顾大僖编著的《综合教程》是“新世纪大学英语系列教材”中的主干教程，是根据教育部高等教育颁发的《大学英语课程教学要求》编写的。本书以国内外先进教学理论为指导，融多种教学模式和手段为一体，从选材到教学环节的设计均体现“聚焦于学习者”和“聚焦于文本”的理念。本书选材贴近生活，注重思想性、真实性、知识性和趣味性；教学内容安排科学、系统，强调听、说、读、写、译等技能全面发展；练习设计强调实用性、新颖性、趣味性和可操作性。并且本书还配有“助学光盘”、为学生提供了完整、多元、立体化的英语教学平台。

Unit 1

Text Ⅰ The Fourth of July/2

Text Ⅱ Champion of the World /19

Unit 2

Text Ⅰ The Struggle to Ber an All.American Girl /25

Text Ⅱ No Name Woman /41

Unit 3

Text Ⅰ A Hanging /46

Text Ⅱ Shooting an Elephant/65

Unit 4

Text Ⅰ Force of Nature /70

Text Ⅱ Her World on a String /86

Unit 5

Text Ⅰ Give Me:Liberty or Give Me Death /94

Text Ⅱ IHaveaDream /i12

Unit 6

Text Ⅰ How America Lives /120

Text Ⅱ On the Pressures and Politics of Waiting in Line /136

Unit 7

Text Ⅰ The Art ofSmart Guessing /142

Text Ⅱ Education /158

Unit 8

Text Ⅰ Love and Resentment /163

Text Ⅱ Gay/179

Unit 9

Text Ⅰ Kids and Computers: Digital Danger /184

Text Ⅱ The World of E-Books Is Here /200

Unit 10

Text Ⅰ The New Immorality /205

Text Ⅱ Growing Old /220

Unit 11

Text Ⅰ Beauty /227

Text Ⅱ A Grateful Wife Has Second Thoughts /243

Unit 12

Text Ⅰ Clothes Make the Man - Uneasy/248

Text Ⅱ The Feminine Physique/266

Unit 13

Text Ⅰ The Battle of the Ants /272

Text Ⅱ The Alligators ofEast Florida /290

Unit 14

Text Ⅰ Are We Raising a Generation of Spoilt Brats? t297

Text Ⅱ Education Begins at Home/315

Glossary /323