本书每个单元均包含Reading、Writing、Translation和Weaving It Together四个部分。Reading部分包含两篇课文，配有Pre-Reading、Vocabulary、Reading Comprehension、Cloze、Paraphrase、Critical Thinking等练习，并提供了相关阅读技巧的总结；Writing和TransIation部分概括了写作和翻译技巧，并配有相应的练习；Weaving It Together则是对本单元内容的总结和拓展，起到了画龙点睛的作用。

Unit 1 Your Personality
Reading 1: Right Brain, Left Brain
Reading 2: Let's Face It
Reading Skill: Understanding the Main Idea
Writing Skill: Joining Compound Sentences with and,but, or or
Translation Skill: 增译法
Unit 2 Food
Reading 1: Live a Little: Eat Potatoes!
Reading 2: Bugs, Rats, and Other Tasty Dishes
Reading Skill: Recognizing Transitions or Signal Words
Writing Skill: The Topic Sentence
Translation Skill: 减译法
Unit 3 Celebrations and Special Days
Reading 1: Tihar: Festival of Lights
Reading 2: Celebrating a Fifteenth Birthday
Reading Skill: Identifying Time-Order Transitions
Writing Skill: Describing a Process | Punctuation: Comma (,) with Items in a Series
Translation Skill: 词类转换法
Unit 4 Amazing People
Reading 1: Barrington Irving's Dream to Fly
Reading 2: The Fearless Fiennes
Reading Skill: Understanding Word Meaning from the Context
Writing Skill: Keeping Unity | Irrelevant Sentences
Translation Skill: 状语从句的翻译
Unit 5 Nature Attacks !
Reading 1: Lightning
Reading 2: Chasing Storms
Reading Skill: Dealing with Difficult Sentences
Writing Skill: Introducing Reasons with because
Translation Skill: 语态转换法
Unit 6 Inventions
Reading 1: The GoPro Camera
Reading 2: Changing Living Things?
Reading Skill: Identifying Sentence Relationships
Writing Skill: Giving an Opinion | Transitions Showing Addition
Translation Skill: 正说反译和反说正译
Unit 7 Customs and Traditions
Reading 1: Flowers, Dishes, and Dresses
Reading 2: What's in a Name?
Reading Skill: Identifying Text Structure
Writing Skill: Writing Business Letters
Translation Skill: 语序调整法
Unit 8 Readings from Literature
Reading 1: Fate
Reading 2: Months
Reading Skill: Drawing Conclusions
Writing Skill: Using Adjectives and Adverbs
Translation Skill: 定语从句的翻译