黄必康主编的《大学英语教程》的编写全面贯彻“主题循环、认知选材、听说先导、自主练习”的总体编写原则，在编排体例方面充分考虑不同院校的教学实际和学生自主学习的需要，力图使本教程达到较高的教学可操作性和灵活性。针对已经具备中等英语基础的大学英语三级学生的思想实际和学习兴趣，本册的选材主题范围注重多样性，包括：历史、友谊、跨文化交流等。选文根据学期特点，注意难易交叉，趣味性和知识性相结合。

Unit 1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

 Part Ⅰ  Language Skill

 Part Ⅱ Language in Context

 Text A A Fable for Tomorrow

 Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B The Story of Clear Lake

Unit 2 FRIENDS

 Part Ⅰ  Language Skill

 Part Ⅱ  Language in Context

 Text A The Joker

 Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B After Twenty Years

Unit 3 UNDER PRESSURE

 Part Ⅰ  Language Skill

 Part Ⅱ Language in Context

 Text A The Company Man

 Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B Seeing Your Way Past Interview Jitters

Unit 4  CELEBRITIES

 Part Ⅰ  Language Skill

 Part Ⅱ Language in Context

 Text A My Friend, Albert Einstein

 Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B Charles Darwin

Unit 5  WARS

 Part Ⅰ  Language Skill

 Part Ⅱ Language in Context

 Text A A Short Story about the Vietnam War Memorial

 Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B D-Day

Unit 6  PIONEERS

 Part Ⅰ  Language Skill

 Part Ⅱ Language in Context

 TextA The Role of the Undesirables

 Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B The Last Frontier

Unit 7 HISTORY

 Part Ⅰ  Language Skill

 Part Ⅱ  Language in Context

 TextA The Lessons of a Graveyard

 Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B Yes, It Really Was Louis ⅩⅤⅡ, the Heart of the Doomed Child King Reveals

Unit 8 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

 Part Ⅰ  Language Skill

 Part Ⅱ  Language in Context

 Text A On Friendship

 Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language

 Text B English and American Concepts of Space

 Appendix

Vocabulary