《朗文新发现初中英语教程》是在培生教育集团出版的New Discoveries教材的基础上，由吉林出版集团携手培生教育出版集团全作改编而成的。它采用情景式教学模式，融汇话题、交际功能和语言结构，形成了一套循序渐进的生活化学习程序。在对原教材的开发过程中，改编者依据**教育部颁布的《英语课程标准（实验稿）》，对原书的结构与内容作了适当的调查，同时也注重文化背景知识的讲解和学习策略的培养。
本套教材的特点：
1. 教材梯度分明，共分四册。每册教材包含35-40篇课文，每五篇课文后有一篇单元测试。课文内容短小精焊，知识点集中，非常适合做课外培训教材。每课都明确表明语言目标、主要词汇和语法内容。
2. 书中要求掌握的核心词汇与表达大约有2000左右，全部都是学生常用的高频词汇，涵盖了《英语课程标准（实验稿）》中要求的五级词汇（1500-1600个左右）。
3. 教材听说材料丰富，帮助学生在短时间内自如地运用所学知识。
4. 课堂活灵活多样，有助于师生间、学生间的互动，让学生在互动中学习，在互动中培养自信，彻底摆脱哑巴英语，大胆交流，出口成章。

LESSON 1 A big golden Labrador.
LESSON 2 It's too high!
LESSON 3 Speak loudly and clearly.
LESSON 4 How tall is it?
LESSON 5 Roundup
LESSON 6 How muck are they?
LESSON 7 What time is it?
LESSON 8 It's raining.
LESSON 9 We have supper at seven.
LESSON 10 Roundup
LESSON 11 What's ‘goodbye’ in Japanese?
LESSON 12 When's your birthday?
LESSON 13 My sister never helps!
LESSON 14 Does she like chocolates?
LESSON 15 Roundup
LESSON 16 Cindy comes from California.
LESSON 17 I'm a cousin of theirs.
LESSON 18 What do you want to be?
LESSON 19 You must be home by nine.
LESSON 20 Roundup
LESSON 21 How do you usually get to school?
LESSON 22 How fast can it run?
LESSON 23 Sometimes a bit bossy!
LESSON 24 He has to wear a tie.
LESSON 25 Roundup
LESSON 26 Santi lives in Nicaragua.
LESSON 27 You must bring and anorak
LESSON 28 Don't touch anything!
LESSON 29 Gorillas are peaceful animals.
LESSON 30 Roundup
LESSON 31 What's the matter?
LESSON 32 Where were you?
LESSON 33 Who was Mozart?
LESSON 34 What did you do last weekend?
LESSON 35 Roundup