本书分为《背影》、《踪迹》、《你我》《欧游杂记》四部分，分别从朱自清的同名作品集中选出几篇具有代表性的、适合当下中小学生阅读的作品，包括《荷塘月色》、《背影》、《匆匆》、《桨声灯影里的秦淮河》、《给亡妇》等名篇。(Divided into 4 parts ("The Sight of Father's Back", "Trace", "You. Me.", "Europe Miscellanies"), this book is made up of a few works readable for contemporary primary and middle school students (selected from the anthologies with the same names), including the famous Moonlight over the Lotus Pond, The Sight of Father's Back, Rush, Oar-splashing and Lantern-illuminating Qinhuai River and To My Departed Wife.)