《新视野大学英语:读写教程6》在选材上注重趣味性、信息性、可思性、时代性和前瞻性,题材广泛,内容丰富,主要涉及语言、文化、习俗、伦理、信息、科学、社会焦点等等。每一单元侧重于讨论一个话题,但三篇课文的体裁不尽相同,体现文体的多样性。课文绝大部分选自20世纪90年代出版的英美报刊书籍,也有新世纪刚刚问世的作品。《新视野大学英语:读写教程5》每篇课文控制在1000词左右,**培养学生读、写、译的技能。
《新视野大学英语:读写教程6》每个单元的开首均有Preview。Preview的词数在100词左右,言简意赅地点出本单元的**主题,是本单元的导读篇,既可以用作��习,也可以在撰写本单元的summary时作为参考。

Unit 1
Section A The Pursuit of Happiness
Section B Wild like the Weasel
Section C The Most Successful Human Being I Ever Knew
Unit 2
Section A My Teacher, My Salvation
Section B The Most Fantastic Day
Section C Lee Kuan Yew :Statesman of Singapore
Unit 3
Section A Humans in the Amazon-A Long-Lost History Comes to Light
Section B An Inland Paradise for Bird Watchers
Section C Protecting the Great Bear Rainforest
Unit 4
Section A An Encounter With Wolves
Section B From One Extreme to the Other
Section C Fighting for Life
Unit 5
Section A A Revolution in Biology-and Society?
Section B The New Age of Genetic Engineering
Section C Understanding the Genome Is Only the Beginning
Unit 6
Section A Jeans :From Low Beginnings to High Fashion
Section B To Spend or Not to Spend
Section C Materialism :Economic Engine, Worker's Prison
Unit 7
Section A The Effects of Space Travel on the Human Body(Part 1)
Section B The Argument for Going to Mars
Section C The Effects of Space Travel on the Human Body(Part 2)
Supplementary Reading
Appendices
Clossary
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