《外教社基础外语系列教材：新世纪基础英语（2）（学生用书）》是针对成人编写的零起点教材，共四级，每级含学生用书、教师用书、录音磁带和多媒体自学光盘，是一套为满足新时期继续教育需要而编写的立体化英语教材。这套教材有以下特点：
注重打好语言基本功——从字母、语音开始，各项内容依次呈现，循环操练，帮助学习者打下扎实的基础
内容层次循序渐进——根据成人学习英语的特点设计难度梯级，每一级分别提供不同的内容输入，配以专项练习，帮助学习者逐级提高英语水平
编排结构严谨周密——每单元包含课文、对话、语法、写作、补充阅读等板块，充分考虑知识的系统性和对学习者能力的全面培养，能为学习者实现短时间内掌握英语的愿望助一臂之力
现代化，立体化教学手段的运用——教材配有磁带和多媒体光盘，可以满足各种学习需要，激发学习兴趣，提升学习效果
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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