根据教育部最新《大学英语课程教学要求（试行）》编写，大学英语选修课系列教材（非英语专业高年级本科生和研究生通用）。

　　本教程在内容题材和文章体裁、语言难度以及技能培养等方面既考虑到要与大学英语基础阶段的教学保持一定的连贯性，又力求显示出一定跃升进阶。在选材方面，人文思想、社会问题和科技发展互为关联，相互映照，既注意贴近学生的思想感情(如人际关系、爱的艺术)和经验知识(如大学压力、教育成长和大学理念)，又注意涉及当今普遍持久的热点议题(如家庭解体、克隆技术和全球变暖)和学业思维特点(如语言的权力问题)。在语言技能培养方面，本教程力图修正大学英语教学中重读避写或读写训练内容脱节和程式化的倾向，着力培养学生处理大量书面英文信息的能力。本教程的最大特点就是读写并连、并重，学生的阅读内容已是写作练习的主题内容，阅读过程的信息输入和处理成了锻炼语言写作应用能力的基础。

Unit 1 College Pressures PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION PART II CRITICAL READING PART III TOWARD WRITING PART IV WRITING TASKUnit 2 Education and Discipline PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION PART II CRITICAL READING PART III TOWARD WRITING PART IV WRITING TASKUnit 3 Workers PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION PART II CRITICAL READING PART III TOWARD WRITING PART IV WRITING TASKUnit 4 Reflection of an Elitist PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION PART II CRITICAL READING PART III TOWARD WRITING PART IV WRITING TASKUnit 5 The Family out of Favor PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION PART II CRITICAL READING PART III TOWARD WRITING PART IV WRITING TASKUnit 6 Friends, Good Friendsmand Such Good Friends. PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION PART II CRITICAL READING PART III TOWARD WRITING PART IV WRITING TASKUnit 7 The Art of Loving PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION PART II CRITICAL READING PART III TOWARD WRITING PART IV WRITING TASKUnit 8 Dolly Is a Clonemand No Longer Alone PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION PART II CRITICAL READING PART III TOWARD WRITING PART IV WRITING TASKUnit 9 The Warming of the World PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION PART II CRITICAL READING PART III TOWARD WRITING PART IV WRITING TASKUnit 10 The Language of Oppression PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION PART II CRITICAL READING PART III TOWARD WRITING PART IV WRITING TASKAppendix 1 Revision ProfileAppendix 2 Key to the Exercises