本书共设8个单元，分别围绕中国教育、中国味道、中国家庭文化、中国电影市场、中国高等教育国际化、世界遗产在中国、见证中国发展和绿色中国等主题展开。每单元精选三段视听材料，兼具思想性、时代性、趣味性和实用性。本书通过热身练习、视听练习和小组任务学习等多样化活动提高学生的跨文化能力、思辨能力、中国元素的英语表达能力。本书另配有PPT课件和听力脚本，读者可登录“清华社英语在线”（www.tsinghuaelt.com）进行下载。
本书可作为非外语专业学生的全校通识课及公共英语选修课、外语专业学生的“思政课”、来华留学生的“中国文化课”教材，也可供国际传媒和英语爱好者阅读参考。

Unit 1 Education in China
Section A China's Education by Numbers
Section B Traditional Culture Being Revived in Chinese Schools Section C Equal Access to Education
Unit 2 Taste of China
Section A Searching for China's Ancient Tea Leaves
Section B Taking a New-style Chinese Food Back to China
Section C The Eight Traditional Cuisines of China
Unit 3 Family Culture of China
Section A Growing Tradition for Chinese Families at Yale
Section B Childcare in China
Section C The Marriage Dilemma in China
Unit 4 China's Movie Market
Section A China's Sci-fi Movie The Wandering Earth
Section B How China Is Changing Hollywood
Section C China's Movie Market Continues to Boom
Unit 5 The Internationalization of China's Higher Education
Section A Building a Shared Future-China Helps Malawi Build First Science University
Section B Science Majors Are Popular Among Foreign Students in China
Section C Times Higher Education Ranking
Unit 6 World Heritage in China
Section A Four Sisters Await for Adventures
Section B Cultural Inheritance in Xi'an
Section C Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China
Unit 7 Witnessing China's Development
Section A Amazing China's High-speed Rail
Section B Al Technology in China
Section C Inside China's Future Factory
Unit 8 Green China
Section A China's Carbon Trading Market
Section B A Civilization May Thrive Only if Its Natural Surroundings Thrive
Section C Why China Starts to Classify Its Garbage
Appendix Keys to Exercises
References