《全新版大学英语》(第二版)系列教材秉承首版教材的优良传统，继承兼收并蓄的折中主义教学理念，参照《大学英语课程教学要求》修订，更加贴近教学实际，更有效提**习者语言综合应用能力，更好满足新时期人才培养需求。《全新版大学英语<第2版>阅读教程(通用本学生用书5普通高等教育十一五**级规划教材)》(作者李霄翔)是该套书中的一册，共8个单元，每单元有3篇阅读文章，共有24篇阅读文章

Unit One
1. What Is a Great Book?
2. A Love Affair with Books
3. Body English
Unit Two
4. Avolding the Road to Ruin
5. "By June I'll Be as Spiky as a Needle. By Christmas I'll Be a
Cushion.".
6. A Little Bit of Butter for My Bread: Nutrition in the Future
Unit Three
7. Lying to Liars
8. Seeing Is Believinh
9. A Case of Mutual Distrust
Unit Four
10. The Life of the Mind - A Tribute to Two Professors
11. Superiority Complex
12. What We Learn from Anthropology
Unit Five
13. How to Win the War on Global Warming
14. Move Over, Polar Bear
15. Going Green by Empowering, Choice
Unit Six
16. A Is for Asp
17. Love Among, the Onions
18. Literacy Is Everything
Unit Seven
19. Internet Wagering: A Growing, Concern
20. Christmas Morning (I)
21. Christmas Morning (II)
Unit Eight
22. Sex, Lies and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and
Women to Talk to Each Other?
23. Unplugged: The Myth of Computers in the Classroom
24. In Search of Einstein's Genius
Appendices
Glossary
Key to Comprehension Exercise I of the Texts