本册教材可供英语专业一年级第二学期使用。
本册教材分为12个单元，每个单元由Text I、Text II和相关的练习构成。
本册教材所有的课文都选自第一手英语资料，除原文偏长需要删节以及个别冷僻词语需要替换外，一律保持原文的风貌，尽最大可能给学生提供原汁原味的英语语言素材。

Unit 1
Text Ⅰ My Stroke of Luck
Text Ⅱ A New Attitude to Gratitude
Unit 2
Text Ⅰ Fourteen Steps
Text Ⅱ The Power of Belief
Unit 3
Text Ⅰ The Virtues of Growing Older
Text Ⅱ Closing the Gap
Unit 4
Text Ⅰ Letter to a B Student
Text Ⅱ College Pressures
Unit 5
Text Ⅰ Focus on Global Warming
Text Ⅱ The Villain in the Atmosphere
Unit 6
Text Ⅰ What Is Happiness?
Text Ⅱ Human Happiness Is Sensuous
Unit 7
Text Ⅰ The Jeaning of America
Text Ⅱ Happy Birthday to You
Unit 8
Text Ⅰ Cultural Encounters
Text Ⅱ Does Your Body Betray You?
Unit 9
Text Ⅰ Open the Door to Forgiveness
Text Ⅱ Forgiveness
Unit 10
Text Ⅰ Globalization Rocked the Ancient World Too
Text Ⅱ Globalization
Unit 11
Text Ⅰ What Is Literature?
Text Ⅱ An Essay on Poetry
Unit 12
Text Ⅰ The Importance of Moral Intelligence in Children
Text Ⅱ Across America,Grief and Horror
Glossary of Text Ⅰ's
Glossary of Text Ⅱ's