本书是编者在总结多年课堂教学经验的基础上，结合编者所在院校非英语专业研究生的实际英语学习情况而编写的综合阅读教程。该教材主要突出时代性和实用性，旨在通过丰富多彩的内容及各种灵活的教学活动全面提高学生综合运用英语的能力。

Lesson One

 Text：Finally,I Savor the Gratitude of Graduation

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson TwO

 Text：ProfitingfromFriendships atWork

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson Three

 Text：Chemist Leo Baekeland

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson Four

 Text：Two Truths to Live by

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson Five

Text：Active and Passive Euthanasia

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson Six

Text：Neet Generation

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson Seven

 Text：Move over,Big Brother

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson Eight

 Text：How to Reduce StressAnxiety and Worry

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson Nine

 Text：This Was My Mother

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson Ten

 Text：Jane Eyre

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson Eleven

 Text：Keesh

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson Twelve

 Text：I Forgive You

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson Thirteen

 Text：West Meets East

 Supplementary Reading

Lesson Fourteen

 Text：Five Parodoxes of the New Economy

 Supplementary Reading