新标准英语的24个话题是：Personal information; Family, friends and people around, Personal environment; Daily routines; School Life; Interests and hobbies; Emotions; Interpersonal relationships; Plans and intentions; Festival, holidays and celebrations; Shopping; Food and drinks; Health; Weather; Entertainment and sports; Travel and transport; Language learning; nature; The world and environment; Popular science and modern technology; Topical issues; History and geography.NSE (1)Topics and TasksGrammar and FunctionVocabularyCultural corner1My First Day of Senior High/ Writing a brochure about your school Revision of present tenses; Adjectives with -ing & -ed/ Making conversationSchool subjects; feelingsAmerican school system2My New Teacher/ Setting criteria for a good teacherVERBS + V-ingExpressing preferenceAdjectives for personality, school life and workDifferent schools in different countries3My First Ride on a Train/ Talking about a trip to a tourist spotThe V-ed form/ Past tenses, time expressionVehicles and placesThe Maglev - Fastest Train in the World 4A social Survey - My Neighborhood/ Planning a representation to give a brief report of your neighborhoodPresent perfect tense/ Showing position and directionNeighborhoodVillage problem in Western Europe5A Lesson in a Lab/ Preparing a report on a simple scientific experimentDegrees of comparison/ Using sequenceNumbers/ Scientific experimentsScience Teaching in Canada6The Internet and Telecommunications/ Preparing a poster showing the usage of the InternetCompound words; Definite and zero articles/ Talking about percentage and numbersComputers and InternetText messages and emoticonsNSE (2)Topics and TasksGrammar and FunctionVocabularyCultural corner1Our Body and Healthy Habits/ Preparing a survey about healthy livingNouns used as verbs; Will/ be going to for future actions/ Talking about futurePhysical illness; body parts; medicineHealth problem2No Drugs/ Preparing a presentation on the dangers of smokingTo do as a purpose; Adverbial clause of resultDrugs and addiction; illnessesStop smoking now - We can help3Music/ Preparing a biography of a famous Chinese musician or composerAdverbial clause of time; The past perfect tense/ Talking about likes and dislikesMusic and musical instrumentsYe Xiaogang4Fine Arts - Western, Chinese and Pop arts/ Preparing a class questionnaire on students likes and dislikes in artsV-ing form and to do/ Giving opinionsArt and picturePicasso5Newspapers and magazines/ Writing about your favorite newspaper or magazineAdverbial clause of time/ reason/ Showing belief and disbeliefNewspapers and news stories; Space and space travelDaily newspapers in Britain and the United States6Films and TV programmes/ Writing a film page for a magazineAdverbs of frequency and place; Adverbs and Adverbial phrases/ Talking about how often you do thingsFilms and television; films and actorsSteven Spielberg - Film directorNSE (3)Topics and TasksGrammar and FunctionVocabularyCultural corner1Europe/ Preparing a fact file on a region of ChinaPassive voice; present and past forms; Subject and verb agreementEuropean cities; art and architectureThe European Union2Developing and Developed Countries/ Writing an advertisement for your hometownLink verbs; Making comparisonsTowns and cities; developing and developed countriesTown twinning3The violence of Nature/ Writing or talking about a natural disasterPast perfect passive; Indirect speech/ Giving definitionExtreme weather and violent eventsEarthquakes Around the Pacific4Sandstorms in China/ Designing a poster that encourage people to look after the environmentThe different types of to do; Expressions with but to do/ Expressing strong opinionsSandstorms, the environmentThe Green Movement5Great people and Great Inventions of Ancient China/ Writing about a famous person from ancient ChinaDefining relative clause: of which/ in which/ Giving reasonsAncient China and philosophers; philosophy; inventionsThe Industrial Revolution6Old and new/ Preparing a news bulletin about changes that have taken place in your regionNon-defining; relative clauses; Contraction of relative clauses/ Adjective expressing strong feelingsMan-made structures and georgraphical featuresThe Empire State Building, New YorkNSE (4)Topics and TasksGrammar and FunctionVocabularyCultural corner1Life in the future/ Describing your ideal houseThe future continous/Talking about the futureBuilding materialsFamous Last Words2Traffic Jam/ Completing a poster giving advice to visitors to your city/ hometownImperative;Giving adviceTransportThe London Congrestion Charge3Body Language and Non -verbal Communication / Preparing some social advice for visitors to ChinaAdverbial clause of co