本书为《21世纪大学英语读写教程》(修订版)**册。全书共8个单元,供一学期使用。
每一单元包括三篇课文。课文A为精读材料,课文B、C为泛读材料。三篇课文围绕着同一题材选定,前面有一单元内容简介。
课文A作为精读材料,配有生词表及多种练习。生词释义采用英、汉结合的方式。用黑体排的为4级词,黑体前面加*号的为6级词,纲外词排绿色。还有一些由熟词构成的词,如 high-achieving,ballgame等,则以黑斜体排出。
课文A的练习包括 Pre-reading Activities, Reading Aloud, Comprehension of the Text, Responding to the Text, Vocabulary Word Building, Structure, Cloze, Translation, Reading Analysis和 Structured Writing等项。
Pre-reading Activities包括Listening和Pre-reading Questions,位于课文前。听的内容是课文A的概述,所用的英语

Unit One
Text A Who Is Great?
Text B How to Be a Leader
Text C The Greatest People in the World
Unit two
Text A The Gratitude We Need
Text B Why Manners Matter
Text C Courtesy: Key to a Happier World
Unit three
Text A How to Change Your Point of View
Text B Lateral and Vertical Thinking
Text C Common Types of Problem Solving
Unit Four
Text A How to Become Gifted
Text B The Truth About College Teachers
Text C We're the Retards (智力迟钝者)
Unit Five
TextA Prison Studies
Text B Reading for Life
Text C Moon on a Silver Spoon
Unit Six
Text A The EO. Factor
Text B What's Your Emotional IQ?
Text C A Classic Study of Environmental Influence
Unit Seven
Text A My Father's Son
Text B An Open Letter to a Young Person with an Enemy
Text C My Brother's Way
one Eight
Text A My Graduation Speech
Text B The Four Marks of Leadership
Text C Inaugural Address
Glossary