本书分为8个单元，包含人物、动物、食物、穿着、爱好、故事、交通、城市、校园、季节等多种主题，这些单元主题与学生的实际生活十分贴近，让学生既可以轻松地理解文章的内容，又可以从中学到很多日常生活用语，更好地运用英语。
本书在选文的过程中，编者注重文章的质量，精选了质量上乘、语言地道的文章，并重点关注了文章的难易程度。每个单元中的文章也按照阶梯递进的难易程度排序，符合小学生的认知心理。
书中设置了多种题型，除了常规的选择题、判断正误题外，还有完形填空、根据短文内容填空、根据短文内容回答问题以及写出单词的相应形式、写出单词的中文意思、连词成句、改错等基础知识题型，丰富多样。设置题目时，编者也充分考虑到了学生的阅读能力，让题目的难易程度适中，符合学生阅读训练的需要。
单元主题阅读部分中的每篇文章均设置了一个讲解的栏目，这个栏目从文章中选取了一个句子，并针对句子中出现的单词、短语、句型等语法知识进行讲解，将复杂的语法知识分散融入一篇篇文章中，从而让学生在阅读的同时掌握语法要点。此外，每篇文章均有详细的翻译，学生在自行阅读文章之后，可以对照译文，检查自己的理解是否正确。
本书适合六年级学生使用。

Unit 1 All over the world
Passage 1 China is a great country
Passage 2 Australia
Passage 3 Shanghai
Passage 4 Africa
Passage 5 The weather near the North Pole
Passage 6 Yellowstone
Passage 7 Tian'anmen Square
Passage 8 Some interesting places
Passage 9 Hong Kong
Passage 10 The Great Wall of China
Unit 2 Feeling and emotion
Passage 1 Why do people cry?
Passage 2 A letter to my mum
Passage 3 How to get happiness
Passage 4 How to stop getting angry
Passage 5 Two dolls
Passage 6 Mental problems
Passage 7 Asking for help
Passage 8 Feelings
Passage 9 Colours and feelings
Passage 10 How to become happy
Unit 3 Famous people
Passage 1 Mo Yan
Passage 2 Helen Keller
Passage 3 Bill Gates
Passage 4 Marco Polo
Passage 5 Micheal Jackson
Passage 6 Isaac Newton
Passage 7 Millet
Passage 8 William Shakespeare
Passage 9 Mozart
Passage 10 A story about Mark Twain
Unit 4 My neighbourhood
Passage 1 Go to the zoo
Passage 2 My neighbourhood
Passage 3 Mr Green's life
Passage 4 My new neighbourhood
Passage 5 Look at my neighbourhood
Passage 6 Uncle Wang
Passage 7 My neighbour
Passage 8 A park
Passage 9 Mr Smith
Passage 10 A big old tree
Unit 5 Daily schedule
Passage 1 See a movie
Passage 2 My pleasant day
Passage 3 Mary's daily life
Passage 4 Walking in the park
Passage 5 Jim's life
Passage 6 My daily life
Passage 7 Another cup of coffee
Passage 8 Fishing
Passage 9 A picnic
Passage 10 Rose's life
Unit 6 Fascinating culture
Passage 1 Restaurant culture in Britain
Passage 2 Give gifts
Passage 3 The desert
Passage 4 American families
Passage 5 Customs in English-speaking countries
Passage 6 Western meal and Chinese meal
Passage 7 Eat special foods for good luck
Passage 8 Greetings in different countries
Passage 9 American food
Passage 10 Body language
Unit 7 Day off
Passage 1 Have a picnic
Passage 2 My plan for the holiday
Passage 3 A trip to Guilin
Passage 4 A visit
Passage 5 A plan for summer holiday
Passage 6 Vacation
Passage 7 Summer vacation
Passage 8 Ice City
Passage 9 This summer
Passage 10 Visiting Mineral City
Unit 8 Weather and seasons
Passage 1 Summer arrives
Passage 2 The winter
Passage 3 Springs
Passage 4 The weather of Shanghai
Passage 5 Spring comes
Passage 6 Beautiful autumn
Passage 7 Snow in winter
Passage 8 The weather in London and Beijfng
Passage 9 The season I like most
Passage 10 Different seasons
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