本书各个模块的主题与二年级现行教材的主题一致。阅读材料的选择内容新颖，形式多样，趣味性强，包括书信、对话、故事、科普文章等，与学生生活密切结合。每篇阅读材料附有相关生词的音标和释义，还对比较重要的单词进行了扩展，部分相关话题配有背景知识说明，以方便学生自学生词及更好地读懂文章，有效地帮助培养学生自主学习的能力。每篇阅读材料配有多种形式的练习。不同于传统的应试练习，本书中针对阅读材料所设计的练习更具有开放性，如判断对错、词语配对、描述文章大意、开放思考题、写作等，旨在训练和提高学生的阅读能力，加深对单元话题的理解，开阔思路。通过学习阅读材料和练习巩固，希望学生不仅可以学会语言知识，领悟文章内涵，更为重要的是能够掌握阅读的技能和方法，以及用英语获取信息、处理信息的能力。

Module 1 Getting to know you
1 My family picture
2 Having lunch
3 A bet
4 Annie' s dairy
5 I am fire
6 My mother's birthday
7 An old woman
8 Book a table
Module 2 Me, my family and friends
9 A letter
10 What do you want to be？
11 My father's hobby
12 Which fruit do you like best？
13 Susan
14 What a busy day！
15 My bedroom
Module 3 Places and activities
16 Danny' s room
17 A new park
18 Be good at school
19 In a new restaurant
20 On the playground
21 My holiday
22 Go shopping
23 Two shopping centers
Module 4 The natural world
24 The rabbit and the turtle
25 A bird and me
26 A cat and a bird
27 My parrot
28 Insects
29 Dolphins in the Ocean Park
30 Hawaii
Module 5 Using my five senses
31 Shen Nong and tea
32 The lost voice
33 Pomegranate chicken
34 Beautiful butterflies.
35 The moon
36 The blind man and the dogs
37 A nice holiday
38 A friendly woman in Thailand
Module 6 My favourite things
39 Having a picnic
40 I like Chinese food
41 What's my favourite food？
42 My favourite cartoon character
43 Colourful world
44 A football fan
45 She likes playing the guitar
Module 7 Things around us
46 Our classroom
47 A factory
48 A pair of shoes
49 An outing
50 A big meal
51 Kangaroos
52 George's pencil box
53 Railway station
Module 8 More things to learn
54 How do roosters protect their ears？
55 A good advertisement
56 A special number
57 Ants
58 Animal talent show
59 Pandas once ate meat
60 Ancient Egyptians were "cat people"
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