“新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材”为普通高等教育“十五”国家级规划教材，选材广泛新颖，编写理念先进科学，体系完整宏大。各册循序渐进，全面培养学生的英语综合能力，并恰当地融合了对学生的素质教育，有助于其发展成为高素质的复合型人才。

该系列教材中，《综合教程》为主干教材，共有8册。为了充分发挥学生在课下的学习积极性和主观能动性，帮助学生更好地学习课本，获得知识，提高英语能力，上海外语教育出版社组织编写了与其配套的《综合教程自学一路通》。

每个单元最后都设置了练习题，使学生在学完课文之后，可以在该练习中对重要的知识点进行回顾及运用，从而巩固学习效果。

本书为第三册，供英语专业二年级第一学期使用。为了帮助学生更好地准备专业四级考试，本书在上述板块之外，特设“专四特区”，重点介绍英语专业四级考试中的便条写作，让学生通过实践，对英语写作有一个初步的了解。

Unit 1

TEXT I Fresh Start

TEXT II A University Stands and Shines

Exercises for Unit 1

Unit 2

TEXT I Tyranny of the Urgent

TEXT II Time

Exercises for Unit 2

Unit 3

TEXT I Chinese Food

TEXT II Say No to Western Fast Food

Exercises for Unit 3

Unit 4

TEXT I Why I Want a Wife

TEXT II Of Marriage and Single Life

Exercises for Unit 4

Unit 5

TEXT I The Company Man

TEXT II The Unhappy American Way

Exercises for Unit 5

Unit 6

TEXT I Knowledge and Wisdom

TEXT II How to Become a Man of Genius

Exercises for Unit 6

Unit 7

TEXT I The Chaser

TEXT 1I Love Is a Fallacy

Exercises for Unit 7

Unit 8

TEXT I Fun, Oh Boy. Fun. You Could Die from It

TEXT II The Age of Thrills

Exercises for Unit 8

Unit 9

TEXT I On Becoming a Better Student

TEXT II The Art of Acknowledgement

Exercises for Unit 9

Unit 10

TEXT I  The Wonderful Lousy Poems

TEXT II Dad

Exercises for Unit 10

Unit 11

TEXT I The Real Truth About Lies

TEXT II To Lie or Not to Lie？ -- The Doctor's Dilemma.

Exercises for Unit 11

Unit 12

TEXT I Out of Step

TEXT II Skylines and Skyscrapers

Exercises for Unit 12

Unit 13

TEXT I A Magic Circle of Friends

TEXT II Dealing with Peer Pressure

Exercises for Unit 13

Unit 14

TEXT I Father Forgets

TEXT II Letter to His Son

Exercises for Unit 14

Unit 15

TEXT I The Roots of Happiness: An Empirical Analysis

TEXT II Of Happiness

Exercises for Unit 15

Unit 16

TEXT I “Take Over, Bos'n！”

TEXT H War

Exercises for Unit 16

Appendix: Key to Exercises for Each Unit