《实用英语》系列教材是教育部规划的高职高专公共英语教材。本套教材1995年正式出版发行，先后进行了两次修订。为了更加有利于学生英语应用能力的培养，结合《实用英语》的教学使用反馈情况，编写组紧扣当前高职高专人才培养的总体目标和高职高专英语教学改革的发展方向，对《实用英语》进行了第三次修订。
与第三版相比,《实用英语综合教程2》(第四版)对课文练习和技能训练部分的项目作了部分调整，并调换了部分单元的课文。本书第二版曾获2002年全国高等学校优秀教材一等奖，第四版为普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材。
本书附有MP3录音光盘和多媒体学习课件。
- UNIT 1 News Media
- Text A:What’s New
- Text B:Will Daily Newspapers Disappear?
- Skills Development and Practice
- ● Reading Skills—Flash Reading—Phrase
- ● Translation Practice—省略译
- ● Guided Writing
- ● Listening and Speaking
- UNIT 2 Surveys and Advertising
- Text A:Surveys,Surveys and More Surveys
- Text B:Advertising
- Skills Development and Practice
- ● Reading Skills—Logical Connection
- ● Translation Practice—正反译
- ● Guided Writing—General Sentence
- ● Listening and Speaking
- UNIT 3 Public Relations
- Text A:Public Relations
- Text B:The Interview
- Skills Development and Practice
- ● Reading Skills—Logical Connection
- ● Translation Practice—反正译
- ● Guided Writing—General Sentence
- ● Listening and Speaking
- UNIT 4 Culture
- Text A:What Is Culture?
- Text B:Food and Culture
- Skills Development and Practice
- ● Reading Skills—Main Idea
- ● Translation Practice—定语从句的翻译
- ● Guided Writing—Specific Sentence
- ● Listening and Speaking
- Glossary
- Phrases and Expressions
