本书为《21世纪大学英语读写教程》(A版)第二册。全书共6个单元，供一学期使用。每个单元设一个主题，本书的单元主题分别是健身、宠物、时间管理、性别角色、火星探索和智慧生活。另外，本书还包括期中、期末考试试卷各一套，并配有相应的移动学习平台。
每个单元中的两篇课文在编写时都各自配有词汇表、脚注、阅读和语言训练用的练习，使用者可以根据教学的实际情况对这两篇课文进行主、次或精、泛读处理。生词和短语直接列在课文的右侧，注有发音、词性和本课中的中文释义。每篇课文内附有脚注(背景知识或难句分析)。

Unit 1 Keeping Fit
Ⅰ Warming Up
Ⅱ Reading
Text A Getting Exercise in College
Text B My Challenge of 10,000 Steps a Day
Ⅲ Listening and Viewing
Ⅳ Speaking
Ⅴ Writing
Unit 2 OurLittle Friends
Ⅰ Warming Up
Ⅱ Reading
Text A Feathered Friend
Text B China's Booming Pet Industry
Ⅲ Listening and Viewing
Ⅳ Speaking
Ⅴ Writing
Unit 3 Time Management
Ⅰ Warming Up
Ⅱ Reading
Text A Dear Student: Should Your Granny Die Before the Midterm
TextB The llthHour
Ⅲ Listening and Viewing
Ⅳ Speaking
Ⅴ Writing
Midterm Test
Unit 4 Gender Roles
Ⅰ Warming Up
Ⅱ Reading
Text A Why Girls Can Be Boyish But Boys Can't Be Girlish
Text B Lively Debate over Male Roles
Ⅲ Listening and Viewing
Ⅳ Speaking
Ⅴ Writing
Unit 5 Goingto Mars
Ⅰ Warming Up
Ⅱ Reading
Text A Why I Want to Be a Passenger on Mars One
Text B Is a Mars Trip Premature
Ⅲ Listening and Viewing
Ⅳ Speaking
Ⅴ Writing
Unit 6 Smart Living
Ⅰ Warming Up
Ⅱ Reading
Text A Five Chinese Smart Cities Leading the Way
Text B How Hackers Messed Up My Life
Ⅲ Listening and Viewing
Ⅳ Speaking
Ⅴ Writing
Final Test
Glossary