《全国英语等级考试标准教程》(第4级)(2006版)是《全国英语等级考试标准教程》的一册，《全国英语等级考试标准教程》以考试大纲为依据，便于自学和教学。《全国英语等级考试标准教程》共12章，24个单元。每章覆盖一个交际话题，每单元包括对话/独白、课文、单词和短语、注释、练习和补充阅读。《全国英语等级考试标准教程》最后有附录，其中包括练习答案。《全国英语等级考试标准教程》配有光盘。

全国英语等级考试是面向全社会的英语考试体系，共五级。为满足各级考试培训和学习需要，教育部考试中心组织编写了配套教程。《全国英语等级考试标准教程》(第4级)(2006版)为第4级。

Chapter 1 Health and Body Care
Unit 1 Physical Health
Dialogues 1
Passage 3
Words and Expressions 6
Proper Names 7
Notes 7
Exercises 7
Supplementary Reading 15
Unit 2 Mental Health
Dialogues 17
Passage 19
Words and Expressions 22
Notes 22
Exercises 22
Supplementary Reading 30

Chapter 2 Family
Unit 3 Family Life
Dialogues 33
Passage 35
Words and Expressions 37
Notes 38
Exercises 39
Supplementary Reading 45
Unit 4 Love and Marriage
Dialogues 47
Passage 49
Words and Expressions 52
Notes 52
Exercises 53
Supplementary Reading 59

Chapter 3 People and Business
Unit 5 Personal Relationships
Dialogues 61
Passage 64
Words and Expressions 66
Notes 66
Exercises 67
Supplementary Reading 74
Unit 6 Business
Dialogues 76
Passage 78
Words and Expressions 81
Notes 81
Exercises 82
Supplementary Reading 90

Chapter 4 History

Unit 7 People in History
Dialogues 93
Passage 95
Words and Expressions 98
Notes 98
Exercises 99
Supplementary Reading 107
Unit 8 Events in History
Dialogues 109
Passage 111
Words and Expressions 114
Notes 115
Exercises 115
Supplementary Reading 123

Chapter 5 Jobs and Services
Unit 9 Jobs
Dialogues 125
Passage 127
Words and Expressions 129
Notes 130
Exercises 130
Supplementary Reading 137
Unit 10 Services
Dialogues 139
Passage 142
Words and Expressions 144
Notes 144
Exercises 145
Supplementary Reading 151
Chapter 6 Education
Unit 11 Elementary and Secondary Education
Dialogues 155
Passage 157
Words and Expressions 159
Notes 160
Exercises 161
Supplementary Reading 168
Unit 12 Higher Education
Dialogues 169
Passage 171
Words and Expressions 173
Notes 174
Exercises 175
Supplementary Reading 182
Chapter 7 People
Unit 13 Personal Identification
Dialogues 185
Passage 188
Words and Expressions 190
Notes 191
Exercises 191
Supplementary Reading 198
Unit 14 Famous People
Dialogues 200
Passage 203
Words and Expressions 205
Notes 206
Exercises 207
Supplementary Reading 214
Chapter 8 Government and Law
Unit 15 Law and Justice
Dialogues 217
Passage 220
Words and Expressions 222
Notes 223
Exercises 224
Supplementary Reading 230
Unit 16 Government
Dialogues 232
Passage 235
Words and Expressions 237
Notes 238
Exercises 238
Supplementary Reading 245
Chapter 9 Science
Unit 17 Popular Science
Dialogues 247
Passage 249
Words and Expressions 251
Notes 252
Exercises 253
Supplementary Reading 260
Unit 18 Social Science
Dialogues 261
Passage 263
Words and Expressions 266
Notes 267
Exercises 267
Supplementary Reading 273
Chapter 10 Leisure Time Activities
Unit 19 Travel and Transportation
Dialogues 275
Passage 277
Words and Expressions 279
Notes 280
Exercises 280
Supplementary Reading 288
Unit 20 Art and Entertainment
Dialogues 290
Passage 292
Words and Expressions 294
Notes 295
Exercises 296
Supplementary Reading 304

Chapter 11 Society and Culture
Unit 21 Social Issues
Dialogues 307
Passage 309
Words and Expressions 312
Notes 313
Exercises 313
Supplementary Reading 321
Unit 22 Culture
Dialogues 323
Passage 325
Words and Expressions 328
Notes 328
Exercises 328
Supplementary Reading 336
Chapter 12 Environment
Unit 23 Nature World
Dialogues 339
Passage 341
Words and expressions 344
Notes 345
Exercises 345
Supplementary reading 353
Unit 24 Approaching a Sustainable Future
Dialogues 355
Passage 357
Words and expressions 360
Notes 361
Exercises 361
Supplementary Reading 369
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