薛伟、薛主编的《大学体育英语》含15个教学单元，涉及体育概论、体育心理学、体育社会学、学校体育学、体育保健学、民族传统体育、武术理论、中国武术史、民间体育锻炼、运动训练学、运动解剖学、运动生理学和力量训练法等多个体育本科专业。通过体育专业英语阅读学习，不但可以拓宽学生英语知识面，还可以丰富学生的体育专业知识，强化其对体育专业大类通识知识的掌握。本教材面向体育、师范和综合院校的体育英语专业、传媒专业、体育教育专业及体育专业低年级学生，助其更好地完成大学英语课程教学要求规定的“一般要求”，亦适用于具有大学英语一年级学习经验或相近水平的体育爱好者和体育专业人士阅读参考。

Unit One

 Passage A  Sex Discrimination in Sports  / 1

 Passage B  Famous Female Athletes from the Past/4

 Passage C  Milestones in the Development of Olympic Games for Women/8

Unit Two

 Passage A  Obesity, Exercise, and the Role of Schools/14

 Passage B  Worldwide Physical Education/17

 Passage C  Parents May Not Recognize Obesity in Their Own Children/21

Unit Three

 Passage A  Benefits of Exercise/30

 Passage B  Winter Swimming/34

 Passage C  What about Running and Burning Fat?/37

Unit Four

 Passage A  Getting a Grip on Body Composition/45

 Passage B  High Protein Diet for Athletes/49

 Passage C  Protein and Amino Acids for Athletes/52

Unit Five

 Passage A  Advantages & Disadvantages of Commercialization in Sports/59

 Passage B  Why Do Businesses Sponsor Certain Sports & Athletes?/62

 Passage C  Michael Jordan and His Business Interests/66

Unit Six

 Passage A  Train Like an Olympian/73

 Passage B  Strength Training for Female Athletes/76

 Passage C  Basketball Strength Training/81

Unit Seven

 Passage A  First Lady Michelle Obama's Address to the International Olympic Committee/88

 Passage B  How the Olympic Games Started/91

 Passage C  The Olympic Motto/94

Unit Eight

 Passage A  Comparing Sources of Stress in College Student Athletes and Non-Athletes/ 101

 Passage B  When Psychologists Teach Coaches How to Coach, Young Athletes Feel Better and Play Longer/104

 Passage C  Coaching the Coaches/107

Unit Nine

 Passage A  Yoga: Your Practice/112

 Passage B  Tinikling: The Philippine National Dance/115

 Passage C  Traditional Ethnic Sports in China/118

Unit Ten

 Passage A  Training of Chinese Martial Arts/126

 Passage B  Shaolin and Temple-Based Martial Arts/! 29

 Passage C  The Original Meaning of Chinese Wushu/132

Unit Eleven

 Passage A  The Anatomy of Sports Injuries/137

 Passage B  Use Cycling Phases for Massive Muscle Gains/140

 Passage C  There Is No Such Thing as a Good or Bad Stretch/143

Unit Twelve

 Passage A  Nutrition for Athletes/150

 Passage B  Vegetarian Athletes/154

 Passage C  Common Mistakes in Nutrition for Athletes/158

Unit Thirteen

 Passage A  History of Chinese Kong Fu/165

 Passage B  The Shaolin Temples/169

 Passage C  List of Animal Styles in Martial Arts/173

Unit Fourteen

 Passage A  Kinesiology Tapes/180

 Passage B  ACL Injury and Female Athletes/184

 Passage C  Kids' Soccer Injuries/188

Unit Fifteen

 Passage A  How to Define Body Strength/195

 Passage B  Benefits of Good Core Strength/198

 Passage C  Core Strength Training/202

 Answer Keys  /209