《全新版大学英语》(第二版)系列教材秉承首版教材的优良传统，继承兼收并蓄的折中主义教学理念，参照《大学英语课程教学要求》修订，更加贴近教学实际，更有效提升学习者语言综合应用能力，更好满足新时期人才培养需求。

《全新版大学英语<第2版>阅读教程(通用本学生用书2普通高等教育十一五国家级规划教材)》(作者吴潜龙)是该套书中的一册，共分为8部分内容。

Unit One

1. The Pleasure of Learning

2. Coplng with Santa Claus

3. On the Shoulders of a Hero

Unit Two

4. Not Poor, Just Broke

5. Blacks Return to Africa But US Is Home

6. Raymond Carver, Mentor

Unit Three

7. My Mother's Dream for Me

8. "I KnowWhat's Right for My Son".

9. Be Scared for Your Kids

Unlt Four

10. Anytlme, Anywhere -- But Beware

11. Cuttlng Loose

12. The Web Is the Most Conservative Force on Earth

Unit Flve

13. My Own Experlence

14. The Day I Was Fat

15. Flyincg Blind

Unlt Slx

16. To Be or Not To Be Single

17. Do Teenagers Need Full-Tlme Mums? Oplnlons Vary

18. Thls Is How She Does It

Unit Seven

19. Mother Tongue

20. Lost in Translatlon

21. Languagle: A Reflectlon of Llfe In the U.S

Unit Eight

22. The Disinteg, rating Web -The Causes and Consequences of Extinction

23. But a Watch in the Nlglht: A Scientific Fable

24. The Price We Pay

Appendices

Glossary

Key to Comprehension Exercise 1 of the Texts