《零起点大学英语基础教程（附光盘修订版3）》强调语言技能教学的整体性，注重培养学生的语言综合应用能力；
起点合理，难度适中，循序渐进；
采用了“以学生为中心”的活动教学模式，注重培养学生自主学习能力；
选材语言规范、内容新颖，实现语言学习与文化知识学习的有机结合。

Unit One
Warm-up
Dialogue At a Restaurant
Text The Three Wishes
Word Focus
Grammar The Subjunctive Mood
Language Practice
Reading Practice Dreams Win
Writing Practice
Reading for Fun
Unit Two
Warm-up
Dialogue Go Through the Customs
Text Keeping a Diary
Word Focus
Grammar The Use of "It
Language Practice
Reading Practice Football in England
Writing Practice
Reading for Fun
Unit Three
Warm-up
Dialogue Keep Working on It
Text Insurance
Word Focus
Grammar Verb-ing Form
Language Practice
Reading Practice Television
Writing Practice
Reading for Fun
Unit Four
Warm-up
Dialogue How Do You Set a Table
Text Vitamins
Word Focus
Grammar Verb-ed Form
Language Practice
Reading Practice Never Stop Fighting for His Ideas
Writing Practice
Reading for Fun
Unit Five
Language Revision
Unit Six
Warm-up
Dialogue When Can You Start
Text The Prince of Programmers--Bill Gates
Word Focus
Grammar Inversion
Ellipsis
Language Practice
Reading Practice How Are Computers Changing Our World
Writing Practice
Reading for Fun
Unit Seven
Warm-up
Dialogue I Really Appreciate Your Attitude
Text "Only a Madman Chooses to Live in a Large
Modern City
Word Focus
Grammar Punctuation Marks
Language Practice
Reading Practice Crazy Weather from the Bottom of the Sea
Writing Practice
Reading for Fun
Unit Eight
Warm-up
Dialogue What Do You Dislike About Him
Text Long Walk to Freedom
Word Focus
Grammar Parallelism and Emphatic Sentences
Language Practice
Reading Practice I Have a Dream
Writing Practice
Reading for Fun
Unit Nine
Warm-up
Dialogue Would You Like Me to Explain How to Use It
Text Pandora's Box
Word Focus
Language Practice
Reading Practice Apollo and the Shepherd
Writing Practice
Reading for Fun
Unit Ten
Language Revision
Appendix 1 语法说明
Appendix 2 课文词汇表
阅读练习词汇表
Appendix 3 课文词组及短语表
阅读练习词组及短语表
Appendix 4 不规则动词表