胡小平编著的《新编专业学位研究生英语教程》供专业学位研究生英语教学使用。编写的宗旨为：培养研究生的英语综合应用能力，特别是听说能力，使他们在今后的工作和社会交往中能用英语有效地进行口头和书面的信息交流。选材没有像其他同类教程那样围绕一系列主题，如教育、经济、法律、宗教、体育等等，而是把着眼点放在“文化”这一框架内，选择一些既是热点但又不是稍纵即逝的主题。虽然只有10个单元，但题材覆盖语言学、社会学、哲学、经济学等众多领域，既具有教育性，又兼具学术性和世界性。通过本教程的学习，使用者可以领略到英语语言材料所承载的各种文化特征，在学习语言的过程中去理解美与人生的意义。

Unit 1 Teaching and Learning of English

 Pre-class Task

 Text A Learning the World Language: Today and Tomorrow

 Text B Don't Insist on English

 Exercises

 In-class Oral Practice

 After-class Language Skills Enhancement

Unit 2 Finding Your Mr. Right

 Pre-class Task

 Text A How to Know If lie's The One

 Text B Why Can't a Successful Woman Find a Man?

 Exercises

 In-class Oral Practice

 After-class Language Skills Enhancement

Unit 3 Parenting: Eastern vs. Western

 Pre-class Task

 Text A Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior

 Text B 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do

 Exercises

 In-class Oral Practice

 After-class Language Skills Enhancement

Unit 4 Confidence and Compassion

 Pre-class Task

 Text A Keeping the Heart's Door Open

 Text B On Compassion

 Exercises

 In-class Oral Practice

 After-class Language Skills Enhancement

Unit 5 Aging Period

 Pre-elass Task

 TextA Old Age

 Text B Life's Third Act

 Exercises

 In-class Oral Practice

 After-class Language Skills Enhancement

Unit 6 Digital Citizenship

 Pre-class Task

 Text A The Flight from Conversation

 Text B We Are All Cyborgs Now

 Exercises

 In-class Oral Practice

 After-class Language Skills Enhancement

Unit 7 Work-life Balance

 Pre-class Task

 Text A Understanding the Dynamics of Workaholism

 Text B How to Make Work-life Balance Work

 Exercises

 In-class Oral Practice

 After-class Language Skills Enhancement

Unit 8 Philanthropy and Charity

 Pre-class Task

 Text A Philanthropy Now Yielding Financial Returns

 Text B You Are the Future of Philanthropy

 Exercises

 In-class Oral Practice

 After-class Language Skills Enhancement

Unit 9 Discord on Campus

 Pre-class Task

 Text A The Uses of Fear and Envy in Academe

 Text B USA's Most Selective College

 Exercises

 In-class Oral Practice

 After-class Language Skills Enhancement

Unit 10 Age of Information Overload

 Pre-class Task

 Text A Making Choices in the Age of Information Overload

 Text B Information Is Food

 Exercises

 In-class Oral Practice

 After-class Language Skills Enhancement

Appendix: Keys to Exercises