本教程在选材上力求体裁多样、题材广泛,内容具有知识性、实用性和趣味性。本教程为第一册,共分十个单元,每个单元包括三篇内容相关的阅读文章。每篇文章都配有生词与词组(Words and Expressions)、阅读理解练习(Exercises)、相关知识(Related Information)、参考译文,以及谚语。为了方便学生学习,课文的注释部分注重阅读技巧介绍、课文解析、难点注释。另外,该书还增加了六套阅读理解测试题,便于学生自测,巩固和检验所学内容。
本教材注重阅读技能和阅读理解能力的培养,在选材上注意更加贴近生活,增加趣味性、知识性和实用性。帮助英语学习着掌握合理的方法、扩大文化视野。本书由十个单元和六套综合测试题及答案构成。每个单元包括阅读技巧、课文及练习、练习答案等内容。
Unit 1 Friends
Text A My Friend Henry
TextB One ataTime
Song Appreciation
Unit 2 Sports
Text A Sports
Text B Sports and Games
Song Appreciation
Unit 3 Music
Text A Musical Styles
Text B Musical Chairs
Song Appreciation
Unit 4 Culture
Text A Culture Shock
Text B Foreign Customs and Habits
Song Appreciation
Unit 5 Traveling
Text A Transportation and Traveling
Text B Traveling in the Jungle
Song Appreciation
Unit 6 Health
Text A Health and Fitness
Text B Living a Long Life
Song Appreciation
Unit 7 People and Colors
Text A People and Colors
Text B How Colors Affect Your Moods and Health
Song Appreciation
Unit 8 Famous People
Text A Helen Keller
Text B Alfred Nobel -- a Man of Contrasts
Song Appreciation
Unit 9 Growing Up
Text A Growing Roots
Text B Mother's Hands
Song Appreciation
Unit 10 Time
Text A Clocks Through Time
Text B The Watch
Song Appreciation
Final Test Paper 1
Final Test Paper 2
Final Test Paper 3
Final Test Paper 4
Final Test Paper 5
Final Test Paper 6
Key to the Practice
Key to Final Test Papers