本教材共4册，每册10个单元。本书为第2册，侧重描写文与记叙文撰写。
从功能与目的角度，每单元由3大板块组成。Part Ⅰ（Reading for Comprehension）提供一篇阅读文章（Reading Text），主要进行思维热身、阅读理解、推断与批判思维等活动；Part Ⅱ（Reading for Writing）讲解写作策略,并提供一篇示范文章（Writing Sample）以实战操练写作策略；Part Ⅲ（Writing Practice）提供多样化的练习以内化和巩固写作策略。

UNIT 1 On the Way
Part Ⅰ Reading for Comprehension
Reading Text An Awful Day on the Sea
Part Ⅱ Reading for Writing
Writing Skills Descriptive Writing Ⅰ: Dominant Impression
Writing Sample My First Flight
Part Ⅲ Writing Practice
UNIT 2 Beauty of Nature
Part Ⅰ Reading for Comprehension
Reading Text A Winter Walk
Part Ⅱ Reading for Writing
Writing Skills Descriptive Writing Ⅱ: Logical Order
Writing Sample Sunrise at Sea
Part Ⅲ Writing Practice
UNIT 3 School Days
Part Ⅰ Reading for Comprehension
Reading Text My First Lesson
Part Ⅱ Reading for Writing
Writing Skills Descriptive Writing Ⅲ: Sensory Details
Writing Sample The Last Lesson
Part Ⅲ Writing Practice
UNIT 4 Family Culture
Part Ⅰ Reading for Comprehension
Reading Text Rules of the Game
Part Ⅱ Reading for Writing
Writing Skills Descriptive Writing Ⅳ: Specific Details
Writing Sample Hiraeth and Homesickness
Part Ⅲ Writing Practice
UNIT 5 Yearning for Home
Part Ⅰ Reading for Comprehension
Reading Text Good Earth
Part Ⅱ Reading for Writing 069
Writing Skills Descriptive Writing Ⅴ: Figures of Speech
Writing Sample The Sounds of the City
Part Ⅲ Writing Practice
UNIT 6 Philosophy of Living
Part Ⅰ Reading for Comprehension
Reading Text The Day I Run Away from Home
Part Ⅱ Reading for Writing
Writing Skills Narrative Writing Ⅰ: Theme
Writing Sample Life Throws a Brick at Your Head
Part Ⅲ Writing Practice
UNIT 7 Importance of Teamwork
Part Ⅰ Reading for Comprehension
Reading Text The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage
Part Ⅱ Reading for Writing
Writing Skills Narrative Writing Ⅱ: Five Ws and One H
Writing Sample Each of Us Needs Each Other
Part Ⅲ Writing Practice
UNIT 8 Mutual Understanding
Part Ⅰ Reading for Comprehension
Reading Text Angel on a Doorstep
Part Ⅱ Reading for Writing
Writing Skills Narrative Writing Ⅲ: Plot
Writing Sample Our Kind Landlord
Part Ⅲ Writing Practice 115
UNIT 9 Learning Beyond Limits
Part Ⅰ Reading for Comprehension
Reading Text How I Learned to Read
Part Ⅱ Reading for Writing
Writing Skills Narrative Writing Ⅳ: Logical Order
Writing Sample Never Too Old to Live Your Dream
Part Ⅲ Writing Practice
UNIT 10 Humanity and Truth
Part Ⅰ Reading for Comprehension
Reading Text After Twenty Years
Part Ⅱ Reading for Writing
Writing Skills Narrative Writing Ⅴ: Effective Support
Writing Sample Hearts and Hands
Part Ⅲ Writing Practice