为了更好地满足广大师生教与学的需求，更好地体现我国大学英语教学分类指导、因材施教的原则，北京大学出版社外语编辑部和本教材总主编协商，决定对《大学基础英语教程》进行全面修订，并于2013年7月召开了教材修订会。会上，出版社领导、分册主编和责任编辑对教材修订的相关事宜进行了热烈讨论，确定了教材修订的原则、内容、体例、要求、分工和进度。
本次修订的许明武主编的《大学基础英语教程(附光盘第2版第3册学生用书大学英语立体化网络化创新系列教材)》沿袭了教材第一版适用、实用、简约、励志的编写理念，保持了唯实性、简约性、实用性和教育性的教材特色，针对我国大学英语教学的新形势和新要求，结合反馈，对教材的课文内容、练习形式、录音制作、学习课件、版式设计、装帧美观等多个方面做了全新改版．以更好地满足广大师生，特别是音体美院校和民族地区院校师生英语教与学的需求。
Unit One Growing Up
Text A The Baby Eagle
Text B Coke and Smile
Translation in Focus
Unit Two Dealing with Relationships
Text A Friendship of American Style
Text B Valentine's Day
Translation in Focus
Unit Three Making a Miracle
Text A The Price of a Miracle
Text B Power of Encouragement
Translation in Focus
Unit Four Riddles of Food
Text A We Are What We Eat
Text B Just Slow Down and Eat
Translation in Focus
Test One
Unit Five Parents' Love
Text A A Goodbye Kiss
Text B Living with Your Teen: Understanding the Changing Parent-Teen Relationship
Translation in Focus
Unit Six My Belief about Life
Text A Being Content with Myself
Text B A Kind and Generous Heart
Translation in Focus
Unit Seven College and Career
Text A Does a Degree Guarantee You a Good Job?
Text B Dreams
Translation in Focus
Unit Eight Celebrities and Fashion
Text A Dresses Show Queen's "Model-Perfect" Figure
Text B Single Celebrities Look for Love
Translation in Focus
Test Two
Vocabulary
