本教材专门为全国各高校艺术、体育类学生，民族地区学生和其他一些大学入学时英语基础相对薄弱的菲英语专业大学生编写，编写体例、课文选材、练习设计等均体现了较强的针对性；本教材以《大学英语课程教学要求》为依据，重点培养学生英语综合应用能力，使学生通过本教材的学习，做到学有所用，学以致用，以用促学，学用统一；本教材不仅注重激发学生学习兴趣，培养学生外语技能，更加注重学生综合人文素养的提升和积极人生观与价值观的培养，在潜移默化中，启迪思想，陶冶情操。

Unit One Growing Up

 Text A The Baby Eagle

 Text B Through the Eyes of a Child

 Translation in Focus Amplification

Unit Two Dealing with Relationships

 Text A Friendship of American Style

 Text B Valentine's Day

 Translation in Focus Omission

Unit Three Make a Miracle

 Text A The Price of a Miracle

 Text B Power of Encouragement

 Translation in Focus Conversion of Part of Speech

Unit Four Riddles of Food

 Text A We Are What We Eat

 Text B Just Slow Down and Eat

 Translation in Focus Translation of English and Chinese Numerals

Test One

Unit Five Parents' Love

 Text A A Goodbye Kiss

 Text B Living with Your Teen: Understanding the Changing Parent-Teen Relationship

 Translation in Focus Translation of Negative Sentences

Unit Six Animal Legend

 Text A The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac

 Text B A Clever Dog

 Translation in Focus The Adjustment of Sentence Order

Unit Seven Colorful Culture

 Text A Cool Shirt！ What Does It Mean Exactly？

 Text B Local Dialects Making Noise

 Translation in Focus The Conversion of Sentence Constituents

Unit Eight This I Believe

 Text A Being Content with Myself

 Text B A Kind and Generous Heart

 Translation in Focus Translation of Sentences with Passive Voice

Test Two

Unit Nine Study and Career

 Text A Does a Degree Guarantee You a Good Job？

 Text B Unleashing Your Creativity

 Translation in Focus Translation of Attributive Clause

Unit Ten Thinking Positively

 Text A Dreams

 Text B A Positive Attitude Works

 Translation in Focus Translation of Adverbial Clause

Unit Eleven I:ti-tech and Modern Life

 Text A Calling All the World' s Mobile Phone Users

 Text B New Tricks of ID Thieves

 Translation in Focus Literal Translation or Liberal Translation

Unit Twelve Celebrities and Fashion

 Text A Single Celebrities Look for Love

 Text B Dresses Show Queen' s ‘Model-Perfect’ Figure

 Translation in Focus Translation of English Long Sentences

Test Three

Glossary