《大学英语》是一套以全方位、立体化培养学生各项语言基础能力为编写目的的教材，是专业用途英语的*尝试，适用于高等院校中外合作项目的本科生英语教学，也可用于有出国需求的硕士生参考用书或作为普通高校大学英语教学辅助用书。 《大学英语》共上下两册，本书为下册。课文内容以科普性文章为主，侧重学生的阅读、翻译与写作能力的培养，同时补充美国文化常识，巩固语法知识，提高写作水平。本书内容共有16个单元，主要围绕时间管理、人工智能、共享经济、电商平台、人脸识别、无人驾驶、4D打印等大学生感兴趣的科技话题展开，使学生在语言知识学习的同时，了解当代科技成果，引发科技之后的思索，同时提升其人文素养。 本书每个单元主体内容包括五大板块：文化之旅、综合阅读、口语交际、语法知识、写作练习。每个单元的教学内容可在一周的教学时间内完成。

Unit 1 Personal Time Management 1 Section One Culture Smart 1 Understanding American Culture 1 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 2 Personal Time Management 2 Notes 3 Vocabulary 4 Exercises 5 Section Three Speaking Practice 7 Section Four Grammar 7 Adjectives 7 Section Five Writing Practice 8 Unit 2 Clicks to Brick 11 Section One Culture Smart 11 Traditional American Values and Beliefs 11 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 12 Clicks to Brick 12 Notes 14 Vocabulary 15 Exercises 16 Section Three Speaking Practice 18 Section Four Grammar 19 Adverbs 19 Section Five Writing Practice 20 Unit 3 Still Made in China 22 Section One Culture Smart 22 The American Religious Heritage 22 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 23 Still Made in China 23 Notes 25 Vocabulary 26 Exercises 27 Section Three Speaking Practice 29 Section Four Grammar 29 Preposition and Prepositional Phrases 29 Section Five Writing Practice 30 Unit 4 Great Minds 32 Section One Culture Smart 32 The American Frontier Heritage 32 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 33 Great Minds 33 Notes 34 Vocabulary 35 Exercises 37 Section Three Speaking Practice 38 Section Four Grammar 39 It-Pattern 39 Section Five Writing Practice 40 Unit 5 Facial Recognition 42 Section One Culture Smart 42 The American Heritage of Abundance 42 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 43 Facial Recognition 43 Notes 45 Vocabulary 45 Exercises 46 Section Three Speaking Practice 48 Section Four Grammar 48 Coordinate Structure 48 Section Five Writing Practice 49 Unit 6 Driverless Automobiles 51 Section One Culture Smart 51 The World of American Business (Ⅰ) 51 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 52 Driverless Automobiles 52 Notes 54 Vocabulary 54 Exercises 55 Section Three Speaking Practice 57 Section Four Grammar 57 Subordination 57 Section Five Writing Practice 58 Unit 7 The Wellness Boom 61 Section One Culture Smart 61 The World of American Business (Ⅱ) 61 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 62 The Wellness Boom 62 Notes 64 Vocabulary 65 Exercises 66 Section Three Speaking Practice 68 Section Four Grammar 68 Relative Clause 68 Section Five Writing Practice 69 Unit 8 Hypermobility 71 Section One Culture Smart 71 Government and Politics in the United States (Ⅰ) 71 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 72 Hypermobility 72 Notes 74 Vocabulary 74 Exercises 76 Section Three Speaking Practice 77 Section Four Grammar 78 Adverbial Clause 78 Section Five Writing Practice 78 Unit 9 The Threshold of Sustainability for Protected Areas 81 Section One Culture Smart 81 Government and Politics in the United States (Ⅱ) 81 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 82 The Threshold of Sustainability for Protected Areas 82 Notes 84 Vocabulary 84 Exercises 86 Section Three Speaking Practice 88 Section Four Grammar 88 Conditional Clauses 88 Section Five Writing Practice 89 Unit 10 Slaves to the Smartphone 92 Section One Culture Smart 92 Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the United States 92 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 93 Slaves to the Smartphone 93 Notes 95 Vocabulary 95 Exercises 97 Section Three Speaking Practice 98 Section Four Grammar 99 Absolute Construction 99 Section Five Writing Practice 99 Unit 11 Artificial Intelligence 102 Section One Culture Smart 102 Education in the United States 102 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 103 Artificial Intelligence 103 Notes 105 Vocabulary 106 Exercises 108 Section Three Speaking Practice 110 Section Four Grammar 110 Content Clause 110 Section Five Writing Practice 111 Unit 12 Technology in the Workplace Violates Workers’ Privacy 114 Section One Culture Smart 114 How Americans Spend Their Leisure Time (Ⅰ) 114 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 115 Technology in the Workplace Violates Workers’ Privacy 115 Notes 117 Vocabulary 117 Exercises 118 Section Three Speaking Practice 120 Section Four Grammar 121 Reported Speech 121 Section Five Writing Practice 122 Unit 13 4D Printing 124 Section One Culture Smart 124 How Americans Spend Their Leisure Time (Ⅱ) 124 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 125 4D Printing 125 Notes 127 Vocabulary 127 Exercises 128 Section Three Speaking Practice 130 Section Four Grammar 130 Elliptical Construction 130 Section Five Writing Practice 131 Unit 14 The Risks Agriculture Faces in Developing Countries 133 Section One Culture Smart 133 American Family 133 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 134 The Risks Agriculture Faces in Developing Countries 134 Notes 136 Vocabulary 137 Exercises 138 Section Three Speaking Practice 139 Section Four Grammar 140 Inversion 140 Section Five Writing Practice 141 Unit 15 Let’s Stop Pointing Our Camera Phones at Every Single Thing 142 Section One Culture Smart 142 The American Literature 142 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 143 Let’s Stop Pointing Our Camera Phones at Every Single Thing 143 Notes 145 Vocabulary 145 Exercises 146 Section Three Speaking Practice 148 Section Four Grammar 149 Cohesion 149 Section Five Writing Practice 149 Unit 16 A Brief History of Tea 152 Section One Culture Smart 152 The American Media 152 Section Two Comprehensive Reading 153 A Brief History of Tea 153 Notes 155 Vocabulary 156 Exercises 157 Section Three Speaking Practice 159 Section Four Grammar 159 Coherence 159 Section Five Writing Practice 160 References 162