本书根据全国中等职业技术学校通用教材《英语》（第一册第二版）编写。主要内容有：教学中的语言要点、根据课文提问、课文的中文译文、课后语法操练答案以及《英语（第一册第二版）习题册》习题答案。

本书配有光盘，录有课文、对话、生词等朗读示范。

本书由北京工商大学外语系孙涛、唐义均编写。

Lesson One The Johnson Family

Lesson Two Our Village

Lesson Three Going to the Sun

Lesson Four Dinner for Two

Lesson Five The Artist and the Beggar

Lesson Six The Excursion

Lesson Seven Father and Son

Lesson Eight Fuwa

Lesson Nine The Policeman and the Thief

Lesson Ten Different Customs

Lesson Eleven A Change for Fun

Lesson Twelve Barbie Doll

Lesson Thirteen The Strange Echo

Lesson Fourteen Monday Morning

Lesson Fifteen Everything Is Reasonable

Lesson Sixteen Warm and Cool Colours

Lesson Seventeen Working Together

Lesson Eighteen Yao Ming Arrives

Lesson Nineteen An Interesting Experience

Lesson Twenty The Bear

Lesson Twenty-One The Age of Computers

Lesson Twenty Two ShenZhnu-5