The new Travel Beyond series aims to embrace the new era for young backpackers. This two-level series is theme-oriented. The 16 units in each book represent different stages of a backpacking trip, with the aim of making learners competent to set off a journey on their own even if it is their very first one.

　　KEY FEATURES
　　•    Warm-up—Pictures and vocabulary are presented in this section, giving a little taste of the topic and increasing leaners’ motivation.

　　•    Get Started—Phrases and collocations are introduced here for leaners to build up their speaking competency.

　　•    Real World Listening—Well-developed listening passages that could happen at different locales while traveling provide real-life travel experience.

　　•    Conversation—A theme-based dialogue with two sets of cues facilities multiple drill practices to enhance the register of the sentence patterns.

　　•    More to Learn—Advanced content such as expertise knowledge, useful expressions, cultural notes, travel tips, etc., are integrated.

　　•    Over to You—Self-assessment or wrap-up activities help students evaluate how much they have learned from the unit.
If you are looking for a book that can give you both comprehensive backpacking information and English-speaking skills to handle your first overseas trip, this is the one.