《泛读教程》是“新空间大学英语”系列教材的主干教材之一。全套教材共四册，可供四个学期使用。

本教材具有较强的针对性，无论是选材还是练习的编排都充分考虑到教学要求和学生的特点。所选材料难度适中，短小精干，便于老师课堂操作和学生课上课下阅读；同时强调趣味性，所选文章贴近学生生活。反映学生感兴趣的话题，能够比较充分地调动学生阅读的热情；同时也注意将不同的文体和题材包括其中，使学生对不同类型的文体和话题有所接触，为他们在今后的就业中很快适应实际工作打好基础。

课后练习形式上注重多样性和趣味性。每个单元除了配有检查学生阅读理解的传统练习，还配有形式新颖的词汇巩固和扩展练习、文化知识练习、任务型练习等。词汇巩固和扩展练习将课文中重点词汇提出来操练．并从课文的题材出发，对相关词汇进行联想扩充，比较好地处理了阅读和词汇量积累之间的关系；任务型练习则有助于开发学生的创新思维能力，加深对所学语言知识的记忆，提高课下自主阅读的积极性。在练习中还融入了很多文化知识，有助于在提高学生理解能力的同时，扩大学生的知识面，增强对英语国家文化的了解。

Unit 1 Text Message

 Text A No  Text Please, We Are Americans

 Text B Mobile Classroom

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Using SMS to End Relationships

Unit 2 The Little Prince

 Text A The Pilot and the Little Prince 13

 Text B The Little Prince Visits the Conceited Man and the Businessman

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading The Little Prince Befriends the Fox

Unit 3 Healthcare

 Text A Scotland to Go Smoke-free to Shake "Sick Man" Tag

 Text B Why the Brain Needs a Break

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Smoking Can Kill in Middle Age

Unit 4 Tourism

 Text A An Egyptian in Paris

 Text B Touring London: A Piece of Blog

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Welcome to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom! "

Unit 5 Business Letters

 Text A Letters for Establishing Trade Relations

 Text B Letters for Better Customer Relations

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Letters for Complaints and Claims

Unit 6 World Trade

 Text A International Trade

 Text B History of World Trade

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Fur Trading in North America

Unit 7 Life and Death

 Text A A Reason for Living

 Text B A Telegram

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Hard Rock Maple

Unit 8 The Mummy's Curse

 Text A The Mummy's Curse

 Text B Making a Mummy

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading The Mummy Mystery

Unit 9 Education

 Text A "A" is for Average Not achievement or accomplishment or All-American. Not anymore.

 Text B Secrets of Straight-A Students

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading The Lady or the Tiger?

Unit 10 Boys and Girls

 Text A Fifteen

 Text B The Girl in Gift Wrap

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Love and Romance Bloominq at Concordia

Unit 11 Religion

 Text A Who Was Jesus?

 Text B Religion and Science

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Story from the Bible: Noah's Ark

Unit 12 William Shakesoeare

 Text A William Shakespeare: The Greatest Writer in the English Language

 Text B Who Wrote Shakespeare

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Shakespeare's Stratford

Key to Some of the Exercises