本书的课文材料均选自英语原版的报刊杂志。题材涉及广泛,信息含量大。内容既包括了广大读者关注的社会问题,也有人们在日常生活中应了解的知识,还有许多值得大家深思的问题和需要进一步进行探索的奥秘。教程中的课文选材注重科学性、知识性、趣味性和可读性。每篇课文前配有导读语,课文后编有阅读理解题、思考讨论题和英汉翻译题。

Unit One
Paying for College
Unit Two
Tiny Sacrifices at 22,000 Feet
Unit Three
UFOs A Second Look
Unit Four
Killing Time Online
Unit Five
Hidden Dangers of Over the Counter Drugs
Unit Six
America's Best Leaders
Unit Seven
Twilight Mysteries
Unit Eight
Superboost Your Memory
Unit Nine
Champion of the Chimps
Unit Ten
Terror on an Empty Road
Unit Eleven
Who Is Jack Kevorkian, Really
Unit Twelve
What's the Difference between Boys and Girls
Unit Thirteen
Many Bet the Farm on Auctions on the Internet
Unit Fourteen
JFK Jr.'s Final Journey
Unit Fifteen
Mix'n' Match
Unit Sixteen
Coyote Inc.
Unit Seventeen
The World Turns Gray
Unit Eighteen
Is the Earth Afive
Unit Nineteen
Can Hackers Be Stopped
Unit Twenty
The Dark
Key to the Exercises