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: Are first impressions accurate?
Note-taking Skill: Using notes to summarize a lecture
LISTENING 1: The Psychology of First Impressions
Listening Skill: Making inferences
LISTENING 2: Book Review of Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes
Grammar: Auxiliary verbs do, be, have
Pronunciation: Contractions with auxiliary verbs
Speaking Skill: Taking conversational turns
Unit Assignment: Give a short talk
Unit 2 Nutritional Science
Q: What’s more important: taste or nutrition?
LISTENING 1: You Are What You Eat
Listening Skill: Listening for causes and effects
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on causes and effects
LISTENING 2: Food Tasters
Vocabulary Skill: Adjective-noun collocations
Grammar: Quantifiers with count/noncount nouns
Pronunciation: Links with /j/ and /w/
Speaking Skill: Giving advice
Unit Assignment: Conduct a class survey
Unit 3 Psychology
Q: Is change good or bad?
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on advantages and disadvantages
LISTENING 1: Changing Expectations
Listening Skill: Listening for time markers
LISTENING 2: An Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary
Grammar: Tag questions
Pronunciation: Intonation in tag questions
Speaking Skill: Asking for and giving reasons
Unit Assignment: Take part in a group discussion
Unit 4 Marketing
Q: How can advertisers change our behavior?
LISTENING 1: Advertising Techniques
Listening Skill: Identifying fact and opinion
LISTENING 2: Advertising Ethics and Standards
Vocabulary Skill: Context clues to identify meaning
Grammar: Modals expressing attitude
Pronunciation: Intonation in questions
Speaking Skill: Giving and supporting your opinions
Note-taking Skill: Using a mind map to note opinions
Unit Assignment: Take part in a group discussion
Unit 5 Behavioral Science
Q: What risks are good to take?
Note-taking Skill: Separating risks and outcomes using a chart
LISTENING 1: Write Your Own Success Story
Listening Skill: Identifying amounts; cardinal and ordinal numbers
LISTENING 2: Science on the Edge
Vocabulary Skill: Word families
Grammar: Past perfect
Pronunciation: Contraction of had
Speaking Skill: Giving a short presentation
Unit Assignment: Give a short presentation
Unit 6 Philosophy
Q: Are we responsible for the world we live in?
LISTENING 1: Corporate Social Responsibility
Listening Skill: Inferring a speaker’s attitude
LISTENING 2: Personal Responsibility
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary
Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives as the objects of verbs
Pronunciation: Stress on important words
Speaking Skill: Leading a group discussion
Note-taking Skill: Building an outline to take notes on a discussion
Unit Assignment: Take part in a group discussion
Unit 7 Economics
Q: Can money buy happiness?
LISTENING 1: Sudden Wealth
Listening Skill: Listening for signposts
LISTENING 2: Happiness Breeds Success … and Money!
Vocabulary Skill: Idioms
Grammar: Types of sentences
Pronunciation: Intonation in different types of sentences
Speaking Skill: Agreeing and disagreeing
Note-taking Skill: Taking and organizing notes from a discussion
Unit Assignment: Take part in a group discussion
Unit 8 Behavioral Science
Q: What can we learn from success and failure?
LISTENING 1: Chasing Your Dreams
Listening Skill: Listening for examples
LISTENING 2: The Benefits of Failure
Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes
Grammar: Simple past and present perfect
Pronunciation: Varying intonation to maintain interest
Speaking Skill: Asking for and giving clarification
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes with examples
Unit Assignment: Take part in a pair discussion
