本教材共4册，每册10个单元，本书为第2册，从写作体裁及策略角度讲，第2册侧重描写文与记叙文撰写。从功能与目的角度，每个单元由3大板块组成：Part I（Reading for Comprehension），提供一篇阅读文章（Reading Text），主要进行思维热身、阅读理解、推断与批判思维等活动；Part II（Reading for Writing），讲解写作策略，提供一篇示范文章（Writing Sample），以实战操练写作策略；Part III（Writing Practice）提供多样化的联系以内化和巩固写作策略。在数字资源方面，每个单元配有3个音视频资源：Reading Text的音频、作者及文章背景介绍的微课、词汇策略视频微课，以二维码的形式配在纸质教材中的相应位置，方便使用者随时扫描获取、学习。

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UNIT 1 On the Way
  Part I Reading for Comprehension
  Reading Text An Awful Day on the Sea
  Part II Reading for Writing
  Writing Skills Descriptive Writing I: Dominant Impression
  Writing Sample My First Flight
  Part III Writing Practice
UNIT 2 Beauty of Nature
  Part I Reading for Comprehension
  Reading Text A Winter Walk
  Part II Reading for Writing
  Writing Skills Descriptive Writing II: Logical Order
  Writing Sample Sunrise at Sea
  Part III Writing Practice
UNIT 3 School Days
  Part I Reading for Comprehension
  Reading Text My First Lesson
  Part II Reading for Writing
  Writing Skills Descriptive Writing III: Sensory Details
  Writing Sample The Last Lesson
  Part III Writing Practice
UNIT 4 Family Culture
  Part I Reading for Comprehension
  Reading Text Rules of the Game
  Part II Reading for Writing
  Writing Skills Descriptive Writing IV: Specific Details
  Writing Sample Hiraeth and Homesickness
  Part III Writing Practice
UNIT 5 Yearning for Home
  Part I Reading for Comprehension
  Reading Text Good Earth
  Part II Reading for Writing
  Writing Skills Descriptive Writing V: Figures of Speech
  Writing Sample The Sounds of the City
  Part III Writing Practice
UNIT 6 Philosophy of Living
  Part I Reading for Comprehension
  Reading Text The Day I Run Away from Home
  Part II Reading for Writing
  Writing Skills Narrative Writing I: Theme
  Writing Sample Life Throws a Brick at Your Head
  Part III Writing Practice
UNIT 7 Importance of Teamwork
  Part I Reading for Comprehension
  Reading Text The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage
  Part II Reading for Writing
  Writing Skills Narrative Writing II: Five Ws and One H
  Writing Sample Each of Us Needs Each Other
  Part III Writing Practice
UNIT 8 Mutual Understanding
  Part I Reading for Comprehension
  Reading Text Angel on a Doorstep
  Part II Reading for Writing
  Writing Skills Narrative Writing III: Plot
  Writing Sample Our Kind Landlord
  Part III Writing Practice
UNIT 9 Learning Beyond Limits
  Part I Reading for Comprehension
  Reading Text How I Learned to Read
  Part II Reading for Writing
  Writing Skills Narrative Writing IV: Logical Order
  Writing Sample Never Too Old to Live Your Dream
  Part III Writing Practice
UNIT 10 Humanity and Truth
  Part I Reading for Comprehension
  Reading Text After Twenty Years
  Part II Reading for Writing
  Writing Skills Narrative Writing V: Effective Support
  Writing Sample Hearts and Hands
  Part III Writing Practice