王欣、于涛主编的《大学英语阅读——人文生活》撷取的文章，皆经编者在遍览英语优秀刊物基础上精挑细选，体现了英语语言最新的发展现状。细细品味，既能提高读者的英语阅读能力，又能在学习中净化心灵，陶冶情操。

《大学英语阅读——人文生活》由“ANECDOTE”、“MY FAMILY”、“HAPPY TIME”、“PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS”、“INSPIRATION”、“PEOPLE”等几个板块构成，既适合在校大学生提高英语阅读能力，也适用于广大英语爱好者、英语教师、培训人员等群体。

UNIT ONE ANECDOTE

 TEXT 1: A First Grader at Age 70

 TEXT 2: Catching a Carjacker

 TEXT 3: Day-care Drama

 TEXT 4: Dog Attack Rescue

 TEXT 5: Close Call in a Hotel Fire

 TEXT 6: I Will Remember

 TEXT 7: Miracle Girl

 TEXT 8: Roadside Inferno

 TEXT 9: So Near, yet So Far

 TEXT 10: Teen Celebrity Entrepreneurs

 TEXT 11: The Legend of the Fir-free

 TEXT 12: Trading Up: How a PaperClip Became a House

 TEXT 13: The Story of the Blue God

 TEXT 14: The Giver Who Was the Gift

UNIT TWO MY FAMILY

 TEXT 1: In Sickness, in Health

 TEXT 2: It's Just the Sun Rising

 TEXT 3: The Cricket War

 TEXT 4: Why the Cat Is Always Right about the Importance of Habit

 TEXT 5: Many Happy Returns

 TEXT 6: Music Man

 TEXT 7: The Rooster

 TEXT 8: 11-year-old Survivor of Floodwaters Saves Her Family

 TEXT 9: A Pig Decision

 TEXT 10: On Balance

 TEXT 11: In the Nick of Time

 TEXT 12: An Unconventional and Unforgettable Dad

 TEXT 13: Driving Lesson

 TEXT 14: Comic Inspiration

UNIT THREE HAPPYTIME

 TEXT 1: Windows Setup CD

 TEXT 2:22 Minutes of Fun

 TEXT 3: An Enlightening Tale

 TEXT 4: And There's the Rub!

 TEXT 5: Hermann: the Irascible

 TEXT 6: Kitchen Confidential

 TEXT 7: So Sue Me!

 TEXT 8: Plutonic Friends

 TEXT 9: The Rat Pact

 TEXT 10: Why the Man of the House Doesn't Do Windows

 TEXT 11: The Phantom Luncheon

 TEXT 12: Alarming Events

 TEXT 13: What Does a Film Producer Do2

UNIT FOUR PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

 TEXT 1: From Jail to Wall Street

 TEXT 2: My One Big Shot

 TEXT 3: Positive Thinkers

 TEXT 4: Second Chance

 TEXT 5: The Crossword Puzzle Master

 TEXT 6: Teacher's Bet

 TEXT 7: How Bread Made Her a Millionaire

 TEXT 8: Fit to Lead

 TEXT 9: He Had a Hunch

 TEXT 10: Against the Odds

 TEXT 11: Marie Greenwood Championed Minority Teachers through 30 Years in the Classroom

UNIT FIVE INSPIRATION

 TEXT 1: My Daughter's Noble Sacrifice

 TEXT 2: If I Had Ten More Years

 TEXT 3: No Pet Left Behind

 TEXT 4: A Visit to the Elephant Sanctuary

 TEXT 5:100 Friends Help Change Thousands of Lives

 TEXT 6: Morn Connects Families to Feed the Hungry

 TEXT 7: To Make the World a Smaller Place

 TEXT 8: Making Poor Black Kids into Competitive Swimmers

UNIT SIX PEOPLE

 TEXT 1: Chicken Soup for the Soul Series: 30 Years of Inspiring Stories

 TEXT 2: Kinky Friedman

 TEXT 3: The Mandolin Player

 TEXT 4: Hail to the Chef

 TEXT 5: Staying Number One

 TEXT 6: Why We're Fascinated

 TEXT 7: Plane Crazy: Daredevil Pilot