魏水利、张化丽主编的《新希望大学英语综合教程（2）》安排八个单元，每单元包括同一题材的两篇课文。课文前安排有听说训练，内容为学生熟悉并与其生活相关的话题。每单元均安排“WordBuilding，GrammarBuilding，BasicWriting。Practical Writing以及Translation Skills and Practice'等五个练习项目。这些项目贯通整个教材，从不同侧面强化《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求》和《高等学校英语应用能力考试》中要求掌握的英语语言知识和交际技能，使学生进一步了解语言，认识语言，从而把握语言并提高使用语言的能力。

Unit One: Parents and Children

Listening and Speaking

Reading

Reading One: From the Heart

Reading Two: No Matter What Happens, I' II Always Be There for You）

Grammar: Tenses of Verbs（I）

Writing

Translation: Tenses in EnglishChinese Translation（I）

Reading for Pleasure

Unit Two. Rainbow of Life

Listening and Speaking

Reading

Reading One: The Window

Reading Two: Feathers in the Wind

Grammar: Tenses of Verbs（ll）

Writing

Translation: Tenses in EnglishChinese Translation（II）

Reading for Pleasure

Unit Three: Man and Animal

Listening and Speaking

Reading

Reading One: Heartstrings

Reading Two: When Snowball Melted

Grammar: The Passive Voice

Writing

Translation: Subjunctive Mood

Reading for Pleasure

Unit Four: Secret to Success

Listening and Speaking

Reading

Reading One: Enthusiasm Leads to Success

Reading Two: Sneakers

Grammar: The Infinitive

Writing

Translation: The Passive Voice

Reading for Pleasure

Unit Five: Table Manners

Listening and Speaking

Reading

Reading One: American Etiquette

Reading Two: English Meals

Grammar: The Gerund

Writing

Translation: Negative Statements

Reading, for Pleasure

Unit Six: Friends

Listening and Speaking

Reading

Reading One: Friend and Friendship

Reading Two: A Good Friend

Grammar: The Participles

Writing

Translation: Emphatic Statements

Reading for Pleasure

Unit Seven: Parttime Jobs

Listening and Speaking

Reading

Reading One: Problems Seen for Teenagers Who Hold Jobs

Reading Two: Finding a Summer Job

Grammar: SubjectVerb Agreement

Writing

Translation: Long Sentence

Reading for Pleasure

Unit Eight: Travel

Listening and Speaking

Reading

Reading One: Travel

Reading Two: Tian' anmen Square

Grammar: The Noun Clauses

Writing

Translation: Idioms

Reading for Pleasure