本书为《综合英语》系列教材第6册。
本教材的课文选材主要从内容、语言两个方面来确定，同时兼顾趣味性。
1．内容标准。选篇的来源具有权威性，所有选篇均符合国家现行法律法规和主流价值观；每个单元中的选篇均能构建一个相对较完整的知识体系。
2．语言标准。选材不仅强调语言的经典性，同时强调语言表达的时代性和生活气息，因而本教材试图在经典的语言和鲜活的时代语言、学术性语言和社会生活表达中寻求平衡，体现学科性、时代性、社会性的多维特征。
趣味性并非本教材的主要选材标准。一方面，教材编写要适当迎合大学生的认知能力和心智倾向；另一方面，大学阶段的教材不应该迎合低端的趣味要求，而应该引领学生走向高端的心智和认知趣味。

Unit 1 History
Text A What Do Historians Do?
Text B The Pursuit of History
Unit 2 Art
Text A The Rules of Art Now
Text B Academic Condition of Contemporary Art
Unit 3 Science and Technology
Text A An Introduction to The Science Delusion
TextB What Is Science?
Unit 4 Philosophy
Text A An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
Text B Modern Science as Philosophy
Unit 5 Race and Nation
Text A Ethnicity and Globalization
Text B Exploring Transculturalism
Unit 6 Society
Text A Sustainability and Social Innovation
Text B Social Innovation: Origins, Definitions, and Main Elements
Unit 7 Communication
Text A New Media Challenges to the Theory and Practice of Communication Engagement
Text B New Media and Communication
Unit 8 Education
Text A Development and Learning
Text B University Education
Unit 9 Nature and Envir
Text A Environmental Ethics
Text B Daoism and Nature
Unit 10 Business
Text A Business Ethics in the Trenches
Text B Whatever Happened to Business Ethics?
Unit 11 Belief and Culture
Text A Are Science and Religion Compatible?
Text B Five Conflicts Between Science and Religion
Unit 12 Politics
Text A A Politics of the Common Good/Excerpts)
Text B The Common Good