**基础教育课程改革启动至今已有多年，义务教育《课程标准》的实施范围正在逐步扩大，新的教育理念被越来越多的教育工作者和社会人士所接受，我国基础教育事业正经历着一次深刻的变革。这个变革的核心，对于教师来说，就是改变角色定位；对于学生来说，就是变革学习方式。本着这样的精神，同时为了适应课程改革深入发展的需要，今年本书再版时，我们在广泛征求专家、教师、学生和家长意见的基础上，对书中内容作了较大程度的修改。
本书每个单元设置如下几个栏目：
[背景知识]教材中的课文体裁广泛，背景复杂，处于不同文化背景下的学生们在理解课文时有一定难度，故特设背景知识检索栏目，意在提供必要的背景知识，帮助学生更好地掌握文章的思想和精髓。
[**难点]按照源于教材又高于教材的原则编写，力求对单元中**、难点按出现的顺序逐条进行讲解，分析和指导，根据知识点的重要程度和疑难程度在讲解上有所侧重，详略分明，并经常提出值得注意的情况，以帮助学生在使用英语时避免错误。本书根据相同知识点在不同语言环境中出现的不同地方，在讲解的侧重和处理的方式上不尽相同，这有利于读者全面了解和掌握。本书提供了较为丰富的例句，注重多种表

Unit 1 Making a difference
Part 1 Background Knowledge
Part 2 Key Language Points
Part 3 Typical Problems
Part 4 Grammar Items
Part 5 Synchronous Test
Part 6 Outside Reading
Part 7 Key and Hint
Unit 2 News media
Part 1 Background Knowledge
Part 2 Key Language Points
Part 3 Typical Problems
Part 4 Grammar Items
Part 5 Synchronous Test
Part 6 Outside Reading
Part 7 Key and Hint
Unit 3 Art and architecture
Part 1 Background Knowledge
Part 2 Key Language Points
Part 3 Typical Problems
Part 4 Grammar Items
Part 5 Synchronous Test
Part 6 Outside Reading
Part 7 Key and Hint
Unit 4 A garden of poems
Part 1 Background Knowledge
Part 2 Key Language Points
Part 3 Typical Problems
Part 4 Grammar Items
Part 5 Synchronous Test
Part 6 Outside Reading
Part 7 Key and Hint
Unit 5 The British Isles
Part 1 Background Knowledge
Part 2 Key Language Points
Part 3 Typical Problems
Part 4 Grammar Items
Part 5 Synchronous Test
Part 6 Outside Reading
Part 7 Key and Hint
Unit 6 Life in the future
Part 1 Background Knowledge
Part 2 Key Language Points
Part 3 Typical Problems
Part 4 Grammar Items
Part 5 Synchronous Test
Part 6 Outside Reading
Part 7 Key and Hint
Unit 7 Living with disease
Part 1 Background Knowledge
Part 2 Key Language Points
Part 3 Typical Problems
Part 4 Grammar Items
Part 5 Synchronous Test
Part 6 Outside Reading
Part 7 Key and Hint
Unit 8 First aid
Part 1 Background Knowledge
Part 2 Key Language Points
Part 3 Typical Problems
Part 4 Grammar Items
Part 5 Synchronous Test
Part 6 Outside Reading
Part 7 Key and Hint
Unit 9 Saving the earth
Part 1 Background Knowledge
Part 2 Key Language Points
Part 3 Typical Problems
Part 4 Grammar Items
Part 5 Synchronous Test
Part 6 Outside Reading
Part 7 Key and Hint
Unit 10 Frightening nature
Part 1 Background Knowledge
Part 2 Key Language Points
Part 3 Typical Problems
Part 4 Grammar Items
Part 5 Synchronous Test
Part 6 Outside Reading
Part 7 Key and Hint

本套丛书针对中学现行教材及*新考试题型，结合基础知识，**难点及各专题编写而成，既有理论指导，又有同步测试，既有解题指导，又有热线答疑，条理清晰，层次分明，分析透彻，内容丰富，集领悟、理解、分析、判断等思维活动一体，具有较强的实用性和指导性，旨在开拓学生的解题思路，提高学生综合运用知识的能力。本**愿与全国广大师生携手共勉，切磋探讨，共同研究，建立友谊。