本书共有十个单元,每单元包括两篇课文。

本书强调语言基本功的训练和语言实用能力的培养,因此在每单元的**篇课文后均配有大量练习,其中包括回答问题(Comprehension Questions)、话题讨论(Topics for Discussion)、词汇(Vocabulary)、短文填空(Cloze)、翻译(Translation)和写作 (Writing)。

每一单元中还有一项是体现本书特色的口语技能(Speaking Skills)。这一部分编写了若干与课文内容相关的热门话题,要求学生在课堂上或课后进行操练,以便进一步提高运用英语的实际能力。

每一单元中还增设了补充材料(Additional Work)和谚语(Proverbs)。补充材料包括三个部分:习语学习、词汇补充和阅读欣赏。习语和词汇练习与课文无关,主要提供语言基础较好或希望参加国际英语考试的学生使用。阅读欣赏主要介绍一些英语习语的来源和文学价值较高的散文、诗歌等,以提高学生的文学修养。谚语通常与课文内容有关,旨在加深学生的文化底蕴。

Unit One
Text An Image or a Mirage?
Further Reading Success Breeds Success
Speaking Skills Talking About Impressions
Unit Two
Text Is Love an Art?
Further The Future of Love:Kiss Romance Goodbye,It'sTime for the Real Thing
Speaking Skills How to Express Love
Unit Three
Text The Ant and the Grasshopper
Further Reading The Verger
Speaking Pursuing Objectives in Life
Unit Four
Text We've Got Mail-Always
Further Reading The Museum of Me
Speaking Skills Talking About E-mail and Internet
Unit Five
Text Solve That Problem-with Humor
Further Reading The having-a-Sense-of-Humor Image
Speaking Skills On Sense of Humor
Unit Six
Text The Media and the Ethics of Cloning
Further If We Have It,Do We Use It?
Speaking Skills Talking About Medical Ethics
Unit Seven
Text The Trying Tweties
Further Predictable Crises of Adulthood
Speaking Skills Talking About Growing Pains of the Young People
Unit Eight
Text The Business World as a Hunting Ground
Further You Men Want It Both Ways!
Speaking Skills Taking About Sex Roles
Unit Nine
Unit Ten
……