本书依据《大学英语课程教学要求》，专为英语水平薄弱的学生以及各学校的音体美类学生设计编写；每单元的Text B均为音体美方向文章，既可以陶冶情操，又可以让音体美类学生熟悉专业英语；文章选材中西兼顾，加入了中国元素部分，培养学生的跨文化交际能力；本教材配有光盘、教师用书和网络学习系统。

Unit 1
Part I Preparatory
Part II Language in Context
Text A The End of Dinosaurs
Part III Toward Productive Language
Text B Disco Dancing
Unit 2
Part I Preparatory
Part II Language in Cofitext
Text A Television? No Thanks!
Part III Toward Productive Language
Text B The Tango
Unit 3
Part I Preparato
Part II Language in Context
Text A Inspiration from Life
Part III Toward Productive Language
Text B The Blues--the Song of the Walking.Wounded
Unit 4
Part I Preparatory
Part II Language in Context
Text A Soapy's Winter Home
Part III Toward Productive Language
Text B Olympic Symbols
Unit 5
Part I Preparatory
Part II Language in Context
Text A The Peoples of Britain
Part III Toward Productive Language
Text B Sporting Invention of British
Unit 6
Part I Preparatory
Part II Language in Context
Text A Faster Runners
Part III Toward Productive Language
Text B Music to Your Ears Can Be Music for Your Heart, too
Unit 7
Part I Preparatory
Part II Language'in Context
Text A Death: A Part of Life
Part III Toward Productive Language
Text B Italian Tenor Pavarotti Died at Age 71
Unit 8
Part I Preparatory
Part II Language in Context
Text A Cooking Our Food
Part III Toward Productive Language
Text B Tales of Life after the Olympics
Vocabulary