本书以美式英语发音为主，讲解内容包括字母发音、单元音字母发音规则、双元音字母发音规则、音节、重读音节、弱读音节、单词重读、塞音、连续音、连读、数字的读法、尾音的读法等。本书共16个单元。此外，本书还有四个附录和两个补充练习。

Scope and Sequence
范围和顺序
Acknowledgments
鸣谢
Letter to the Teacher
致教师的信
Key to Sound Symbols
音标的要点
Unit 1 The Alphabet and Vowels
字母表和元音
Unit 2 The Two Vowel Rule
双元音规则
Unit 3 Syllables
音节
Unit 4 The One Vowel Rule; Linking with /n/
单元音规则；与/n/连读
Unit 5 Strong Syllables; Linking with /m/
重读音节；与/m/连读
Unit 6 Weak Syllables; Linking Vowels
弱读音节；元音连读
Unit 7 The Most Important Word
最重要的词
Unit 8 Stop Sounds /t/ and /d/ and Continuing Sounds /s/ and /z/; Linking
with /t/,/d/,/s/, and /z/
塞音/t/和/d/， 连续音/s/和/z/； 与/t/、/d/、/s/和/z/连读
Unit 9 Final Sounds /d/ and /1/; Linking with /1/
尾音/d/和/∥；与/∥连读
Unit 10 Final Sounds /l/ and /ld/; Linking with All the Stop Sounds
尾音/I/和/ld/；与所有的塞音连读
Unit 11 Final Sounds /t/,/d/, and /r/; Linking with /r/
尾音/l/、/d/和/r/；与/r/连读
Unit 12 Continuing and Stop Sounds +/s/ or /z/; Linking with /s/ and /z/
连续音和塞音+/s/或/z/；与/s/和/z/连读
Unit 13 Numbers; Checking and Correcting Mistakes
数字；检查和改正错误·
Unit 14 Final Sounds /n/,/1/,/nd/, and /ld/; Linking with /n/,//,/nd/, and /ld/
尾音/n/、//、/nd/和/ld/；与/n/、/∥、/nd/和/ld/连读
Unit 15 Final Sounds /s/, /0/, and /t/; Linking with /0/
尾音/s/、/0/和/t/；与/0/连读
Unit 16 Review
复习
Appendices 附录
Appendix A Parts of the Mouth
口腔中的部位
Appendix B Vowel Rules
元音规则
Appendix C How Often Do the Vowel Rules Work?
元音规则发生的频率
Appendix D Tongue Shapes for /t/,/d/,/s/,/z//0/,//, and /r/
/tl/、/d/、/s/、/z/、/0/、//和/r/的舌形图
附加练习1
Extra Practice 1
Vowels 元音
Part 1 The tongue in alphabet vowel sounds
字母元音的舌位
Part 2 The lips in alphabet vowel sounds
字母元音的唇形
Part 3 Practicing the vowel rules
练习元音规则
Extra Practice 2 附加练习2
Problem Consonants 易发错的辅音
Part 1 /v/ and /b/
/v/和/b/
Part 2 /r/ and /1/
/r/和/1/
Part 3 /n/ and /1/
/n/和/I/
Part 4 /0/ and /t/
/0/和/
KEY 答案