本教材包括八个单元，内容涉及能源人文英语的八个话题，分别为能源与生活、能源与科技、能源与道德、能源与可持续发展、能源与文明、能源与人文、能源与环境、能源与未来。每个单元设有Listening和Viewing两个版块，视听练习内容丰富、形式多样，音视频资源原汁原味、语音纯正，着重培养学生的学术英语听力综合理解能力，提升学生的思辨能力和自主学习能力。
本教材适合高等院校能源类专业本科生和研究生使用，也可供广大学术英语爱好者及相关领域从业人员阅读参考。

Unit 1 Energy and Daily Life
Lead-in
Listening
Fuels Used in Our Daily Life
How to Reduce Our Carbon Footprint
Viewing
Solar Energy Products You Should Buy
Video One
Video Two
Unit 2 Energy and Technology
Lead-in
Listening
Researchers Look to Sodium to Make Better Batteries
Smart Cities
Viewing
Top 10 Energy Efficiency Tips for Your Home
Video One
Video Two
Unit 3 Energy and Ethics
Lead-in
Listening
Providing Electricity to Poor Communities in Kenya
U.S.Withdraws from the Paris Agreement
Viewing
The Ethics of Nuclear Energy
Video One
Video Two
Unit 4 Energy and Sustainability
Lead-in
Listening
How to Increase Your Renewable Energy Use
Making Flying Green and Sustainable
Viewing
Innovative Companies: Sustainable Energy
Video One
Video Two
Unit 5 Energy and Civilization
Lead-in
Listening
India Plugs into Low-Cost Solar Technology
Shenzhen's Silent Revolution
Viewing
What Happens When You Change Energy Culture
Video One
Video Two
Unit 6 Energy and Humanity
Lead-in
Listening
Solar Energy Makes the Difference in Africa
Lack of Access to Energy
Viewing
Humans and Energy
Video One
Video Two
Unit 7 Energy and Environment
Lead-in
OListening
Tons of Methane Gas Could Be Trapped Under Antarctica
Solar Plant Raises Environment Concerns
Viewing
Energy and Environment
Video One
Video Two
Unit 8 Energy and Future
Lead-in
Listening
Islay's Green Energy Projects for the Future
Scottish Whisky Tested as Alternative to Fossil Fuels
Viewing
Hydrogenthe Fuel of the Future
Video One
Video Two
Keys
Scripts