本书共有14个单元，文章均选自国外的图书和报刊，以论述文、说明文为主。每个单元后附有与该单元内容相关的作文题。

Preface
Foreword
Unit One New Trends
1. "Mystery Meat" Takes on a Whole New Meaning
2. Friends? Who Needs Them
3. The End of the Full-Time Salaried Job
Unit Two Individual Growth
1. The Essence of Charm
2. Average Is Over
3. Are You a Striver, Slacker or Fantasist?
Unit Three Youth Today
1. How Those Spoiled Millennials Will Make the Workplace Better for Everyone
2. Harvard Cheating Scandal: Is Academic Dishonesty on the Rise?
Unit Four Social Concerns
1. The Price of Marriage in China
2. Will There Be Any Nature Left?
3. A World Without Books?
Unit Five Business and Market
1. Things Go Better with Quark?
2. What Is a Bank?
3. Why We're Spending So Much on Botox, Makeup and Facelifts
Unit Six Technology Development
1. Human Gait Could Soon Power Portable Electronics
2. How Solar Can Save India's Farmers
3. Is the Mobile Phone a Blessing or a Curse?
Unit Seven Medical World
1. Why We Should Study Cancer Like We Study Ecosystems
2. Three Ways Video Games Can Improve Health Care
3. Yes, Don't Impede Medical Progress
Unit Eight Coping Strategies
1. Water Damage
2. How to Write
Unit Nine Surviving Skills
1. Survival of the Biggest
2. How Reading Good Works Makes Us More Effective?
Unit Ten Education Issues
1. The Trouble with Online Education
2. Really Useful Schooling
Unit Eleven Culture Studies
1. Lost in Thailand: Did China's Comedy Hit Get Lost in Translation ?
2. Preserve the Country's Own Culture
Unit Twelve New Insight
1. Why Waiting Is Torture
2. Pathways Seen For Acquiring Languages
Unit Thirteen Personality and Character
1. The Ungrateful President
2. The Five Images of Love
3. Embracing the Mystery of Einstein
Unit Fourteen New Horizon
1. What If Women Ruled the World?