本书的编写全面贯彻“主题循环、认知选材、听说先导、自主练习”的总体编写原则，在编排体例方面充分考虑不同院校的教学实际和学生自主学习的需要，力图使本教程达到较高的教学可操作性和灵活性。

本书针对入校大学生的思想实际和学习兴趣，本册的选材主题范围为：父子情、夫妻情、师生情，以及人生历程和大学教育改革等。各单元由Language Skill，Language in Context和Toward Productive Language三个部分组成。

Unit 1

  Part I  Language Skill

  Part II Language in Context

 Text A How Boys Become Men

  Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B My Father, My Son, My Self

Unit 2

  Part I  Language Skill

  Part II Language in Context

 Text A The Three Stages of Man (1)

  Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B The Fall

Unit 3

  Part I Language Skill

  Part II Language in Context

 Text A The Three Stages of Man (2)

  Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B Rewards of Living a Solitary Life

Unit 4

  Part I Language Skill

  Part II Language in Context

 Text A My Father' s Shadow

  Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B Winterblossom Garden

Unit 5

  Part I Language Skill

  Part II Language in Context

 Text A What Are Friends For?

Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

  Text B Friendship and Living Longer

Unit 6

Part I  Language Skill

Part II Language in Context

  Text A The Lean and Hungry Look

Part Ⅲ Toward Productive LanguAge

 Text B Tips for Women: How to Have a Relationship with a Guy?

Unit 7

Part I  Language Skill

Part lI Language in Context

 Text A Living History

  Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B Personal Relationships in the Not-So-Good Old Days

Unit 8

  Part I Language Skill

  Part II Language in Context

 Text A Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education

  Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B Anonymous Evaluations of Teachers by Their Students

Appendix

  Vocabulary