《自学英语》和二册教材讲授了英语的主要语法项目。其课文、对话练习、复述练习全部选用反映现代生活的内容，包含大量的现代常用词汇，表述了现代的方方面面，学了就能用。在附录中，张教授除了亲自提示学习者练习正确的读音，还强调了复述的重要性，进一步显示了这套教材强调语言材料实用性的特点。本册仍包含1200多个词汇，学完后可以看多种简写读物；达到英语口语等级证书考试要求的中级水平和全国专业技术人员职称外语等级考试的C级水平。

Lesson 1: Text A: The Millers
Text B: Nancy and Peter
Questions and Answers
Conversation: Talk about the weathers
Exercises(More roles of reading, review of tenses, the Dawsons)
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Lesson 2: Text A: Christmas
Text B: Christmas Day
Questions and Answers
Conversation: Talk about Holidays
Exercises( More roles of reading, special questions, Americans)
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Lesson 3: Text A: A letter
Text B: Travel Arrangements
Conversation: At the Airport
Grammar: The Simple Future Tense
Exercises( More rules of reading, tense forms,My Daily Activity)
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Lesson 4: Text A: An Announcement
Text B: The Visitor's Plan
Conversation: Going to a Concert
Grammar: Members of a Sentence
Exercises( Learn to read words with the help of rules of reading,
possessive pronouns, Lucy)
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Lesson 5: Text A: My Cousin
Text B: Captain Alison
Conversation: Watching Television
Grammar: Adverbial Clauses
Exercises( Learn to read words with the help of rules of reading; choice
of tenses; the Scott Family)
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Lesson 6: Text A: The Flying Camera
Text B: The Four Seasons
Conversation: Weather Forecast
Grammar: Object Clauses
Exercises(Compound words, object clauses, My Family)
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Lesson 7: Text A: Working in the House
Texe B: Redecorating the Bedroom
Conversation: Yesterday's Activities
Grammar: The Simple Past Tense
Exercises (Phonetic transcriptions, tense forms, The Car Race)
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