《阅读教程》共分两册，每册八个单元，每个单元由4篇课文组成，每篇课文后面都附有重点词汇、词组短语、文化注释和文化知识点巩固练习。本书为第二册，练习包括文化知识点填空和汉译英两个部分。
本书以英语编写而成，既培养大学生的英语阅读理解能力，又促使他们汲取我国优秀传统文化的精华，引导学生通过阅读，积累、感悟中华优秀传统文化知识，从而形成对外传播中华传统文化的能力。

Unit One Traditional Chinese Clothing
Text 1 History of Chinese Clothing
Text 2 Chinese Wedding Dress
Text 3 Chinese Imperial Dressing
Text 4 The Chinese Cheongsam
Unit Two Festivals and Customs
Text 1 The Spring Festival
Text 2 The Dragon Boat Festival
Text 3 The Double Seventh Festival
Text 4 The Mid-Autumn Festival
Unit Three Chinese Martial Arts
Text 1 Shaolin Kung Fu
Text 2 Wudang Kung Fu
Text 3 Chinese Acrobatics
Text 4 Tai Chi
Unit Four Musical Instruments, Weiqi and Calligraphy
Text 1 Dizi
Text 2 Erhu
Text 3 Weiqi
Text 4 Chinese Calligraphy
Unit Five Heritage and Antiques
Text 1 Chinese Bronzes
Text 2 Chinese Shadow Puppetry
Text 3 Beijing Opera
Text 4 Chinese Porcelain
Unit Six Ancient Chinese Architecture
Text 1 The Great Wall
Text 2 Quadrangles in Beijing
Text 3 The Imperial Palace
Text 4 The Zhaozhou Bridge
Unit Seven Chinese Regional Culture
Text 1 Lingnan Culture
Text 2 Jiangnan Culture
Text 3 Chaozhou Culture
Text 4 Hakka Culture
Unit Eight Chinese Philosophy
Text 1 Taoism
Text 2 Confucianism
Text 3 Hundred Schools of Thought
Text 4 Mencius
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