本系列教材内容从特定文化点切入，注重培养学生的跨文化交际能力和批判性思维能力，为学生开拓国际化的视野。单元题材围绕学生感兴趣的学校生活、职场工作等方面，每个单元按话题和难度设计了多种学习任务，以达到培养学生用英语交流“准确、得体”的目的。教材选材较为新颖，生词量适中，练习丰富多样，可供不同层次的师生选择使用；教学活动设计合理，适合英语专业小班授课。通过学习，不少学生的自主学习、合作学习和创新学习的能力有了大幅提高。

Unit1 On Campus
PART Ⅰ BREAKING THE ICE
PART Ⅱ EXPERIENCING
PART Ⅲ DEVELOPING
PART Ⅳ SHARPENING
Time for Fun

Unit2 Making Friends
PART Ⅰ BREAKING THE ICE
PART Ⅱ EXPERIENCING
PART Ⅲ DEVELOPING
PART Ⅳ SHARPENING
Time for Fun

Unit3 At a Restaurant
PART Ⅰ BREAKING THE ICE
PART Ⅱ EXPERIENCING
PART Ⅲ DEVELOPING
PART Ⅳ SHARPENING
Time for Fun

Unit4 Going Shopping
PART Ⅰ BREAKING THE ICE
PART Ⅱ EXPERIENCING
PART Ⅲ DEVELOPING
PART Ⅳ SHARPENING
Time for Fun

Unit5 At a Party
PARTI BREAKING THE ICE
PART Ⅱ EXPERIENCING
PART Ⅲ DEVELOPING
PART Ⅳ SHARPENING
Time for Fun

Unit6 At a Cinema
PARTI BREAKING THE ICE
PART Ⅱ EXPERIENCING
PART Ⅲ DEVELOPING
PART Ⅳ SHARPENING
Time for Fun

Unit7 At a Hospital
PART Ⅰ BREAKING THE ICE
PART Ⅱ EXPERIENCING
PART Ⅲ DEVELOPING
PART Ⅳ SHARPENING
Time for Fun

Unit8 At a Sports-meet
PART Ⅰ BREAKING THE ICE
PART Ⅱ EXPERIENCING
PART Ⅲ DEVELOPING
PART Ⅳ SHARPENING
Time for Fun

Unit9 In the Internet Cafe
PART Ⅰ BREAKING THE ICE
PART Ⅱ EXPERIENCING
PART Ⅲ DEVELOPING
PART Ⅳ SHARPENING
Time for Fun

Unit10 On Holidays
PART Ⅰ BREAKING THE ICE
PART Ⅱ EXPERIENCING
PART Ⅲ DEVELOPING
PART Ⅳ SHARPENING
Time for Fun

Vocabulary
Phrases