本系列教程是高等院校研究生外语教学研究会众多专家在研究了新时期我国研究生英语教学的现状及未来发展趋势，并在研究国内外各教育层次的英语教材，特别是我国研究生英语教育层次教材的基础上进行编写的，它吸纳了国内教材注重思想性、人文性、学术性及科学性，扎实打好语言基础等优点，又吸纳了国外社区教育、大众教育、终身教育的实用、应用型教学的特点，使本系列教程在注重培养研究生的语言基本功的同时，又突出了实用能力的训练，着重培养研究生实际使用英语的能力，同时又注意提高学生的综合语言能力和素质。

Unit 0ne

Text  College Lectures：Is Anybody Listening?

Further Reading  Grades and Money

Unit Two

Text Home and Travel

Further Reading  You Must Go Home Again

Unit Three

Text  Endangered Species VS．Human Needs

Further Reading  Extinctions Past．and Present

Unit Four

Text  When MTV Goes CEo

Further Reading  Generation Y：They’ve Arrived at

Work with a New Attitude

Unit'Five

Text  Seven Tene~for Establishing New

Marital Norms

Further Reading  Cohabi~tion Instead of Marriage?

Unit Six

Text  Ambition and Its Enemies

Further Reading  Success

Unit Seven  

Text  Cyberspace：If You Don rt Love Itl Leave It

Further Reading Time to Do Everything But Think

Unit Eight

Text Don’t Let Stereotypes Warp You r J udgment

Further Reading  For My Indian Daughter

Unit Nine

Text  Ethics and Competitiveness

Further Reading  Japanese and American Work Ethics

UnitTen

Text Death and Justice

Further Reading  For Survivors’Sake，Abolish the Death Penalty

Glossary

Phrases and Expressions