本教材是教育部推荐使用大学外语类教材，全国高等学校第二届优秀教材特等奖，国家教委高等学校第二届优秀教材一等奖。

《大学英语》系列教材的再修订，以《大学英语课程教学要求(试行)》为依据，历经三年调研，汲取全国数百所高校师生的建议和意见，旨在发扬我国大学英语教学的优良传统，推广成功经验，为新时期人才培养再作贡献。

本书为第2册教师用书，在第一次修订的基础上进一步选用时代感较强、故事情节动人的文章取代内容相对陈旧的课文。丰富了练习类型(如增加了词汇练习和翻译练习)，以帮助学生在提高阅读理解能力的同时适当扩大词汇量。

UNIT ONE

1. The Pickle Jar

2. Manners

3. The American Visitor

UNIT TWO

4. Ruthless

5. I Never Forget a Face

6. The Boat of Noah

UNIT THREE

7. Better Known as Mark Twain

8. The Youngest Painter in the World

9. Picasso and His Pictures

UNIT FOUR

10. Don't Wait to Give Daddy a Hug

11. The Importance of Just Being There

12. Where Do Dreams Come from? 

UNIT FIVE

13. After Twenty Years

14. The Bermuda Triangle

15. Washington. D.C

TEST PAPER ONE

UNIT Six

16. The Deaths of the Three Mrs. Fitche

17. Looking for Clues

18. The Mystery

UNIT SEVEN

19. Sam and His Store

20. Today's Dropouts

21. One Million Dollars

UNIT EIGHT

22. The Girl on the Train

28. A Double-Dyed Deceiver

24. The Honor Code

UNIT NINE

25. Port Royal

26. Creative Justice

27. The Midnight Visitor

UNIT TEN

28. The First Thanksgiving

29. The Unkempt Doctor

30. Here They Come

TEST PAPER TWO

KEY TO TEST YOURSELF (1) AND (2)