马凤春主编的《大学英语教程（第二册）》所选篇章题材广泛，均短小精悍、语言规范、内容新颖，富有时代气息，融知识性、趣味性和可思性于一体；全套教材练习形式多样，既便于教师在课堂上教学，也便于学生课后自学；学生通过本教程的学习不仅能够掌握语言技能和知识，而且能够增进对中西文化的了解，掌握良好的学习英语的方法，为今后进一步学习英语打下扎实的基础。

Unit 1 Education

 Text A Education Counts\\2

 Exercises\\4

 Word Building: Compound Adjectives(I)

 Text B Schooling and Education \\8

 Exercises\\9

 Grammar：Prepositions

 Communication\\ 13

 Writing: Simple Sentence and Compound Sentence

Unit 2 Sports

 Text A The Olympic Games\\17

 Exercises\\ 18

 Word Building.：Compound Adjectives(II)

 Text B I Was on the Bikeway\\21

 Exercises\\23

 Grammar: Adverbs

 Communication\\26

 Writing : Adverbial Clause

Unit 3 Career

 Text A Unemployment Insurance Eligibility\\30

 Exercises\\32

 Word Building：Compound Adjectives(II)

 Text B My First Job\\35

 Exercises\\37

 Grammar：Determiners

 Communication\\40

 Writing：Attributive Clause

Unit 4 Health

 Text A Walk Your Way to Better Health\\43

 Exercises\\45

 Word Building：Compound Adjectives(IV)

 Text B Finding a Balance\\48

 Exercises\\50

 Grammar：Pronoun : It

 Communication\\ 53

 Writing: Noun Clause

Model Text 1

Unit 5 Marriage

 Text A The American Way: Marriage\\61

 Exercises\\63

 Word Building：Compound Verbs

 Text B Divorce Rate\\67

 Exercises\\68

 Grammar.：Attributive Clause

 Communication\\ 71

 Writing：Paragraph Writing

Unit 6 Business

 Text A The Coming Home Business Boom\\76

 Exercises\\79

 Word Building：Blending Words

 Text B Shopping the 21st Century Way\\82

 Exercises\\84

 Grammar：Noun Clause

 Communication\\ 86

 Writing：Paragraph Development by Listing and Examples

Unit 7 Love

 Text A Love Beyond the Grave\\91

 Exercises\\93

 Word Building: Conversion

 Text B How the Picture Changes\\97

 Exercises\\99

 Grammar : Subjunctive Mood

 Communication\\ 103

 Writing:Paragraph Development by Cause and Effect

Unit 8 Science

 Text A Will Humans Ever Visit Mars? \\107

 Excercises\\109

 Word Building: Back-formation

 Text B The Value of DNA Evidence\\113

 Exercises\\115

 Grammar: Inversion

 Communication\\118

 Writing: Paragraph Development by Comparison and Contrast

Model Test 2