由欧阳俊林主编的《新编大学英语阅读教程（3级修订版）》广泛收集了现代英语，特别是近十年来英美社会的多式样语言文本。话题覆盖了当今政治、经济、文化、科技、教育、心理、人文、社会等诸多方面，帮助读者了解当今国际各领域的发展动态和问题，并从接触真实语料入手，学习和掌握语言形式、功能和用法，加深语言理解，从而全面提高学生英语语言的阅读水平，增强学生参加新体制下的大学英语四、六级考试的应试能力。

Unit 1 Human Civilization

 Passage 1 The City of the Future or the Future of the City

 Passage 2 The Beauty of Britain

 Passage 3 Language and Culture

Unit 2 Psychology and Mental Health

 Passage 1 Don't Let Depression Ruin a Good Thing

 Passage 2 Sleep:A Dynamic Activity

 Passage 3 Understanding Adult Obesity

Unit 3 Life Experiences

 Passage 1 Clyde Snow: The Detective's Detective

 Passage 2 What I Learned in the Shoe Store

 Passage 3 The Secret Life of Arthur Wold

Unit 4 International Organizations

 Passage 1 World Health Organization

 Passage 2 The International Federation of Red Cross

 Passage 3 Phi Beta Kappa

Unit 5 Health

 Passage 1 Cut Your Medical Bills IN'94

 Passage 2 Little-known Signs of a Stroke

 Passage 3 Five Myths about Health Care Spending

Unit 6 Life

 Passage 1 Ozzie

 Passage 2 My Miraculous Family

 Passage 3 The Secret Language of Success

Unit 7 Information Technology

 Passage 1 Net Weaver

 Passage 2 The Second Intemet Revolution

 Passage 3 The Coming E-Commerce Boom

Unit 8 Social Studies

 Passage 1 Getting a Better Job in Changing Times

 Passage 2 Chicago's Drug-Busting “GOD SQUAD”

 Passage 3 Why Don't We Have the Prisons We Need？

Unit 9 Social Problems

 Passage 1 Schools That Make Dreams Come True

 Passage 2 The Grass Isn't Greener, Just the Money

 Passage 3 Some Problems of Technological Advancement

Unit 10 Behavior and Mental Health

 Passage 1 Polio's Back. Why Now？

 Passage 2 The Cruelest Cut

 Passage 3 Bill O'Reilly: He Still Doesn't Get It

Unit 11 Science and Development

 Passage 1 Is “Globalization” Helpful or Hurting？

 Passage 2 The Whole-House Machine

 Passage 3 Emerging Technology — Reinventing the E-Book

Unit 12 Economy and Culture

 Passage 1 Here's Health-Care Reform That Works

 Passage 2 In the Blink of an Ear

 Passage 3 Fraud in Science

Unit 13 Biography

 Passage 1 A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups: Charles and Camilla's Once upon a Time

 Passage 2 Stand-Up for Her Man

 Passage 3 Albert Einstein

Unit 14 Family

 Passage 1 What Your Child Fears Most

 Passage 2 Why Happy Families are Different

 Passage 3 Victorian Family Life

Unit 15 Marriage

 Passage 1 Indo-Canadian “Mixed” Marriage: Context and Dilemmas

 Passage 2 Love and Marriage — Japanese and American

 Passage 3 Prenuptial Agreements

Key to Exercises