封一函、姜亚军主编的《英语泛读教程（第1册）（第2版）》作为英语专业基础阶段的阅读教材旨在扩大学生的词汇量、增强英语语感、丰富英语文化知识、提高人文素养、并培养学生的逻辑思维和形象思维能力，训练略读、寻读、细读和评读等阅读技巧。为满足扩充词汇量、拓展知识面的需要，本书选题范围广泛，内容丰富；为提高学生的思辨能力和阅读欣赏能力，优先选择具有经典意义和收藏价值的文章，有助于学生从西方传统文化和现代文化中汲取精华，了解西方文化独特的精神内涵。练习题旨在引导学生去解读、思考、分析、批评，并激发学生更强烈的阅读欲望。

Unit One

 Text A　Essay on America

 Text B Western Civilization, Our Tradition

Unit Two

 Text A French and English

 Text B The American Character

Unit Three

 Text A Professions for Women

 Text B The Beauty Industry

Unit Four

 Text A The Road to Happiness

 Text B Entropy

Unit Five

 Text A Philistines and Philistinism

 Text B The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life

Unit Six

 Text A Expressing One's Individuality

 Text B Defining the Authentic Self

Unit Seven

 Text A The Worker as Creator or Machine

 Text B Where I Lived, and What I Lived for

Unit Eight

 Text A On the Sense of Humor

 Text B　On Human Nature and Politics

Unit Nine

 Text A Creativity Will Dominate Our Life

 Text B Unlock Your Own Creativity

Unit Ten

 Text A The Long-Haul Degree

 Text B Graduate Degrees, Are They Worth It?

Unit Eleven

 Text A Global Warming & Climate Change

 Text B They Cheat,I Tell You

Unit Twelve

 Text A The Trouble with Television

 Text B Dolly's False Legacy