本教材編寫指導思想是對學生進行聽、說、讀、寫基本訓練。幫助學生擴大英語詞彙量，提高閱讀速度，逐步培養學生在閱讀過程中的分析、歸納、綜合和推斷的能力。根據中專學生入學時的文化基礎、中專畢業時的知識結構以及未來崗位對他們能力的要求，在編寫過程中吸收了當今**上*新的醫療理念、模式和知識。通過本教材的繫統學習，學生可了解本專業內容較簡單的表格填寫和閱讀較容易的醫學英語應用文，為今後繼續學習打下扎實的基礎。

Unit One Everyday English
Lesson 1 Introduction
Lesson 2 Hobbies
Lesson 3 The Best Time to Visit Our Country—China
Unit Two The Medical School Life
Lesson 4 Sports and Health
Lesson 5 Learning and Work
Lesson 6 Library
Unit Three Health Teaching
Lesson 7 Food and Cancer Prevention
Lesson 8 Healthy Living
Lesson 9 AIDS
Unit Four The Development of Modern Medicine
Lesson 10 Clone
Lesson 11 Test-Tube Babies
Lesson 12 Telemedicine
Unit Five Medical Ethics
Lesson 13 Health Care and Culture
Lesson 14 Euthanasia：Mercy or Murder?
Lesson 15 Hospice Care
Unit Six Preclinical Medicine
Lesson 16 How is Food Digested?
Lesson 17 The Nervous System
Lesson 18 The Heart
Unit Seven Nursing
Lesson 19 Nursing Process
Lesson 20 First Aid in Medical Emergencies
Lesson 21 An Introduction to Psychiatric Nursing
Unit Eight Clinical Medicine
Lesson 22 Labor and Delivery
Lesson 23 Hand Hygiene
Lesson 24 Dentist-Patient Relations
Unit Nine Medication
Lesson 25 Drug Abuse
Lesson 26 New Drugs Discovery
Lesson 27 Routes of Administration
Unit Ten Clinical Testing
Lesson 28 Understanding Medical Imaging
Lesson 29 Laboratory Tests
Lesson 30 Biopsies
Ⅰ Hospital Warning Signals
Ⅱ Names of HospitalsDepartments and Medical Staff
Ⅲ Departments and Sections
Ⅳ Writing a Package Insert
Ⅴ Glossary
Ⅵ Phrases and Expressions