本书根据目前欧美国家学校广泛使用的蓝思阅读框架(The Lexile Framework for Reading)编写并在教学中实践。首先，本教材的所有入选作品(诗歌仅作参考)按照蓝斯分值从低到高进行难易分级，推荐阅读与推荐阅读相结合；其次，在教学中，分阶段测试学生蓝思分值，在教学中对学生按阅读水平布置阅读任务并进行恰当的分组教学。很后，通过课堂老师讲解与学生讨论的结合，课内阅读与课外阅读结合、阅读与写作结合以及阅读和表演实践结合等活动，达到提高学生英语综合运用能力的目的。另外，读者可以在手机应用商店下载“Reading Pro”免费进行蓝思值测试。

Part One Poetry
A Red, Red Rose
O Captain! My Captain
Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
Success is Counted Sweetest
Part Two Proses and Essays
Of Great Place
Three Days to See(excerpts)
Self-reliance1 (excerpt)
A Room of One's Own
Part Three Short Stories
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
A Midsummer Knight's Dream
The Snob
The Open Window
Rip Van Winkle
A Rose for Emily
The Black Cat
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Part Four Novellas & Novels
Sons and Lovers
The Old Man and the Sea
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
The Great Gatsby
The Call of the Wild
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Robinson Crusoe
Part Five Plays
The Importance of Being Earnest
Death of a Salesman
Waiting for Godot
Romeo and Juliet