顧雪梁主編的《英語報刊閱讀及技能》涉及領域廣泛，包括環境、農業、災害、教育、科技、經濟、文化、歷史、家庭、體育、法律、社會、娛樂、策略、外交、軍事、演講和網絡十八大類，盡量做到博覽而聚焦，務實而適時。本書以每一大類為一個單元，每一個單元包含有兩篇同一領域的短文，即Passage A和Passage B，而Passage A之後有Words and Expressions、Notes和Tasks三個部分，其中Tasks是為了檢查學生是否已掌握所學內容，而Passage B之後則附有Words and Expression和Notes兩部分。
本書的內容貼近現實，能較好地為當前的社會、經濟、時政、教學等服務。其所選素材均出於*近出版的英語報刊，能及時、廣泛、生動地反映當今**社會發展的呼吸和脈搏，並增強生活氣息和閱讀樂趣。

前言
Unit 1 Environment
Passage A Can Wind Power Get up to Speed
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B The New Age of Extinction
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 怎樣閱讀英文報刊
Unit 2 Agriculture
Passage A ACRE Signup at 66，000 the Week After Deadline，Will Grow
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B Early Civilizations Agriculture May Have Altered Global Climate
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 怎樣閱讀英文報刊標題
Unit 3 Disaster
Passage A Why Disasters Are Getting Worse
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B Florida Looks at New Ideas for Battling Hurricanes
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 報刊新聞的頭版及其特點
Unit 4 Education
Passage A New College-loan Plan: Pay Back by What You Earn
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B Hidden College Costs: Rising Fees
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 新聞英語的詞彙特點及語言風格
Unit 5 Technology
Passage A Beijing Passes Initial Earthquake Test
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B Should Genetic Tests Be Regulated
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 新聞英語標點符號的特點
Unit 6 Economy
Passage A The Threat of a Global Trade War
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B Three Lessons of the Lehman Brothers Collapse
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 新聞英語的語法特點
Unit 7 Culture
Passage A Cultural Exchange: Marimba Mania
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B Will the Real Michael McIntyre Please Stand up
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 英語報刊常用套語、行話和俚語
Unit 8 History
Passage A Medieval Royal Palace at Dover Castle to Re-open to the Public
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions -
Ⅱ．Notes-
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B Early Modern Humans Use Fire to Engineer Tools
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 英語報刊中的長難句分析及精煉句式的應用
Unit 9 Family
Passage A Going back to School with Swine Flu: How Parents Can Prepare
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B What Parents Don't Know About How Their Kids Use Facebook，MySpace
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 英語新聞的結構特征
Unit 10 Sports
Passage A For Older Athletes-Drug Question Emerges
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B Olympic Dreams Realized。Brazil Takes the Spotlight
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 英語新聞標題翻譯技巧簡析
Unit 11 Law
Passage A Defending Nebraska's Child-abandonment Law
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B When Adventure Tourism Kills
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 廣告英語及其特點
Unit 12 Society
Passage A In Italy-a Mamma Accused of Doting Too Much
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B One Thousand Diners: Britain's Biggest Restaurant Opens
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 新聞、消息和社論
Unit 13 Entertainment
Passage A Natalie Portman，Oscar Winner，Was Also a Precocious Scientist
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B Box Office: "Real Steel" Just Shimmies past "Footloose" for No．1
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 美國**英文報刊及其特點
Unit 14 Strategy
Passage A Labor Splits over Afghanistan War Strategy
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Nores
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B U．S．Shifts Strategy on Illicit Work by Immigrants
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 英國**英文報刊及其特點
Unit 15 Diplomacy
Passage A Behind Iran's Diplomatic Snub of France
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B Viewpoint: Yes，Japan Does Want a New Relationship with the U．S．
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 派生詞和網絡新詞以及借代和委婉語
Unit 16 Military
Passage A How Not to End a War
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B A Year After Attacks，Mumbai Is Just as Vulnerable at Vigils: Many Call for Police Reform
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 世界主要通訊社介紹
Unit 17 Speech
Passage A Obama's Victory Speech
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B Speech at Harvard by Bill Gates
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 英語報刊出現頻率較高的縮略詞
Unit 18 Internt
Passage A China Searches for the Next Steve Jobs
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
Ⅲ．Tasks
Passage B RIM Reacts to Bring-your-own Devices Policies
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions
Ⅱ．Notes
技能篇 新聞英語中常出現的經濟組織