《致用英语》是供高职高专英语专业学生使用的系列教材，根据高职高专英语专业的教学现状和改革方向，由国内英语教育专家和高职高专英语教学一线的教师联合编写，旨在以全新的理念、实用的内容，着重培养学生的综合职业素质，提高学生的英语应用能力。  《致用英语 阅读教程》共两册，每册包括10个主题单元和两个综合训练。本书是下册。

Unit 1 Learning

 Passage A The Power of Knowledge

 Passage B How to Improve Your Study Habits

 Reading Skills Identifying Skill Requirement

 Supplementary Reading Seven Steps to Positive Self Talk

Unit 2 Blue Jeans

 Passage A The Invention of Blue Jeans

 Passage B Forever in Blue Jeans

 Reading Skills Reading Poetry

 Supplementary Reading Dad's Boots

Unit 3 Living in the City

 Passage A Getting Pounded

 Passage B New Orleans Reconstruction: We Shall Overcome

 Reading Skills SQ3R Strategy

 Supplementary Reading The Sparrows in Madison Square

Unit 4 Entertainment

 Passage A Can a Film Change the World?

 Passage B Star Couples Fight to Keep Baby News Private

 Reading Skills Activating Your Background Knowledge

 Supplementary Reading So, What Were We Writing about Again?

Unit 5 Travel and Tourism

 Passage A Secrets of Cheap Travel

 Passage B Slow Business Travel

 Reading Skills Practical Tips for Reading Critically

 Supplementary Reading Travel and Tourism

 Comprehensive Practice Ⅰ

Unit 6 Natural Disaster

 Passage A Storm of the Century

 Passage B Pompeii

 Reading Skills Enlarge Your Vocabulary

 Supplementary Reading Food and Water in an Emergency

Unit 7 Environment and Energy Crisis

 Passage A Water Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Grow

 Passage B Solar Power Wins Enthusiasts but Not Money

 Reading Skills Speedy Reading

 Supplementary Reading One Country's Success Story: Building a Green Economy

Unit 8 Internet Pioneers

 Passage A Vinton Cerf

 Passage B Tim Berners-Lee

 Reading Skills Active Reading

 Supplementary Reading Internet Privacy

Unit 9 Economy

 Passage A Is an Open Economy Good?

 Passage B Economic Boom Produces More Domestic Brands

 Reading Skills Summarizing

 Supplementary Reading How World Growth Will Withstand the US Recession

Unit 10 Career

 Passage A Triple Your Personal Productivity

 Passage B Is Your Work Getting in the Way of Your Life?

 Reading Skills Figurative Language

 Supplementary Reading My Defense of Unfulfilling Careers

Comprehensive Practice Ⅱ

Key to Exercises