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。
本书适合四年级学生使用。

Unit 1 Interesting stories
Passage 1 Wolf and sheep
Passage 2 Who is the winner?
Passage 3 A hungry fox
passage 4 Snow White
Passage 5 A thirsty crow
Passage 6 A dog
Passage 7 A special goose
Passage 8 A horse and a donkey
Passage 9 A wolf in sheep's clothing
Passage 10 The cage bird and the bat
Unit 2 Different kinds of transportation
Passage 1 How do you go to school?
Passage 2 Taking a plane
Passage 3 Ride in boats
Passage 4 Giving seats
Passage 5 Our favourite transportation
Passage 6 The way to the restaurant
Passage 7 Take the same train
Passage 8 Take a plane
Passage 9 It is not my bike
Passage 10 Waiting for the train
Unit 3 Take eare
Passage 1 A public sign
Passage 2 Fat problem
Passage 3 Traffic accidents
Passage 4 See a doctor
Passage 5 We have to be careful
Passage 6 Help
Passage 7 Swimming
Passage 8 Keep safe during an earthquake
Passage 9 Safety
Passage 10 It's dangerous!
Unit 4 Different types of jobs
Passage 1 Different jobs
Passage 2 Jobs
Passage 3 Jack's family
Passage 4 A scientist
Passage 5 Dreams
Passage 6 An American doctor
Passage 7 My aunt
Passage 8 Mydreamjob
Passage 9 Mother's job
Passage 10 A reporter
Unit 5 Find the way and stuff
Passage 1 Ask the way to the supermarket
Passage 2 Where is the pet shop?
Passage 3 The way to the park
Passage 4 Where is my clothes?
Passage 5 Where is the supermarket?
Passage 6 The lost mittens
Passage 7 I can't find my CD
Passage 8 Where is the hospital?
Passage 9 The museum is over there
Passage 10 I can find my way
Unit 6 Go to travel
Passage 1 Travelling
Passage 2 Go to Beijing
Passage 3 Planning for a trip
Passage 4 Hong Kong Disneyland
Passage 5 A happy Sunday
Passage 6 Guangzhpu
Passage 7 Travelling by bike
Passage 8 Go to Kunming
Passage 9 I went to Changsha
Passage 10 Jerry loves travelling
Unit 7 Habits and hobbies
Passage 1 Twins
Passage 2 Different hobbies
Passage 3 Reading
Passage 4 Hobbies
Passage 5 Collecting stamps
Passage 6 My hobby
Passage 7 A hobby show
Passage 8 Dancing
Passage 9 I like swimming
Passage 10 A good habit is useful
Unit 8 Cities and countries
Passage 1 Beijing
Passage 2 City
Passage 3 I like Australia
Passage 4 Singapore---the city in a garden
Passage 5 Chicago
Passage 6 Venice
Passage 7 The city of San Francisco
Passage 8 London
Passage 9 The USA
Passage 10 England
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