本教程按照国家公共英语等级考试五级(PEST Level 5)的水平编写，涵盖了现代知识经济和高新技术方面的内容。全书分为16个单元，各单元既相互配合形成一个整体，又根据本身的特点自成体系。本教程突出针对性及实用性，按照国家教育部颁布的教学大纲的要求，重在全面提高英语应用能力，力求符合学习语言必须进行全方位训练的规律，可供参加国家公共英语等级考试五级的人员及其他相应层次的英语学习者使用。

UNIT ONE
Part A Text Evolution by Jerks
Part B Use of English
Part C Reading Comprehension
Part D 增词法
Part E 公务函格式范例
UNIT TWO
Part A Text Natural Selection
Part B Use of English
Part C Reading Comprehension
Part D 减词法
Part E 公务函常用起始语
UNIT THREE
Part A Text Gaia Hypothesis
Part B Use of English
Part C Reading Comprehension
Part D 反译法
Part E 公务函常用结束语
UNIT FOUR
Part A Text The Analysis of Scientific Frauds
Part B Use of English
Part C Reading Comprehension
Part D 词义引申法
Part E 告示函格式范例
UNIT FIVE
Part A Text Basic Research and Graduate Education
Part B Use of English
Part C Reading Comprehension
Part D 重复翻译法
Part E 邀请函格式范例
UNIT SIX
Part A Text Debating the Unknowable
Part B Use of English
Part C Reading Comprehension
Part D 词类转换法
Part E 公务、咨询、商业函格式范例
UNIT SEVEN
Part A Text Scientific Methods
Part B Use of English
Part C Reading Comprehension
Part D 特殊否定句译法
Part E 海报、证明书格式范例
UNIT EIGHT
Part A Text How Gould Anything That Feels So Bad Be So Good?
Part B Use of English
Part C Reading Comprehension
Part D 被动语态译法
Part E 留学申请函格式范例
UNIT NINE
Part A Text The Quest for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Part B Use of English
Part C Reading Comprehension
Part D 人称代词的译法
Part E 个人陈述
UNIT TEN
UNIT ELEVEN
UNIT TWELVE
UNIT THIRTEEN
UNIT FOURTEEN
UNIT FIFTEEN
UNIT SIXTEEN