本书的编写以《中国英语能力等级量表》为主线，注重英语能力的综合运用，明确每个教学任务和教学活动的设计目的和能力目标。各单元均以主题式展开，主题的选择遵从实用的原则，旨在培养学生在实际学习、生活乃至毕业后的丁作中运用英语的综合能力。全书包含五个单元，每个单元均由七个部分组成，分别是“Warming-up, Talk Show, Listening Drills, Intensive Reading, Extensive Reading, Language Lab, Supplementary Materials”，材料难度合宜，循序渐进，适于教学使用。

Unit 1 Environmental Protection
Warming-up
Talk Show
Listening Drills
Section A A Passage
Section B A News Report
Section C A News Report
Section D A Movie Clip
Reading and Exploring
Intensive Reading
Extensive Reading
Language Lab-Attributive Clause
Supplementary Materials
News Report 1
News Report 2
Unit 2 Smart Life
Warming-up
Talk Show
Listening Drills
Section A A Long Conversation
Section B A News Report
Section C A Passage
Section D A Movie Clip
Reading and Exploring
Intensive Reading
Extensive Reading
Language Lab-Adverbial Clause
Supplementary Materials
Epidemic Changing Traditional Internet
Special Services Offered to Make New Technologies Accessible to Seniors
Unit 3 Wealth
Warming-up
Talk Show
Listening Drills
Section A A Long Conversation
Section B BBC Learning English
Section C A News Report
Section D A Movie Clip
Reading and Exploring
Intensive Reading
Extensive Reading
Language Lab-Non-finite Verbs
Supplementary Materials
Warren Buffett's Three Wealth Management Experiences
The Story About $2 Bill
Unit 4 Cultures
Warming-up
Talk Show
Listening Drills
Section A A News Report
Section B A Long Conversation
Section C A Video Clip
Section D A Movie Clip
Reading and Exploring
Intensive Reading
Extensive Reading
Language Lab-Subjunctive Mood
Supplementary Materials
Unit 5 Career Development
Warming-up
Talk Show
Listening Drills
Section A A Long Conversation
Section B A News Report
Section C A Conversation
Section D A Video Clip
Reading and Exploring
Intensive Reading
Extensive Reading
Language Lab-Emphatic Sentence and Inverted Sentence
Supplementary Materials
Which Career Is the Right One for You
Some Tips for Job Interviews
Key Words and Phrases