吴英丽主编的《新课程大学英语综合教程(附光盘2)》八个单元组成,每一单元有三篇文章,围绕一个主题,内容彼此联系。选文力求新颖、睿智、励志、经典。体裁丰富多样,既有经典的文学佳作,也有优美的时文。语言地道,内容新颖,贴近学生生活,反映时代潮流。从教材特色上来看,本教材每篇课文都设计了精练的导读,使学生整体把握课文的提要,尽快进入该课文的主题。每一单元中的第二篇和第三篇文章前设置了阅读速度自测,以帮助学生监控自己的阅读速度,培养其阅读策略,提高其阅读技能和自主学习能力。每一单元的三篇文章难度合理,并具有梯度性,其中第一篇文章为精读课文,第二篇和第三篇为泛读课文,但难度不同,方便不同层次的学生使用。同一级别的学生也可以根据不同材料实现精读、泛读等不同阅读目的,充分满足了个性化、分层外语教学的需求,方便教师根据不同层次的教学对象合理选择,并灵活实施不同的教学方案。课后练习题的设计从学生的实际水平出发,遵循循序渐进的原则,着重培养学生的听、说、读、写、译等各项技能。多项练习与现行的大学英语四级考试题型紧密结合,以帮助学生提高语言应用的综合能力和应试能力。
                                    
		
	
                                                                                                                            Unit 1 Discover Yourself
 Text A Power of Personal Attitudes
 Text B Alone Again, Naturally
 Text C Learn to Understand Your Own Intelligence
Unit 2 Health
 Text A The Frugal Way to a Healthier Diet
 Text B Is Stress Catching?
 Text C About Sub-health
Unit 3 Creativity
 Text A The Secret to Creativity
 Text B Creative Living
 Text C The Sylvia Plath Pattern of Creative Flow
Unit 4 Love and Marriage
 Text A Essay on Love
 Text B First Love                                                                                                Unit 1 Discover Yourself
 Text A Power of Personal Attitudes
 Text B Alone Again, Naturally
 Text C Learn to Understand Your Own Intelligence
Unit 2 Health
 Text A The Frugal Way to a Healthier Diet
 Text B Is Stress Catching?
 Text C About Sub-health
Unit 3 Creativity
 Text A The Secret to Creativity
 Text B Creative Living
 Text C The Sylvia Plath Pattern of Creative Flow
Unit 4 Love and Marriage
 Text A Essay on Love
 Text B First Love
 Text C Detour to Romance
Unit 5 Human Ufe
 Text A The Meaning of Life
 Text B The Art of Living
 Text C Every Men's Natural Desire to Be Somebody Else
Unit 6 Cyberspace
 Text A Alienation and the Internet
 Text B Pity the Historians of a Deleted Digital Age
 Text C The Exciting PC Decade
Unit 7 Friendship
 Text A The Nature of Friendship
 Text B A Sand Hill Girl
 Text C A Friend Born Laughing
Unit 8 Art
 Text A Art as a Human Activity
 Text B Art and Life
 Text C My Favorite Painting