秦乐娱、傅丽颖主编的《大学英语（上）》参照《大学英语教学大纲》及《普通高等专科英语课程教学基本要求》，以供成人高校理、工、文、师范等非英语专业的专科生（包括全日制、夜大学和函授大学学生）学习使用。本教材充分考虑到了成人学生英语学习的特点，突出了教材的科学性、趣味性和系统性，强调教材功能的完整性，分单元循序渐进，可操作性强，便于教师课堂内教学安排及学生课后自主学习。在本教材编写过程中，编者十分重视选材和练习能贯穿窄式主题输入，每单元的各项技能活动都能围绕着同一主题进行，这有利于提高学生英语学习的兴趣，更熟练地理解和运用各语域共用的常用表达方式。同时，教材编写注重学生的技能培养，每单元内容设置包括听、说、读、写、译各环节，旨在增强学生运用英语进行交际的综合能力。

Unit 1 Learning Strategies

 Communicative Skills

 Text A How to Cater to Your Personal Learning Type

 Grammar Focuss

 Text B How to Become More Intelligent Than You Are Now

 Practical Writing

 Merry Learning

Unit 2 Attitudes to Life

 Communicative Skills

 Text A No Arms, No Legs and No Worries （I）

 Grammar Focuss

 Text B No Arms, No Legs and No Worries （11）

 Practical Writing

 Merry Learning

Unit 3 Friendship

 Communicative Skills

 Text A Traits of True Friends

 Grammar Focuss

 Text B Motivational Story of Friendship

 Practical Writing

 Merry Learning

Unit 4 Marriage and Love

 Communicative Skills

 Text A How We Kept a Long Marriage

 Grammar Focuss

 Text B Love Chaser

 Practical Writing

 Merry Learning

Unit 5 Sports

 Communicative Skills

 Text A Sports Are Good for Children' s Health

 Grammar Focuss

 Text B Kobe Bryant: The Greatest Basketball Player

 Practical Writing

 Merry Learning

Unit 6 Tourism and Travel

 Communicative Skills

 Text A The Robben Island Experience We Will Never Forget

 Grammar Focuss

 Text B The Best Cities in the World

 Practical Writing

 Merry Learning

Unit 7 Manners

 Communicative Skills

 Text A On the Art of Living with Others

 Grammar Focuss

 Text B 10 Unwritten Laws of Web Etiquette

 Practical Writing

 Merry Learning

Unit 8 Fashion

 Communicative Skills

 Text A The Various Countries

 Grammar Focuss

 Text B How Old Age Became a Fashion Trend

 Practical Writing

 Merry Learning

Unit 9 Foods

 Communicative Skills

 Text A American Foods

 Grammar Focuss

 Text B World Food Crisis Eats into Grain Reserves

 Practical Writing

 Merry Learning

Unit 10 Famous People

 Communicative Skills

 Text A Shakespeare

 Grammar Focuss

 Text B Rene Descartes

 Practical Writing

 Merry Learning

Unit 11 Computer and Internet

 Communicative Skills

 Text A Computer Service

 Grammar Focuss

 Text B Cyber Security

 Practical Writing

 Merry Learning

Unit 12 Nature and Enviroment

 Communicative Skills

 Text A A Report of Soil Pollution in China

 Grammar Focuss

 Text B Ecofriendly Products

 Practical Writing

 Merry Learning