《泛读教程》是“新空间大学英语”系列教材的主干教材之一。全套教材共四册，可供四个学期使用。
本教材具有较强的针对性，无论是选材还是练习的编排都充分考虑到教学要求和学生的特点。所选材料难度适中，短小精干，便于老师课堂操作和学生课上课下阅读；同时强调趣味性，所选文章贴近学生生活。反映学生感兴趣的话题，能够比较充分地调动学生阅读的热情；同时也注意将不同的文体和题材包括其中，使学生对不同类型的文体和话题有所接触，为他们在今后的就业中很快适应实际工作打好基础。
课后练习形式上注重多样性和趣味性。每个单元除了配有检查学生阅读理解的传统练习，还配有形式新颖的词汇巩固和扩展练习、文化知识练习、任务型练习等。词汇巩固和扩展练习将课文中重点词汇提出来操练．并从课文的题材出发，对相关词汇进行联想扩充，比较好地处理了阅读和词汇量积累之间的关系；任务型练习则有助于开发学生的创新思维能力，加深对所学语言知识的记忆，提高课下自主阅读的积极性。在练习中还融入了很多文化知识，有助于在提高学生理解能力的同时，扩大学生的知识面，增强对英语国家文化的了解。

Unit 1 Job Hunting
　Text A The More One Learns, the More One Loses
　Text B Tips on Job Hunting
　Learning Activities
　Supplementary Reading A CV Example
Unit 2 The Other Side of the World
　Text A What Do You Say after You've Said "Hello"?
　Text B Pets Are Almost Like Family
　Learning Activities
　Supplementary Reading The "War" over the Traffic Police
Unit 3 Science
　Text A Can Babies Be Designed?
　Text B Computer and Chess
　Learning Activities
　Supplementary Reading Top 10 mysteries in Space
Unit 4 Sports Heroes
　Text A Li Ning
　Text B Michael Jordan
　Learning Activities
　Supplementary Reading Lance Armstrong
Unit 5 Food We Eat
　Text A Holiday Eating--Food for Thought
　Text B Working Dinner
　Learning Activities
　Supplementary Reading Food Shock
Unit 6 Unusual Families
　Text A Confessions of a Stepmother
　Text B Come to Our House
　Learning Activities
　Supplementary Reading Foster Adoptions
Unit 7 Environmental Protection
　Text A Pollution Is a Dirty Word
　Text B Waste Deep
　Learning Activities
　Supplementary Reading 40 Ways to Save the Earth
Unit 8 World Rivers
　Text A River and Civilization
　Text B The Huang He
　Learning Activities
　Supplementary Reading The Mississippi River
Unit 9 Focus on China
　Text A A Year without "Made in China"
　Text B North American Hospitality --Underdone
　Learning Activities
　Supplementary Reading Learn to Get Along with China--A prominent American's letter to his grandchildren
Unit 10 Father and Son
　Text A Rooftops
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Unit 11 Movies
Unit 12 Automobiles
Key to Some of the Exercises