Chapter One Phonetics
International Phonetic Alphabet
Unit 1 Single Vowels
Unit 2 Diphthongs
Unit 3 Consonants
Unit 4 Stress
Unit 5 Liaison
Unit 6 Intonation
Unit 7 Pausing
Unit 8 Comprehensive Exercises
Chapter Two Essay
Unit 1 About Love
Unit 2 Advice to a Young Man
Unit 3 Love Your Life
Unit 4 On Friendship
Unit 5 Three Days to See(Ⅰ)
Unit 6 Three Days to See(Ⅱ)
Unit 7 We're Just Beginning
Unit 8 Youth
Further Reading
If the World Were a Village of 100 People
Of Studies
Chapter Three Poetry
Unit i I'm Nobody,Who Are You?
Unit 2 Down by the Salley Gardens
Unit 3 When You Are Old
Unit 4 If You Think You Are Beaten
Unit 5 Blowing in the Wind
Unit 6 The Road Not Taken
Unit 7 I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
Unit 8 We Were Dear to Each Other
Further Reading
A Red,Red Rose
Sonnet 29
Chapter Four Film Scripts
Unit 1 Titanic(Excerpt)
Unit 2 The Joy Luck Club(Excerpt)
Unit 3 Schindler's List(Excerpt)
Unit 4 Romeo and Juliet(Excerpt)
Unit 5 Roman Holiday(Excerpt)
Unit 6 The Shawshank Redemption(Excerpt)
Unit 7 The Legend of 19oo(Excerpt)
Unit 8 The Sound of Music(Excerpt)
Further Reading
Forrest Gump(Excerpt)
Good Will Hunting(Excerpt)

本书结构清晰，主题趣味性强，体裁丰富多样，主要内容有：第一章简要介绍了相关英语语音知识，为学生的诵读提供必要的基础知识；第二章为优美短小的散文，内容涉及友谊、生活感悟、情感等主题学生感兴趣的话题；第三章为诗歌，朗朗上口，让学生充分感受英语语言的音韵美；第