《普通高等教育"十一五"**级规划教材•山东省高职高专统编通用英语教材:新时代大学英语(第2册)学生用书(第2版)》所选文章具有时代性、知识性、趣味性和科学性。内容丰富、体系完整，注重听、说、读、写、译等诸方面技能全面协调的发展，循序渐进，从易到难，具有明显的梯度变化，练习形式活泼多样，突出实用性和可操作性，能激发学生的学习兴趣，体现新课程理念，力求通过教材的学习不仅使学生学到语言知识和技能，同时激发他们的心智，开阔视野，培养独立思考的精神、分析批判的能力、实事求是的态度和理性思维的习惯。

Unit 1 Language /1
Text The Gift of Language /2
After-class Reading How to Be a Successful Language Learner/3
Unit2 Customs /19
Text The British Through My Eyes /21
After-class Reading American Social Customs /33
Unit 3 Attitude Towards Life /38
Text Failure Is Only Feedback /40
After-class Reading Life is All about Choices /52
Unit 4 Education /58
Text What Is a University Education for? /61
After-class Reading The Myth of College /76
Unit 5 Computer and Internet /82
Text China Will Rule the Internet /83
After-class Reading E-mail /95
Unit 6 Fashion /99
Text Fashion Queen Vera Wang /100
After-class Reading Hair Dye /113
Unit 7 Traveling /119
Text Tower Bridge of London /121
After-class Reading An Unforgettable Cruise /132
Unit 8 Money /137
Text Li Ka-shing and a Coin /139
After-class Reading Money /150
Unit 9 Entertainment /155
Text The Number One Entertainment-Television /156
After-class Reading Hollywood /170
Unit 10 Advertisement /176
Text A Useful Service to the Community /177
After-class Reading Passage One Phillip Island Day Tour /188
Passage Two She's Got Her Grandma's Eyes /189
Listening and Speaking
Unit 1 Talking about: Courses /197
Unit 2 Asking for and Giving Opinions /202
Unit 3 Telephoning /208
Unit 4 Dining out /215
Unit 5 Shopping /220
Unit 6 HeaYch /224
Unit ? Asking for Permission /229
Unit 8 Congratulations and Compliments /234
Unit 9 Making an Appoint:menlo /240
Unit 10 Making and Responding to Requessts /245
Glossary /250
Phrases and Expressions /269