ContentsPreface 2
UnitⅠ:Opening The Door To Nursing EnglishLesson OneText:Nurses And Doctors 2
Dialogue:A Nurse's Working Day 4
Grammar:1．Nouns 6
2．The Simple Present Tense 9
Lesson TwoText:An Accident 16
Dialogue:Did You Buy Anything? 18
Grammar:The Simple Past Tense 20
Lesson ThreeText:What Are They Doing? 26
Dialogue:I'm Watching Television 28
Grammar:The Present Continuous Tense 30
Lesson FourText:Mary's Plan For Her Future Career 36
Dialogue:Will You See Him Tomorrow? 38
Grammar:1．The Simple Future Tense 40
2．The Future Continuous Tense 41
Lesson FiveText:Miss Lin Li 46
Dialogue:Have You Ever Been To A FashionShow? 48
Grammar:1．The Present Perfect Tense 50
2．The Present Perfect Continuous Tense 52
Lesson SixText:A Five-year-old Boy Saved His Friend 57
Dialogue:A Man's Been Run Over 59
Grammar:1．The Past Perfect Tense 61
2．The Past Perfect Continuous Tense 62
UnitⅡ:The Founders Of Modern Nursing And The Red CrossLesson OneText:Florence Nightingale 69
Dialogue:I Can Lend You Mine 72
Grammar:Modal Verbs 74
Lesson TwoText:International Red Cross And Its Founder 81
Dialogue:I Have To Stop At The Drug Store 83
Lesson ThreeText:American Red Cross 88
Dialogue:I Was Working Hard 91
Grammar:1．The Passive Voice 93
2．The Past Continuous Tense 95
Lesson FourText:Clara Barton 102
Dialogue:I've Been Waiting For You 104
UnitⅢ:Keeping FitLesson OneText:Walking—One Way To Stay Healthy 111
Dialogue:I Get More Exercise Than You 113
Grammar:The Infinitive 115
Lesson TwoText:Summer Camping 121
Dialogue:We're Going To Visit People We Met Before 123
Lesson ThreeText:Biological Clocks 129
Dialogue:That's What I Like To Do Best 132
Lesson FourText:What Should We Eat? 137
Dialogue:Exactly The Same As You 141
Grammar:Relative Clauses(Attributive Clauses) 143
Lesson FiveText:Our Health Does Not Depend On Our Bodies Alone 152
Dialogue:You'll Have To Get Used To The New Envi-ronment 155
Lesson SixText:Books Are Our Best Companions 162
Dialogue:Save The Entertainment Section For Later 165
Unit Ⅳ:What Endangers Human Health?Lesson OneText:Noise And Its Damage To Hearing 173
Dialogue:Acid Rain 175
Lesson TwoText:Insomnia 182
Dialogue:Why Didn't You Take A Sleeping Pill? 184
Grammar:The Gerund 187
Lesson ThreeText:AIDS 196
Dialogue:AIDS Is Beginning To Threaten China 199
Lesson FourText:Mental Illness Is Not Rare 207
Dialogue:Don't You Get Tired Of Hitting The Books All The Time? 209
Grammar:The Participles 212
Lesson FiveText:How Does Weightlessness In Space Affect Human Health? 219
Dialogue:What Would Happen To The Various Parts Of The Body In Weightlessness? 223
Lesson SixText:Aging 229
Dialogue:You Are As Old As You Feel 233
Unit Ⅴ:Observe And ThinkLesson OneText:Time 241
Dialogue:The Brain Gets Worse If You Don't Stimulate It 244
Grammar:The Comparison Of The Adjectives 247
Lesson TwoText:Black And White 255
Dialogue:You Have To Remain Objective 258
Lesson ThreeText:Shyness 263
Dialogue:Every Human Is Born Different 265
Grammar:Adverbial Clauses 267
Lesson FourText:Who Smokes?Why? 277
Dialogue:Smoking Habits 280
Lesson FiveText:The Messengers To Outer Space 287
Dialogue:At The Post Office 290
Grammar:The Subjunctive Mood 293
Lesson SixText:Are There'Normal'Ways Of Behaving For Men And Women? 303
Dialogue:Drive On The Right 306
UnitⅥ:Manner And BehaviourLesson OneText:Forms Of Address 313
Dialogue:A．Just Plain“Al”Will Do 316
B．I'm Your Duty Nurse 317
Grammar:Noun Clauses 319
Lesson TwoText:About“Thank You” 324
Dialogue:A．Thank You For Inviting Us 326
B．We Appreciate Your Help Very Much 327
Lesson ThreeText:What Makes People Angry? 332
Dialogue:A．You've Got A Loose Tongue 336
B．But You Promised 337
Lesson FourText:Apologizing 342
Dialogue:Too Young To Die 346
Lesson FiveText:The Voices Of Time 353
Dialogue:She Said She Wouldn't Be Home For Dinner 358
Translation of the Texts 365
AppendixⅠ Irregular Verbs 405
AppendixⅡ Health Organizations And Agencies 410