张砚秋编著的《大学英语泛读(5）》为《大学英语》系列教材(第三版)泛读教程。本次修订是按照2004年教育部颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求(试行)》并结合当前我国大学英语的实际情况而进行的。因此，我们的修订方向是：在提高阅读能力的同时，要注重培养学生综合应用英语的能力。
《大学英语》泛读教程第五、六册在本次修订时，听取了使用院校的意见，压缩了篇幅，由每册十个单元压缩到八个单元，每单元仍保留三篇课文。由于各院校课程安排不同，各地学生阅读能力存在差异，各院校可视具体情况有选择地使用本教材。我们在编排时，每个单元的第一课内容更精彩，使用时可着重处理。
Unit One
How to Be a Patient Person
Snapshot of a Dog
Is Speed Reading Overrated?
Unit Two
I Gave My Word to Become Educated
Women and the Vote
Hollywood
Unit Three
Long Walk to Freedom
Less Time for House Chores
"I Wants to Go to the Prose".
Unit Four
Home, Sweet (and Sour) Home
The Egalitarian Error
A Family Who Nurtured a Superstar
Test Yourself(1)
Grant and Lee
Self-Esteem: The Myth of Feeling Good About Oneself
The Open Window
Unit Six
I Went to Oxford
Hiking the Appalachian Trail
The Future of International Communications
Unit Seven
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
Heritage of Freedom (I)
Heritage of Freedom (II)
Unit Eight
The Legacy of D-Day
The Money
Travels with Charley
Test Yourself
Appendices
Glossary
Key to Test Yourself (1) and (2)
Key to Comprehension of the Text
