本教程在选材上力求体裁多样、题材广泛，内容具有知识性、实用性和趣味性。本教程为第一册，共分十个单元，每个单元包括三篇内容相关的阅读文章。每篇文章都配有生词与词组(Words and Expressions)、阅读理解练习(Exercises)、相关知识(Related Information)、参考译文，以及谚语。为了方便学生学习，课文的注释部分注重阅读技巧介绍、课文解析、难点注释。另外，该书还增加了六套阅读理解测试题，便于学生自测，巩固和检验所学内容。

本教材注重阅读技能和阅读理解能力的培养，在选材上注意更加贴近生活，增加趣味性、知识性和实用性。帮助英语学习着掌握合理的方法、扩大文化视野。本书由十个单元和六套综合测试题及答案构成。每个单元包括阅读技巧、课文及练习、练习答案等内容。

Unit 1 Friends

Text A My Friend Henry

TextB One ataTime

Song Appreciation

Unit 2 Sports

Text A Sports

Text B Sports and Games

Song Appreciation

Unit 3 Music

Text A Musical Styles

Text B Musical Chairs

Song Appreciation

Unit 4 Culture

Text A Culture Shock

Text B Foreign Customs and Habits

Song Appreciation

Unit 5 Traveling

Text A Transportation and Traveling

Text B Traveling in the Jungle

Song Appreciation

Unit 6 Health

Text A Health and Fitness

Text B Living a Long Life

Song Appreciation

Unit 7 People and Colors

Text A People and Colors

Text B How Colors Affect Your Moods and Health

Song Appreciation

Unit 8 Famous People

Text A Helen Keller

Text B Alfred Nobel -- a Man of Contrasts

Song Appreciation

Unit 9 Growing Up

Text A Growing Roots

Text B Mother's Hands

Song Appreciation

Unit 10 Time

Text A Clocks Through Time

Text B The Watch

Song Appreciation

Final Test Paper 1

Final Test Paper 2

Final Test Paper 3

Final Test Paper 4

Final Test Paper 5

Final Test Paper 6

Key to the Practice

Key to Final Test Papers