本教材旨在指导学生深入学习课文的基础上，从读、写、译、听、说等方面进行语言操练，使学生具备较扎实的英语语言基础知识、较强的阅读能力和翻译能力以及一定的听和说的能力。

本教材共有十六个单元。每个单元都设计有一个话题及两篇阅读文章。它们既相互关联，又各有侧重。围绕这些与学生生活和学习息息相关的话题，教师可以安排学生讨论，充分发挥学生的学习主动性。每个单元后还配有相关的语法知识和情景对话，以帮助学生达到能够比较熟练地应用英语进行交流的目的。

Unit One

 Text A Why I Want a Wife

 Text B Why I Want a Husband

Unit Two

 Text A The Family: Past, Present, and Future

 Text B Families

Unit Three

 Text A How to Be a Successful Language Learner?

 Text B Is Learning English Easy or Not?

Unit Four

 Text A A Plate of Peas

 Text B A Coke and a Smile

Unit Five

 Text A Not a Chance to Regret

 Text B One Hour of Time

Unit Six

 Text A You Never Really Lose Your Value

 Text B If I Were a Boy Again

Unit Seven

 Text A The Man Who Create Mickey Mouse

 Text B Disneyland

Unit Eight

 Text A What We Eat and Drink

 Text B Fallacies about Food

Unit Nine

 Text A Poll Reveals TV News too Negative

 Text B Television -- a Blessing or a Curse?

Unit Ten

 Text A Net Has Become a British Way of Life

 Text B Hacking

Unit Eleven

 Text A Goal of American Education

 Text B The British School System

Unit Twelve

 Text A The Delights of Books

 Text B Time Spent in a Bookshop

Unit Thirteen

 Text A Mystery Monsters of Loch Ness

 Text B Eskimos

Unit Fourteen

 Text A How New York Became America's Largest City

 Text B Cities in the United States

Unit Fifteen

 Text A American Men don't Cry

 Text g American Stores

Unit Sixteen

 Text A Current Attitudes towards Physical Fitness

 Text B Dieting Your Way to Health

Vocabulary