本教程以《指南》为依据，以国内外先进的外语教学理论为指导，注意运用灵活多样的教学方法和手段。
提倡以学生为中心的教学理念，充分调动学生的积极性，增强学生的自信心，培养学习兴趣。
在教学过程中做到“四个结合”：语言知识与语言技能相结合，单项技能与综合应用能力相结合，语言教学与文化传授相结合，课堂教学与自主学习相结合。
注重培养学生的语言应用能力、学习策略和综合文化素养。读写为主，听说为辅；以有效交际为最终目标，重视应用能力的培养。

Unit 1 UNIVERSITY LIFE
TEXT A Ali Goes to University
TEXT B How College Is Different from High School
INTEGRATED EXERCISES
WRITING
Unit 2 MEMORIES
TEXT A The First Day of Middle School
TEXT B The Brewer's Son
INTEGRATED EXERCISES
WRITING
Unit 3 HUMAN LOVE
TEXT A The Greatest of These
TEXT B Working Christmas Day
INTEGRATED EXERCISES
WRITING
Unit 4 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TEXT A The Lost Art of Doing Nothing
TEXT B Study the Birds and the Bees
INTEGRATED EXERCISES
WRITING
Unit 5 LANGUAGE
TEXT A Why the British Are So Bad at Foreign Languages
TEXT B The Meaning of Words
INTEGRATED EXERCISES
WRITING
Unit 6 PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
TEXT A The Language Was Universal
TEXT B Severing the Human Connection
INTEGRATED EXERCISES
WRITING
Unit 7 COMMUNITY
TEXT A What Community Really Means
TEXT B Sidewalks Can Make a Town a Neighbourhood
INTEGRATED EXERCISES
WRITING
Unit 8 ENTREPRENEURSHIP
TEXT A Hunks of Junk
TEXT B Ten Keys to Success
INTEGRATED EXERCISES
WRITING