《Step by Step 2000》共分為四冊，供大專院校英語專業聽力課使用，也可供具有較高水平的其他專業 研究生、本科生和科技人員等廣大英語學習者選用。
《Step by Step 2000》是《Step by Step》的延伸。它仍遵循內容與聽力技巧并重的原則，注重選材料的語言真實度和典型性，把重點始終放在發展學生的聽力理解能力和思維能力等方面。
《Step by Step 2000》更是《Step by Step》的超越。它采用全新的聽力素材，且更注意四冊教材中主題布局的整體性。
本書為第一冊，共十二個單元，它主要注重勾畫當代社會中的一些宏觀變化和時代特征，可以說偏重于廣視角、大題材；
第一冊 Book 1 目錄
Unit 1 Happy New Millennium!
Part IWarming up
Part IIThe Time ball
Part IIIWord of the millennium
Part IVShort talks on listening skills
Focus on the Main Idea
Unit 2 Net Changes Life(I)
Part IWarming up
Part IINetwork
Part IIIOnline shopping
Part IVShort talks on listening skills
Don't Attempt to Write Too Much
Unit 3 Net Changes Life(II)
PartⅠ Warming up
partⅡ Net changes dorm life
partⅢ Global multi-media giant
partⅣ Language study and lanuage appreciation
Unit 4 Colorful Lands,Colorful People(I)
PartⅠ Warming up
PartⅡ In Brazil and France
PartⅢ Lifehere and there
PartⅣ short talks on listening skills
Be Carefulwith Numbers
Unit 5 Colorful Lands,Colorful People(II)
PartⅠ Warming up
PartⅡ The Worlds sixbillionth inhabitant
PartⅢ The biggest cities in the world
PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation
Unit 6 From Place to Place
PartⅠ Warming up
PartⅡ Villa Rentals
PartⅢ Its the only way ot travel
PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation
Unit 7 Approaching Culture
Part IWarming up
Part IIMuseums in the modem world
Part III Kwanzaa
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Unit 8 Creative Minds
Part I Warming up
Part II Scientists of the millennium （I）
Part III Scientists of the millennium （II）
Part IV Short talks on listening skills
How Is It Being Said--Formal or Informal Language？
Unit 9 Visions of the Future
Part I Warming up
Part II Working at home
Part III The Times capsule
Part IVShort talks on listening skills
Making Use of Them--Signals and Fillers
Unit 10 For Peace and Development
Part I Warming up
Part IIThe Panama Canal handover
Part III Financial news
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Unit 11 It's Great to Be a Champion
Part I Warming up
Part II The Women's World Cup
Part IIILuck in the hat
Part IVLanguage study and language appreciation
Unit 12 Leisure Time
Part I Warming up
Part II The new Star Wars movie
Part III The man with the horn
Part IV Short talks on listening skills
Letting Things Go-Speed and Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Acknowledgement
