《海洋特色英语与文化》共8个单元，每单元一个主题，由三大板块组成，分别为视听说、文化导入和读写。教材以“Your Brain on the Ocean”为开篇，让学生了解人类如何从认知的角度对海洋进行科学研究，试图揭开长久以来人们对海洋认知的迷雾，激发学生的海洋学术研究的兴趣，以“zoning for Ocean：Balancing Our Competing Needs in the Seas”为结束，让学生了解人类为了更好地利用海洋、开发海洋、保护海洋及探索对海洋的未来规划。其他单元内容包括大气变化、海洋动物保护、海洋渔业与水产养殖、海洋药物和海洋污染。课后练习包括阅读理解、内容提要写作、篇章结构分析、词汇训练、英汉互译、思辨性分析及学术英语报告。书后附有英语学术报告讲座，旨在帮助学生系统掌握用英语做学术报告的技能，提高其英语学术报告水平。

Unit 1 Ocean
Part I Watching and Speaking
Part II Cultural Lead-in
Part III Reading and Writing
Text Your Brain on the Ocean
Exercises
Unit 2 Climate Change
Part I Watching and Speaking
Part II Cultural Lead-in
Part III Reading and Writing
Text How Can Los Angeles Adapt to Coming Climate Change?
Exercises
Unit 3 Marine Animals
Part I Watching and Speaking
Part II Cultural Lead-in
Part III Reading and Writing
Text Whaling:A Giant Compromise?
Exercises
Unit 4 Fishery Aquaculture
Part I Watching and Speaking
Part II Cultural Lead-in
Part III Reading and Writing
Text "Blue Jobs"—Key to Future Fisheries
Exercises
Unit 5 Marme Medicine
Part I Watching and Speaking
Part II Cultural Lead-in
Part III Reading and Writing
Text The Quest for New Cancer-Fighting Drugs in Marine Environments
Exercises
Unit 6 Ocean Acidification
Part I Watching and Speaking
Part II Cultural Lead-in
Part IlI Reading and Writing
Text Environment:Earth's Acid Test
Exercises
Unit 7 Marine Pollution
Part I Watching and Speaking
Part II Cultural Lead-in
Part IlI Reading and Writing
Text An Ocean of Troubles
Exercises
Unit 8 Marine Management
Part I Watching and Speaking
Part I! Cultural Lead-in
Part III Reading and Writing
Text Zoning for Oceans:Balancing Our Competing Needs in the Seas
Exercises
Appendix Academic Presentation