Should science influence what we eat?
Unit Video: Genetically Modified Alfalfa 
Reading 1: Eating Well: Less Science, More Common Sense 
Reading Skill: Recognizing bias 
Reading 2: Anatomy of a Nutrition Trend 
Vocabulary Skill: Cause and effect collocations 
Writing Skill: Writing a cause and effect essay 
Grammar: Agents with the passive voice 
Unit Assignment: Write a cause and effect essay 
UNIT 6 Education 
Q: Does school prepare you for work?
Reading 1: From Student to Employee: A Difficult Transition 
Reading Skill: Using an outline 
Reading 2: Making My First Post-College Career Decision 
Unit Video: Entrepreneurs Create New Jobs 
Vocabulary Skill: Word forms 
Grammar: Reported speech with the present tense and shifting tenses 
Writing Skill: Writing a summary 
Unit Assignment: Write a summary 
UNIT 7 Anthropology 
Q: Is discovery always a good thing?
Unit Video: The Adi Culture 
Reading 1: A Tribe Is Discovered 
Reading Skill: Understanding the purpose of quoted speech 
Reading 2: Alaska’s Pebble Mine: Minerals vs. Nature 
Vocabulary Skill: Word roots 
Writing Skill: Writing an opinion essay 
Grammar: Adverb phrases of reason 
Unit Assignment: Write an opinion essay 
UNIT 8 Psychology 
Q: Why is it important to play?
Unit Video: Legos for Adult Enthusiasts 
Reading 1: The Promise of Play 
Reading Skill: Identifying counterarguments and refutations 
Reading 2: Child’s Play: It’s Not Just for Fun 
Vocabulary Skill: Collocations with prepositions 
Writing Skill: Writing a persuasive essay 
Grammar: Adverb clauses of concession 
Unit Assignment: Write a persuasive essay .