《全明星英语学习辅导与自测4》立体化系列教材是在麦格劳一希尔公司出版的All-Star系列教材的基础上，结合中国成人高等教育英语教学的实际改编而成的。改编后的《全明星英语》系列教材无论是教学内容还是教学方法都更加符合我国英语教学的实际需要，不仅为成年人学习英语提供了难得的好教材，同时也适用于高职高专英语教学。
《全明星英语》立体化系列教材是在麦格劳一希尔公司出版的All-Star系列教材的基础上，结合中国成人高等教育英语教学的实际改编而成的。改编后的《全明星英语》系列教材无论是教学内容还是教学方法都更加符合我国英语教学的实际需要，不仅为成年人学习英语提供了难得的好教材，同时也适用于高职高专英语教学。
原书是为了专门帮助美国文化水平较低的成年人（尤其是外国移民）提高他们的英语基本语言技能而编写的教材，编者多是有多年教学经验的教师。全书所涉及的技能有：
1.语言文字技能：听、说、读、写语言技能；基本语法和发音技能以及运用和演算数字的技能；
2.处理日常生活的语言技能：涉及消费、环境保护、家庭和子女养育、政府和社区、合作、利用资源和服务、健康和营养、人际交往、学习策略、安全保卫、电话通讯、时间和货币、交通和旅行等诸多方面；
3.劳动就业语言技能：涉及应用技术、保持就业、求职等诸多方面。
Unit 1 Skills and Abilities
Lesson 1： What skills do you want to learn？
Lesson 2： Skills for Success
Lesson 3： Are you listening？
Lesson 4： How well do you write？
Lesson 5： Do you know if shes here？
Family Application Lesson： What do teachers want parents to do？
Community Application Lesson： Get Involved in Your
Community
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Making Inferences
Spotlight： Writing： Writing Business Letters
Unit 2 Getting Around
Lesson 1： It happened during rush hour.
Lesson 2： My insurance will cover it
Lesson 3： Could you tell me the arrival time？
Lesson 4： Planning a Trip
Lesson 5： I should have stayed home
Family Application Lesson： Whats there to do？
Work Application Lesson： Can you tell me how to get there？
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Identifying the Topic and Main Idea
Spotlight： Writing： Using Compound Subjects， Verbs，and Objects
Unit 3 Your Health
Lesson 1： Call 911 ！
Lesson 2： Whos your doctor？
Lesson 3： That was the 22nd， not the 28th
Lesson 4： Food Labels
Lesson 5： It hurts when I breathe
Work Application Lesson： This accident shouldnt
have happened
Community Application Lesson： Addiction is a problem
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Using Context Clues
Spotlight： Writing： Identifying Punctuation Marks
Unit 4 Rights and Responsibilities
Lesson 1： They marched on Washington
Lesson 2： Its your right
Lesson 3： Should high school be compulsory？
Lesson 4： Government Agencies
Lesson 5： He was elected in 1789
Family Application Lesson： What are a tenants rights？
Community Application Lesson： Voting Rights
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Skimming and Scanning
Spotlight： Writing： Identifying Purposes for Writing
Unit 5 Consumer News and Views
Lesson 1： Everything must go
Lesson 2： Are you an impulse buyer？
Lesson 3： Do you have your receipt？
Lesson 4： Best Buys
Lesson 5： Thats really expensive， isnt it？
Work Application Lesson： Do you sell greeting cards？
Community Application Lesson： Where can I get help？
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Using Context to Guess Meaning
Spotlight： Writing： Completing a Return Form
Unit 6 Rules and Laws
Lesson 1： She has jury duty
Lesson 2： Its a felony
Lesson 3： To hear this message again， press 9
Lesson 4： What to do when youre arrested
Lesson 5： It shows the amount that you must pay
Family Application Lesson： Laws protect children
Work Application Lesson： Laws protect workers
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Recognizing Cause and Effect
Spotlight： Writing： Organizing Your Ideas
Unit 7 Career Paths
Lesson 1： Whos in charge？
Lesson 2： Experience is preferred
Lesson 3： He spoke very clearly
Lesson 4： Performance Evaluations
Lesson 5： If l had known
Work Application Lesson： Whats happening to the
U.S. workforce？
Community Application Lesson： Keep on learning
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Identifying a Sequence of Events
Spotlight： Writing： Understanding the Writing Process
Unit 8 Money Matters
Lesson 1： Its not in the budget
Lesson 2： Do you have an IRA？
Lesson 3： Does this account earn interest？
Lesson 4： Preventing Consumer Fraud
Lesson 5： She said it was a good deal
Family Application Lesson： How can you teach
children about money？
Community Application Lesson： How much is the government in debt？
Practice Test
Spotlight： Reading： Comparing and Contrasting
Spotlight： Writing： Using Transition Words and Phrases.
Big Picture Expansion
Key to Exercises （Workbook）
Key to Supplemental Translation Exercises
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