本书为《英国阅读教程》第四册,包括10单元,40篇课文。课文内容多为人物传记、历史故事、文艺小说、各地风情、科普知识等。课文长度为为1100~1400词之间,词汇难度在5000基本词之内。本书的编排体例与前三册基本相同。在“学习阅读技能”部分中,本书着重介绍了略读和跳读并配有各种形式的阅读材料,以期学生能通过本套泛读课本的学习,综合运用多种阅读技巧,*终达到快速阅读、充分理解、获得信息的目的。书后附有参考答案。本书配有学习辅导书,辅导书内容包括:阅读文章难点注释及参考译文。

Unit I Texts 1-4
IA Reading for Comprehension and Speed
　1. In Search of Silence
2. Robert Baden-Powell, Secret Agent
3. Safeguarding Life
4. Along the Mighty Thames
IB Learning about Reading Skills
IC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
Unit II Texts 5-8
IIA Reading for Comprehension and Speed
5. The House That Hippo Built
6. Religions of the East
7. Manners Here, Manners There
8. The House of Alphonse
IIB Learning about Reading Skills