《搏流英语》原著名称为UPSTREAM，2007年由高教社引进版权，并组织力量进行本土化改造。《搏流英语》原书根据欧盟最新版语言教学大纲编写，其教学目标是使学生在完成全部课程以后成为英语的“熟练使用者”。改编者只是对原书中不适合中国学生的内容进行了删改，基本忠实原作。该系列教材具有如下特点：重视语言训练的系统性，训练途径独特，在传授知识中促进语言发展，写作任务设计独特。本书为第五册，学生用书。

UNIT I Something to Shout About

Ambition, success, achievement, happiness

UNIT 2 Escape Artists

Travel, entertainment, leisure, relaxing

Selff-Assessment Module 1

UNIT 3 People Power

People, families, appearances

UNIT 4 Growing Concerns

Social problems, civil liberties,

unemployment, poverty, international

issues, environmental problems

Selff-Assessment Module 2

UNIT 5 Our Changing World

Technology, computers, space travel,

technology in everyday life

UNIT 6 A Job Well Done

Work, the workplace, business,

professions, money

Selff-Assessment Module 3

UNIT 7 Fit for Life

Health, fitness, medicine, sport &

exercise

UNIT 8 Live and Learn

School, education, university life,

educational issues

Selff-Assessment Module 4

UNIT 9 The Image Business

The fashion industry, image, the visual arts

UNIT 10 Shop Around

Shopping, the economy, advertising

Selff-Assessment Module 5

Translation Exercises

Grammar Reference

Irregular Verbs

Appendix 1 -- Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns with Prepositions

Appendix 2 -- Linking Words/Pharases

Sets of Pictures