本书根据**教委颁布的《非英语专业研究生英语教学大纲（试行稿）》编写，供非英语专业硕士研究生、工商管理硕士（MBA）研究生和在职研究生英语教学使用。
本书分两册。第1册共10个单元，各单元都有作者介绍、课文、生词、词组、注释、练习、阅读材料及其练习等。课文和阅读材料选自英美原著或当今报刊杂志，练习包括：问题、讨论题、词汇、改错、翻译、写作、阅读理解等。本书还附有“练习参考答案，供读者参考。

UNIT ONE
Text:The Story of an Hour
Further Reading:To Read Fiction
UNIT TWO
Text:For My Indian Daughter
Further reading:A Son on His Own
UNIT THREE
Text:Is Everybody Happy?
Further reading:Money and Happiness
UNIT FOUR
Text:Television Addiction
Further reading:Don't Blame TV
UNIT FIVE
Text:My Friend,Albert Einstein
Further reading:The Newtonian Achievement
UNIT SIX
Text:The Eureka Phenomenon
Further reading:The Reach of Imagination
UNIT SEVEN
Text:The Joy of Illness
Further reading:No Right to health
UNIT EIGHT
Text:Running in the Rain
Further reading:The Jogger''s Code
UNIT NINE
Text:What on Earth Are We Doing?
Further reading:An Animal Survival Lesson for Mankind
UNIT TEN
Text:Global Cities and Economic Growth
Further reading:The Problems of the Cities
APPENDIX Ⅰ
Vocabulary
APPENDIX Ⅱ
Phrases and Expressions
APPENDIX Ⅲ
Key to Exercises