Unit 1 Dialogues (A)Greeting 1
(B)Registration 1
Text Welcome to Our College 2
Study and Practice 4
Grammar Focus Nouns/Articles/Prepositions 8
Unit 2 Dialogues (A)Introduction 13
(B)Appointment with a Doctor 14
Texts (A)How Our Human Body Is Built 14
(B)The Sun and the Wind 15
Study and Practice 17
Grammar Focus Comparative Degree and Superlative Degree of Adjectives and Adverbs 21
Unit 3 Dialogues (A)Family 25
(B)At the Doctor's 25
Text Wonderful Wonders of the World 26
Study and Practice 28
Grammar Focus Verbs 31
Unit 4 Dialogues (A)Invitation 35
(B)Cold 35
Texts (A)An Announcement 36
(B)Systems 36
Study and Practice 39
Grammar Focus Future Tense 43
Practice Your Reading and Writing① 48
Unit 5 Dialogues (A)Preparation for Dinner 53
(B)At the Dentist's 53
Text Forbidden City 54
Study and Practice 56
Grammar Focus Continuous Tenses 60
Unit 6 Dialogues (A)Shopping 64
(B)Hematological Examination 64
Texts (A)How to Act as a Guest in America 65
(B)Birth 65
Study and Practice 67
Grammar Focus Perfect Tenses 72
Unit 7 Dialogues (A)Asking Price 77
(B)X-ray Examination 77
Texts (A)The Mississippi 78
(B)A General Hospital 78
Study and Practice 80
Grammar Focus Voices 84
Unit 8 Dialogues (A)Asking the Way 88
(B)Diet Instruction 88
Text Diet to Prevent Cancer 89
Study and Practice 92
Grammar Focus Sentence Patterns 96
Practice Your Reading and Writing② 100
Unit 9 Dialogues (A)Taking Bus 103
(B)Quit Smoking 103
Text Internet 104
Study and Practice 106
Grammar Focus Attributive Clauses 110
Unit 10 Dialogues (A)Telephone 115
(B)Receiving New Patient 115
Texts (A)Influenza 116
(B)What Is It with Mona Lisa's Smile?——It's You! 116
Study and Practice 119
Grammar Focus Noun Clauses(Ⅰ) 123
Unit 11 Dialogues (A)Weather 127
(B)Admission 127
Text The Essence of Love 128
Study and Practice 130
Grammar Focus Noun Clauses(Ⅱ) 134
Unit 12 Dialogues (A)Agreement 137
(B)Discharge 137
Text Job Interview 138
Study and Practice 140
Grammar Focus Adverbial Clauses(Ⅰ) 144
Practice Your Reading and Writing③ 149
Unit 13 Dialogues (A)Offering Help and Asking for Help 153
(B)Taking Blood Pressure 153
Text Colors and People 154
Study and Practice 156
Grammar Focus Adverbial Clauses(Ⅱ) 160
Unit 14 Dialogues (A)Festivals 164
(B)Diet 164
Text Thanksgiving Day 165
Study and Practice 167
Grammar Focus V-ed Participle 171
Unit 15 Dialogues (A)Hobbies 175
(B)Visiting a Patient 175
Text John Hunter——the First Surgeon 176
Study and Practice 179
Grammar Focus Subjunctive Mood 183
Unit 16 Dialogues (A)Suggestion 188
(B)Having the Prescription Filled 188
Text About"Clone" 189
Study and Practice 192
Grammar Focus V-ing Participle(Ⅰ) 196
Practice Your Reading and Writing④ 202
Unit 17 Dialogues (A)Apology 206
(B)Ward Round 206
Text Isaac Newton 207
Study and Practice 210
Grammar Focus Infinitive(Ⅰ) 216
Unit 18 Dialogues (A)At the Post Office 222
(B)Physiotherapy 222
Text British Education 223
Study and Practice 226
Grammar Focus Infinitive(Ⅱ) 231
Unit 19 Dialogues (A)Request 236
(B)Intensive Care Unit 236
Text TCM Giving New Hope to AIDS Sufferers 237
Study and Practice 240
Grammar Focus V-ing Participle(Ⅱ) 244
Unit 20 Dialogues (A)At the Bank 248
(B)Oxygen Delivery 248
Text April Fool's Day 249
Study and Practice 251
Grammar Focus The Usage of"It"and Inversion 255
Practice Your Reading and Writing⑤ 260
Vocabulary 266
Appendix 299
AppendixⅠ Names of Medical Units Most in Use 299
AppendixⅡ Everyday Expressions of Nursing 303
AppendixⅢ Names of Medical Instrument Most in Use 308