《应用英语教程综合英语3》为高等学校英语专业基础教材，适用于综合英语课程。本教材融听说读写为一体，每个单元含有两篇主题相近、角度不同的选篇。其中，Text A作为精读课文，配有课前拓展学习任务，课文后面配有课文注释、词汇表、重难点讲解和练习。练习层层深入，在充分理解选篇内涵和外延的基础上，配有大量的词汇、语法和翻译方面的练习，以夯实学生的语言基本功。此外，还有专门的口语和写作板块，用以加强学生的口头和笔头表达能力。Text B作为泛读选篇，目的在于提高学生的自主学习能力和思辨能力，通过设置适合自主学习的题目，加强学生的自我学习能力。此外，还配有课文主题欣赏和写作分析的板块，以提高学生的文本分析能力和写作水平。

UNIT 1 College Education
Text A Is a College Degree Really Worth the Time andMoney Spent?
Text B The Future of College Education: Students for Life,Computer Advisers and Campuses Everywhere
UNIT 2 Life Stories
Text A Stephen Hawking's Life Story:The Peculiar PhysicistTurned Global lcon
Text B The Key to Language
UNIT 3 Internet and Our Life
Text A What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Text B Internet Ethics and Netiquette
UNIT 4 Learning from History
Text A The Outbreak of World War Il in Europe
Text B The Diary of a Young Girl
UNIT 5 The Beauty of Literature
Text A A Reflection on the Nobel Prize in Literature
Text B Nature
UNIT 6 Exploring the Inner World
Text A Teach Kids to Daydream
Text B How We Talk Ourselves into Worry
UNIT 7 Language and Communication
Text A Gender Differences in Communicative Behaviour
Text B Languages in Contact
UNIT 8 Art and Artists
Text A The Essence of Traditional Chinese Painting
Text B Decoding Leonardo
UNIT 9 Mass Media
Text A The Reality Behind Reality TV
Text B The Role and Influence of Mass Media
UNIT 10 Another Look at Innovation
Text A End the Innovation Obsession
Text B What I Learned from Trying to Innovate at the NewYork Times
UNIT 11 Love and Expression
Text A I Forgave My Mom After More than 30Years–AndIt Healed My Soul
Text B Birth of a Sister
UNIT 12 Tourism Management
Text A Ecotourism: Another Way to See the World
Text B Sustainable Tourism Gains Traction