《读写教程》的每个单元都通过讨论与学习者相关的话题导入教学；然后是相关词汇、阅读、语法和写作技能的学习，中间穿插形式多样的练习；最后，在充分学习、掌握相关内容和技能的基础上，进行考试学习和写作练习。本书为《读写教程》的第一册，既可以作为独立学院等学校的英语教材，也可以作为大学英语考试CET4和CET6的培训教材，还可以作为大学英语选修课教材。

Unit One Education

 Part I  Pre-reading Task

 Part II  In-focus:Read and Reflect

 Part III Grammar: Nouns

 Part IV Fast Reading

Unit Two Festival

 Part I  Pre-reading Task

 Part II  In-focus:Read and Reflect

 Part III Grammar:Pronouns

 Part IV Fast Reading

Unit Three Population and Environment

 Part I  Pre-reading Task

 Part II  In-focus: Read and Reflect

 Part III Grammar: Adjectives

 Part IV Fast Reading

Unit Four Science and Technology

 Part I  Pre-reading Task

 Part II  In-focus: Read and Reflect

 Part III Grammar: Adverbs

 Part IV Fast Reading

Unit Five Language and Culture

 Part I  Pre-reading Task

 Part II In-focus: Read and Reflect

 Part III Grammar: Tenses

 Part IV Fast Reading

Unit Six Health

 Part I Pre-reading Task

 Part II In-focus: Read and Reflect 

 Part III Grammar: Passive Voice

 Part IV Fast Reading

Unit Seven Common Sense

 Part I  Pre-reading Task

 Part II In-focus: Read and Reflect 

 Part III Grammar: Modal Verbs

 Part IV Fast Reading

Unit Eight Society

 Part I Pre-reading Task

 Part II In-focus:Read and Reflect

 Part III Grammar: Subjunctive Mood

 Part IV Fast Reading

Unit Nine Biography

 Part I  Pre-reading Task

 Part II In-focus: Read and Reflect

 Part III Grammar: Non-predicate Verbs

 Part IV Fast Reading

Unit Ten Others

 Part I  Pre-reading Task

 Part II In-focus:Read and Reflect

 Part III Grammar: Sentences

 Part IV Fast Reading