《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。本书由柯彦玢主编。

Unit One

 1. The Grammarian Who Lost a War of Words

 2. Berkeley Blues

 3. Ten Commandments for a Colleg, e Freshman

Unlt Two

 4. At Last He Said

 5. Letters to Anne Frank's Father

 6. My Circle of Friends

Unit Three

 7. The Brain's Balancing, Act

 8. Upending, the Traditional Farm

 9. Virtual Water - A Smarter Way to Think about How Much HsO You Use

Unit Four

 10. The WhinyGeneration

 11. A License to Drive

 12. Death in the Open

Unit Five

 13. We're Too Busy for Ideas

 14. Get a Grip

 15. Hold Your Horsepower

Unit Six

 16. Two Unlque'l DO's" .

 17. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

 18. Lookin~ for Love Where My Mother Never Could

Unit Seven

 19. The Soul of a Champion: A Letter to Michael Jordan

 20. Do Heroes Exist?

 21. Tyranny of Weakness

Unit Eight

 22. Overcoming an Invisible Handicap

 23. A Liberatlng, Curriculum

 24. In Defense of Testing