这本《新视角大学英语教程(下)》由侯先绒主编，共分八个单元，每个单元包括：课文两篇(Text A，Text B)、课文注释、练习、语法专项、口语与写作、练习答案和译文。课文选材于英文报刊、书籍等的原文，包括科普知识、历史文化、社会生活、名人轶事、体育卫生、自然环境等，题材广泛、体裁多样，每课课文后有比较详细的注释，不仅针对课文中重点词汇、语法、语言难点进行注释，还附有例句和译文。每单元设一交际功能及情景，提供典型实例供学生背记、模仿。另外，每单元还有写作专项，第一册每单元提供写作基本知识，第二和第三册每单元设一个应用写作项目，提供实例，简单实用。此部分着重培养学生使用英语的能力。

Unit 1 Cultures

 Text A Dealing with Culture Shock

 Text B What do Spanish People Like to Eat?

 Grammar Review

 Communication Links

 Chinese Version

 Key to Exercises

Unit 2 Education

 Text A School vs. Family in Shaping One's Personality

 Text B Right or Wrong: The Death of Handwriting?

 Grammar Review

 Communication Links

 Chinese Version

 Key to Exercises

Unit 3 Attitudes towards Life

 Text A Life Comes in a Package

 Text B Rock ,of Ages

 Grammar Review

 Communication Links

 Chinese Version

 Key to Exercises

Unit 4 Job-hunting

 Text A Ingenuity is Key to Lauding a Position

 Text B Studying in the US: The Job Market

 Grammar Review

 Communication Links

 Chinese Version

 Key to Exercises

Unit 5 Human Virtues

 Text A Moral Issues

 Text B Helping Others

 Grammar Review

 Communication Links

 Chinese Version

 Key to Exercises

Unit 6 Entertainment

 Text A Our Leisure Time Choices

 Text B Soap Operas: Advantages and Disadvantages of Watching Them

 Grammar Review

 Communication Links

 Chinese Version

 Key to Exercises

Unit 7 Space Exploration

 Text A Exploring Mars

 Text B Back to the Moon

 Grammar Review

 Communication Links

 Chinese Version

 Key to Exercises

Unit 8 Future Life

 Text A Life in 2050

 Text B Life after Graduation

 Grammar Review

 Communication Links

 Chinese Version

 Key to Exercises