改编自牛津大学出版社原版教材，单元结构和练习设计环环相扣，层层递进，以英语读写所需的各项基本技能贯穿始终，以写作任务产出为导向；该课程基于混合式教学理论和翻转课堂教学方式，体现了信息化时代下，英语教学的新趋势；通过此课程的学习，学生可学到原汁原味的地道语言，培养跨文化交际能力及批判性思维，并拓展国际视野。
此外，此套教程特邀国内一线教学专家添加了语言技能微课讲解，并针对单元主题，增加了体现中西文化对比的中国文化阅读和翻译素材，增补了有趣、多样的相关练习（增补后的内容稍后会陆续添加）
UNIT 1 Social Psychology
Q: What kind of person are you?
Reading: What Kind of Person Are You?
Building Vocabulary: Descriptive adjectives
Reading Skill: Identifying topics and main ideas
Unit Video: Risk Takers
Writing Skill: Writing simple sentences
Grammar: Present of be; Simple present affirmative statements
Unit Assignment: Write sentences to describe yourself
UNIT 2 Education
Q: Do students spend too much time in school?
Unit Video: Summer Vacation
Reading: Comparing Schools in Three Countries
Building Vocabulary: Word families
Reading Skill: Scanning for names, dates, and times
Writing Skill: Capitalization and punctuation
Grammar: Simple present
Unit Assignment: Give information about a school
UNIT 3 Cultural Studies
Q: When do we eat special foods?
Reading: Celebrating with Food
Skill Review: Scanning for information
Building Vocabulary: Using the dictionary
Unit Video: Japan: Bento Boxes
Grammar: Adjectives and adverbs
Writing Skill: Writing complete sentences
Unit Assignment: Describe the people, food, and activities at a celebration
UNIT 4 Sociology
Q: How do you have fun?
Unit Video: Board Games
Reading: No Money? Have Fun Anyway!
Building Vocabulary: Verb + noun collocations
Reading Skill: Underlining and highlighting
Writing Skill: Capitalizing proper nouns
Grammar: Subject and object pronouns
Unit Assignment: Write about how you have fun
UNIT 5 Architecture
Q: What is your favorite room?
Reading 1: There’s No Place Like Home
Reading 2: A Tall Man in a Small Space
Skill Review: Underlining and highlighting
Unit Video: Fallingwater
Building Vocabulary: Word categories
Grammar: Prepositions of location
Writing Skill: Subject-verb agreement in different sentence types
Unit Assignment: Write about your favorite room
UNIT 6 Health Sciences
Q: How can you change an unhealthy habit?
Reading 1: When Does a Change Become a Habit?
Reading Skill: Identifying pronoun references
Reading 2: Dr. Lee on Health
Unit Video: Staying Healthy
Building Vocabulary: Collocations
Grammar: Modals can, could, and should
Writing Skill: Using an editing checklist
Unit Assignment: Write about how to change an unhealthy habit
UNIT 7 Urban Planning
Q: Why do people live in cities?
Unit Video: City Life
Reading 1: Why Do People Love Their Cities?
Reading Skill: Building reading fluency
Reading 2: First Impressions
Building Vocabulary: Word families
Grammar: Past of be; Simple past affirmative statements
Writing Skill: Identifying fragments and complete sentences
Unit Assignment: Write about a city
UNIT 8 Developmental Psychology
Q: What events change our lives?
Reading 1: A Promise to Children
Skill Review: Building reading fluency
Reading 2: An Extraordinary Coach
Unit Video: Fugees Soccer Team
Building Vocabulary: Using the dictionary
Grammar: Simple past with regular and irregular verbs
Writing Skill: Sentences with and
Unit Assignment: Write about an important event in your life
