《新编综合英语》基础阶段共分4册，本册为第3册，供师范院校英语专业二年级上学期使用。

本册共14个单元。每单元由Preparation，Reading 1，Exploration，Consolidation，Appreciation，Application，Reading 2，Quotations，Quiz九个板块构成，所有活动设计都体现以学习者为中心的理念。本书由熊兵、肖家燕主编。

Unit 1 Leisure and Vacation

 Reading 1 Just Sit back and Relax!

 Reading 2 Leisure Play is Important for Human Collaboration

Unit 2 Religion and Belief

 Reading 1 A Sailor's Christmas Gift

 Reading 2 Eastern Religion and Philosophy

Unit 3 Science and Innovation

 Reading 1 Fat Facts

 Reading 2 Mad Science

Unit 4 Housing and Home

 Reading 1 Closing the Door on a Home

 Reading 2 Making It in China

Unit 5 Nature and Disaster

 Reading 1 In the Blazing Eye of the Inferno

 Reading 2 Natural Disasters: Protect Your Identity

Unit 6 Employment and Career

 Reading 1 No Gumption

 Reading 2 The Shifting Definition of Worker L.oyalty

Unit 7 Medicine and Health

 Reading 1 A Nation of Hypochondriacs

 Reading 2 Every Breath You Take

Unit 8 News and Media

 Reading 1 Killing the Messenger

 Reading 2 Bits, Bands and Books

Unit 9 Energy and Resources

 Reading 1 Light is the Bright IDEA for Transport

 Reading 2 Shining Light on the Cost of Solar Energy

Unit 10 Film and Cinema

 Reading 1 Avatar Ascendant

 Reading 2 Early Cinema

Unit 11 Fashion and Style

 Reading 1 The Real Skinny

 Reading 2 The Fashion Industry's Old Business Model is out of Style

Unit 12 Sports and Games

 Reading 1 Drugs: Sports' Prisoner's Dilemma

 Reading 2 Athletes should not be Role Models

Unit 13 Art and Architecture

 Reading 1 Thinking Architecture

 Reading 2 The Monster

Unit 14 History and Civilization

 Reading 1 To know Yourself, Get to Know the Dead

 Reading 2 Being a Teenage History Buff