本书共计8个单元。主要内容包括 A Fresh Start（Unit 1），Climate and Weather（Unit 2），Hobbiesand Interests（Unit 3），Attending Parties（Unit 4），Directions（Unit 5），Arts and Cultural Show（Unit 6），Famous People（Unit 7），Holidays（Unit 8）。每个单元的具体构成情况如下 ：Starting out（教学导入）；In-class Activities（课堂学习），包括 Listening and Speaking （听说训练），Reading and Skill Developing （阅读理解），Grammar （英语语法），Writing （写作训练）；After-class Activities（课后活动）。
本书基于学生当前语言基础，注重英语词汇、语法、阅读和写作等能力的培养。教材构思新颖，取材广泛，内容丰富，是一本适用于高职高专院校学生的实用性较强的教材。

Unit 1 A Fresh Start
Part Ⅰ Starting out
Part Ⅱ In-class Activities
SECTION A Listening and Speaking
SECTION B Reading and Skill Developing
SECTION C Grammar
SECTION D Writing
Part Ⅲ After-class Activities
Unit 2 Climate and Weather
Part Ⅰ Starting out
Part Ⅱ In-classActivities
SECTION A Listening and Speaking
SECTION B Reading and Skill Developing
SECTION C Grammar
SECTION D Writing
Part Ⅲ After-class Activities
Unit 3 Hobbies and Interests
Part Ⅰ Starting out
Part Ⅱ In-classActivities
SECTION A Listening and Speaking
SECTION B Reading and Skill Developing
SECTION C Grammar
SECTION D Writing
Part Ⅲ After-class Activities
Unit 4 Attending Parties
Part Ⅰ Starting out
Part Ⅱ In-classActivities
SECTION A Listening and Speaking
SECTION B Reading and Skill Developing
SECTION C Grammar
SECTION D Writing
Part Ⅲ After-class Activities
Unit 5 Directions
Part Ⅰ Starting out
Part Ⅱ In-classActivities
SECTION A Listening and Speaking
SECTION B Reading and Skill Developing
SECTION C Grammar
SECTION D Writing
Part Ⅲ After-class Activities
Unit 6 Arts and Cultural Show
Part Ⅰ Starting out
Part Ⅱ In-classActivities
SECTION A Listening and Speaking
SECTION B Reading and Skill Developing..
SECTION C Grammar
SECTION D Writing
Part Ⅲ After-class Activities
Unit 7 Famous People
Part Ⅰ Starting out
Part Ⅱ In-classActivities
SECTION A Listening and Speaking
SECTION B Reading and Skill Developing
SECTION C Grammar
SECTION D Writing
Part Ⅲ After-class Activities
Unit 8 Holidays
Part Ⅰ Starting out
Part Ⅱ I n-classActivities
SECTION A Listening and Speaking
SECTION B Reading and Skill Developing
SECTION C Grammar
SECTION D Writing
Part Ⅲ After-class Activities
Vocabulary
References