本册教材根据上海市中小学（幼儿园）课程改革委员会制订的课程方案和《上海市中小学英语课程标准（征求意见稿）》编写，供九年义务教育一年级第一学期试用。全书共分四个模块，每个模块分三个单元，每个单元设置有Daily expressions, Grammar, vocabulary, Text types四个栏目。
随书附赠独立《英语练习部分》。

Module 1 Getting to know you
Unit 1 Greetings
Unit 2 My classmates
Unit 3 My face
Module 2 Me, my familg and friends
Unit 1 My abilities
Unit 2 My family
Unit 3 My friends
Module 3 Places and activities
Unit 1 In the classroom
Unit 2 In the fruit shop
Unit 3 In the restaurant
Module 4 The natural world
Unit 1 On the farm
Unit 2 In the zoo
Unit 3 In the park
Look, colour and say