本书的编写以《中国英语能力等级量表》为主线，注重英语能力的综合运用，明确每个教学任务和教学活动的设计目的和能力目标。各单元均以主题式展开，主题的选择遵从实用的原则，旨在培养学生在实际学习、生活乃至毕业后的工作中运用英语的综合能力。全书包含五个单元，每个单元均由七个部分组成，分别是“Warming-up，Talk Show，Listening Drills，Intensive Reading，Extensive Reading，Language Lab，Supplementary Materials”，材料难度合宜，循序渐进，适于教学使用。

Unit 1 Beauty
Warming-up
Talk Show
Listening Drills
Section A A Short Passage
Section B A Long Passage
Section C A Long Dialogue
Section D Movie Clip
Reading and Exploring
Intensive Reading
Extensive Reading
Language Lab-Listening Skills for CET
Supplementary Materials
Beauty
The Trouble with Beauty
Unit 2 Cyber Security
Warming-up
Talk Show
Listening Drills
Section A A Passage
Section B BBC Learning English
Section C A Video
Section D Movie Clip
Reading and Exploring
Intensive Reading
Extensive Reading
Language Lab-Reading Skills for CET 4 (1)
Supplementary Materials
Protect Your Privacy While Job Hunting
A Christmas Message from Edward Snowden
Unit 3 Calamities
Warming-up
Talk Show
Listening Drills
Section A News Report
Section B Long Conversation
Section C News Report
Section D Movie Clip
Reading and Exploring
Intensive Reading
Extensive Reading
Language Lab-Reading skills for CET-4 (2):Reading in Depth
Supplementary Materials
Horrific Result of Super Volcano Eruption
Chinese in San Francisco Air Crash
Unit 4 Volunteering
Warming-up
Talk Show
Listening Drills
Section A A Video
Section B TED Talk
Section C A News Report
Section D Movie Clip
Reading and Exploring
Intensive Reading
Extensive Reading
Language Lab-Translation Skills for CET
Supplementary Materials
2019 USDA Forest Service Volunteers & Service Award Recipients
These Special Stories Will Make You Want to Volunteer Immediately
Unit 5 Gender Stereotype
Warming-up
Talk Show
Listening Drills
Section A A Passage
Section B Breaking News
Section C A Video
Reading and Exploring
Intensive Reading
Extensive Reading
Language Lab-Writing Skills for CET
Supplementary Materials
International Women'Day
Who Are Some of the Women who Changed the World?
Key Words and Phrases