《老年大学英语》教材上册“生活篇”是为“零起点”的老年学习者量身定做的英语入门教材，涵盖了26个字母、48个音标以及打招呼问候、拜访朋友、交通出行、外出游玩、家庭成员、点餐就餐、住房评价、兴趣爱好等各方面的日常用语。每一单元由精选话题、单词、练习、知识拓展等四部分构成，使老年学习者在身临其境的精选话题中掌握地道的英语口语，并在口语练习中扩大自己的词汇量，知识拓展可帮助老年学习者更好地掌握一般现在时、现在进行时、一般过去时、一般将来时等基本用法以及其他基础语法知识。
《老年大学英语》教材下册“旅游篇”主要应对出国旅游，涵盖了登机前、飞机上、入境、酒店入住、酒店服务、外出就餐、购物、问路、公共交通、丢东西、生病等专题学习，每一单元基本由精选话题、单词、实用表达、常用词汇、口语练习等四至五部分构成，书后的附录涵盖了出国旅行必备的酒店常用词汇、用餐常用词汇、购物常用词汇，为老年学习者提供有用、够用、实用的旅游学习资源。

生活篇
Lesson 1 English Letters and Phonetics英文字母和音标
Lesson 2 Good Morning早上好
Lesson 3 What's This？这是什么
Lesson 4 What's That in English？这个在英语中怎么说？
Lesson 5 Is This a Dog？这是一只狗吗？
Lesson 6 How Do You Do？您好
Lesson 7 How Are You？您好吗？
Lesson 8 It Doesn't Matter没关系
Lesson 9 I'm From China我来自中国
Lesson 10 Visiting a Friend拜访朋友
Lesson 11 A Photo of My Family我家的全家福
Lesson 12 I'm not Busy我不忙
Lesson 13 Kevinis a Foreigner凯文是一个外国人
Lesson 14 He Looks Very Young他看起来很年轻
Lesson 15 My Home Is Far Away我家很远
Lesson 16 How Do You Come to School？你怎么来学校？
Lesson 17 I'm a Retired Engineer我是一名退休工程师
Lesson 18 Let's Go to the Zoo让我们去动物园吧
Lesson 19 Have a Nice Day！玩得开心！
Lesson 20 Let's Go to the Park让我们去公园吧
Lesson 21 What's Your Favorite Sport？你最喜欢什么运动？
Lesson 22 Spring Is in the Air春意盎然
Lesson 23 Healthy and Strong老当益壮
Lesson 24 What's Your Secret？你的秘诀是什么？
Lesson 25 How Many People are There in Your Family？你家有多少人？
Lesson 26 What Are You Doing Now？你正在干什么？
Lesson 27 Let's GO to a Restaurant我们去饭店吧
Lesson 28 What Shall We Have For Dinner？我们晚餐吃什么？
Lesson 29 Welcome to My New Apartment欢迎来到我的新公寓
Lesson 30 I Like to Live High in the Building我喜欢住高层
Lesson 31 When Did You Get Up Yesterday？你昨天什么时候起床的？
Lesson 32 He Likes Music他喜欢音乐
Lesson 33 My Watch Has Stopped我的手表停了
Lesson 34 Where Shall We Go This Summer？今年夏天我们去哪里？
Lesson 35 Healthy Diet健康饮食
旅游篇
Lesson 1 Booking Flight预订机票
Lesson 2 Checking in办理登机手续
Lesson 3 Checking Luggage行李托运
Lesson 4 Security Check安检
Lesson 5 Boarding登机
Lesson 6 On Board--Looking for Seat在飞机上——找座位
Lesson 7 Placing Luggage摆放行李
Lesson 8 Food and Drink on the Plane飞机上的饮食
Lesson 9 Baggage Claim提取行李
Lesson 10 Going through Customs过海关
Lesson 11 Information Counter 1机场问讯处1
Lesson 12 Information Counter 2机场问讯处2
Lesson 13 At the Reception Desk在接待处
Lesson 14 Checking in登记人住酒店
Lesson 15 Check-in Room Service人住酒店服务
Lesson 16 Luggage Placed行李安置
Lesson 17 Laundry Service洗衣服务
Lesson 18 Cleaning Room客房清理
Lesson 19 The Toilet doesn't Flush马桶不能冲水了
Lesson 20 Booking Tables订餐
Lesson 21 How to Order如何点餐
Lesson 22 Paying by Credit Card信用卡结账
Lesson 23 Shopping购物
Lesson 24 What's the Material of This Dress？这件衣服是什么料子？
Lesson 25 Bargain and Check砍价和结账
Lesson 26 How to Apply For Tax Refund如何办理退税
Lesson 27 Asking Directions问路
Lesson 28 I'm Lost我迷路了
Lesson 29 Transportation交通
Lesson 30 How to Take Subway？怎样乘坐地铁？
Lesson 31 I Lost My Bag我的包丢了
Lesson 32 Sickness生病
附录1 酒店常用词汇
附录2 用餐常用词汇
附录3 购物常用词汇