本书共有十个单元,每一单元由课文、生词和短语、注释、练习、阅读练习、有引导的写作六部分组成。

Unit 1 Some Strategies for Learning English
Unit 2 Sailing Round the World
Unit 3 The Present
Unit 4 Turning Off TV: A Quiet Hour
Unit 5 I Never Write Right
Test Youself 1(Units 1-5)
Unit 6 Sam Adams, Industrial Engineer
Unit 7 The Sampler
Unit 8 A Magician at Stretching a Dollar
Unit 9 Is There Life on Earth?
Unit 10 Going Home
Test Youself 2(Units 6-10)
Appendix