Foreword 前言 1
一、教学目标 1
二、教材编写的指导思想 1
三、教材的主要特点 3
四、教材概述 5
Teaching Skills技能教学 10
Focus on Listening 10
Teaching periods and time教学学时分配建议 i 13
Focus on Speaking 15
Focus on Reading 18
Focus on Writing 22
Aims and demands in this unit本单元的目标和要求 24
Teaching Notes for Each Unit单元教学建议 Unit 1 The Coqui in Hawaii 24
Teaching periods and time教学学时分配建议 25
Teaching notes and guide教学建议和指导 25
Unit 2 Troublesome Travelers 52
Aims and demands in this unit本单元的目标和要求 52
Teaching periods and time教学学时分配建议 53
Teaching notes and guide教学建议和指导 54
Further Reading（Ⅰ）The Doll and the White Rose 76
Unit 3 Seeking Advice 86
Aims and demands in this unit本单元的目标和要求 86
Teaching periods and time教学学时分配建议 87
Teaching notes and guide教学建议和指导 88
Unit 4 A Good Heart to Lean on 112
Aims and demands in this unit本单元的目标和要求 112
Teaching notes and guide教学建议和指导 114
Further Reading（Ⅱ） My First Poem 137
Unit 5 I Have a Dream 145
Aims and demands in this unit本单元的目标和要求 145
Teaching periods and time教学学时分配建议 146
Teaching notes and guide教学建议和指导 147
Aims and demands in this unit本单元的目标和要求 172
Unit 6 A Day's Wait 172
Teaching periods and time教学学时分配建议 173
Teaching notes and guide教学建议和指导 173
Further Reading（Ⅲ）The Cop and the Anthem 199
Appendices附录 209
Ⅰ Translation of the reading texts课文译文 209
Ⅱ English affixes ranked by frequency of occurrence英语常用词缀 221
ⅢThe positive degree，the comparative degree and the superlative degree 形容词、副词的比较级和最高级 227
ⅣSelected readings阅读材料 232
Ⅴ English classroom language常用课堂教学用语 236
Ⅵ Remarks of an announcer at an English evening英语晚会报幕员用语 243