《全新版大学英语<第二版>阅读教程》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。

教师手册的主要作用，是为了方便教师备课和教学，因此它应该紧密结合教材的内容，围绕阅读教材中的课文提供进一步的说明；对理解课文过程中碰到的语言难点，如生词、成语和固定表达作比较详细的解释。本书由吴潜龙主编。

Unit One

 1. The Pleasure of Learnlng

 2. Coplng wlth 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 Know What's Rioht for My Son".

 9. Be Scared for Your KIds

Unit Four

 10. Anytlme, Anywhere- But Beware

 11. Cuttlng Loose

 12. The Web Is the Most Conservatlve Force on Earth

Unit Five

 13. My Own Experlence

 14. The Day I Was Fat

 15. Flylng Bllnd

Unit Six

 10. To Be or NotTo Be Slngle

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

 18. Thls Is How She Does It

Unit Seven

 19. Mother Tongue

 20. Lost In Translation

 21. Language: A Reflection of Life In the U.S

Unit Eight

 22. The Disinteoratlng Web-The Causes and Consequences of Extinction

 23. But a Watch In the Night: A Scientific Fable

 24. The Prlce We Pay

Appendix

 Glossary