本系列教材以《大学英语课程教学要求》为准则，以优选的外语教学理论为指导。教材的总体设计体现“以人为本”的人文主义教育观，注重培养学生的人文素质。教材编写坚持做到“四个结合”：语言知识与语言技能相结合、单项技能与综合应用能力相结合、语言教学与文化传授相结合、课堂教学与自主学习相结合。教材编写注重对学生的“多维度”、“一体化”培养，即语言能力、学习策略、文化素养的同步培养。在教学模式上本系列教材着重构建多层次、立体化教学模式。

邱东林，复旦大学外文学院教授，大学英语教学部主任。1996―1997年在英国牛津大学作不错访问学者。主要研究方向是应用语言学和语言教学。近年来先后出版了十多部著作，其中《管理学专业英语教程》为推荐很好教材。参与编写的《21世纪大学英语》、《大学英语（全新版）》均为重量重点规划教材。

Unit1 Teaching and Learning
Lead-in
Reading Focus -- Text A
Excuses
Integrated Exercises
Reading Focus -- Text B
To Know More about Less or Less about More
Unit2 Helping People in Need
Lead-in
Reading Focus -- Text A
On Her Own, But Not Alone
Integrated Exercises
Reading Focus-- Text B
Roadside Inferno
Unit3 Conformity or Diversity
Lead-in
Reading Focus -- Text A
Group Minds
Integrated Exercises
Reading Focus -- Text B
After Two Years in the Melting Pot
Unit4 Famous People
Lead-in
Reading Focus -- Text A
In Search of the Real Bill Gates
Integrated Exercises
Reading Focus- Text B
Florence Nightingale: Nurse, Renewer of Society
Unit5 Hobbies
Lead-in
Reading Focus -- Text A
Get into a Hobby, It's Good for You!
Integrated Exercises
Reading Focus- Text B
Cultivating a Hobby
Unit6 Success
Lead-in
Reading Focus -- Text A
Dare to Take Risks!
Integrated Exercises
Reading Focus -- Text B
You Are Not Spe
Unit7 Honesty
Lead-in
Reading Focus -- Text A
Honesty: Good. Hurting People: Bad. So When Should You Speak
Up?
Integrated Exercises
Reading Focus -- Text B
The Most Honest Man I Ever Knew (My Stepfather)
Unit8 Environmental Protection
Lead-in
Reading Focus -- Text A
The Contamination of the Environment
Integrated Exercises
Reading Focus -- Text B
The Balance of Nature