《大学基础英语教程》供高等院校非英语专业本科生两学年4个学期使用，重点培养学生综合运用所学英语知识和技能，有效进行口语及书面交际的能力，提高其综合外语文化素养。全教程共4册，每册供一个学期使用。每册教材含12单元课文和3套单元自测题。每一单元含相同或相关主题主、副课文各一篇。主课文前有本单元内容简介、听力活动、口语活动。主课文由读前问题、课文、生词、词组、专有名词、注释、练习几个部分组成。每篇主课文后均配有课文理解、词汇学习、要点综述、英汉互译、语篇构建和话题讨论6项练习。副课文后同样附有生词、词组和注释，配有课文理解(题型与大学英语四级考试速读部分相同)和要点综述两项练习。每单元还配有重点知识或技能及相关练习。

教师参考书中配有每篇课文的参考译文、背景知识、难点分析与练习答案，重点练习部分附有练习答案详解，供教师备课时参考使用。本书为第一册的教师用书。

Unit One Foreign Language Learning

Text A Learn a Foreign Language

Text B 5 Great Reasons to Learna Foreign Language

语法扩充时态

Unit Two College Life

Text A What to Expect from College Life

Text B College Talk

语法扩充动词的语态

Unit Three Love and Friendship

Text A Unconditional Love

Text B The Story of Kyle

语法扩充情态动词

Unit Four Lifestyle and Health

Text A Small Changes Yield Big Benefits

Text B Easy Ways to Lose Weight

语法扩充非谓语动词：动词不定式

Keys to Test One 

Unit Five Sports and Sportsmanship

Text A She Was Not Bornto Walk

Text B My Olympic Story

语法扩充非谓语动词：分词。

Unit Six  Success against Adversity

Text A A Tale of Two Hands

Text B A Violin with Three Strings

语法扩充非谓语动词：动名词

Unit Seven Art and Architecture

Text A An Impossible Bridge

Text B The Pritzker Prize，the Nobel of Architecture 

语法扩充形容词和副词的比较等级

Unit Eight Journey through Life

Text A The Two Roads

Text B Run throughthe Rain

语法扩充连接词与从句

Keys to Test Two

Unit Nine Speaking in Public

Text A Welcoming Remarks by Bill Gates

Text B The Queen’s Speech on Diana’s Death

语法扩充定语从句

Unit Ten Moral Values

Text A The Praying Hands

Text B Moral Values in America

语法扩充指代和一致

Unit Eleven Cultural Differences

Text A American Customs and Etiquette

Text B Chinese Business Culture and Etiquette

语法扩充虚拟语气

Unit Twelve Different Words Different Worlds

TextA How Do Men and Women Think Differently?

TextB How Do Men and Women Speak Differently?

语法扩充倒装语序

Keys to Test Three