《新编英语泛读教程》是高等学校英语专业的系列泛读教材，旨在有效提高学生的英语应用技能。本册教程旨在帮助学生通过阅读更长更难的文章进一步扩大词汇量和知识面，进一步提高阅读速度和阅读理解能力。全书16 个单元，每单元包含两篇文章，各有词汇、注释及练习。书后附有生词表、词组和表达方式、练习答案及外交部长李肇星答记者问以供阅读欣赏。
　　本教程供高等学校英语专业学生作为泛读教材，尤其适合高职高专院校学生使用，对自学者提高英语阅读能力也大有裨益。

Unit 1
　Text A The Gift of Love
　Text B Poetry in Motion
Unit 2
　Text A Can Ethics Be Taught?
　Text B Who's That Strange Monkey in the Mirror?
Unit 3
　Text A China,A Land with the Culture for the Living
　Text B School Where Chinese Is Compulsory
Unit 4
　Text A Speech by Jiang Zemin at the Banquet to Celebrate the Opening of the '99 Fortune Global Forum in Shanghai
　Text B Welcome to America!
Unit 5
　Text A Long March's Peak. China's Admission to WTO
　Text B Guests Welcome
Unit 6
　Text A Why Girls Worry More than Boys
　Text B Yoga's Growing Popularity in U. S. Attracts Cash
Unit 7
　Text A Transformed by Tomatoes
　Text B Are They Getting the Message?
Unit 8
　Text A Parenting President--Interview with Former President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush (Excerpts)
　Text B New IOC Chief Seen as "Mr, Clean"
Unit 9
　Text A How Jazz Began?
　Text B Give Residents a Place to Park
Unit 10
　Text A The Lost Phoebe
　Text B Mothers in Many Tongues
Unit 11
　Text A A Hard Day in the Kitchen
　Text B The Race against Avian Flu
Unit 12
　Text A Work, Labor and Play
　Text B Did He Say Chickens?
Unit 13
　Text A Moment of Protest
　Text B The Silent Killer
Unit 14
　Text A Your Happiness Is in Your Hands
Text B Can Sunny Thoughts Halt Cancer?
Unit 15
　Text A I Got My B.A. by Sheer Luck (Part One)
　Text B I Got My B. A. by Sheer Luck (Part Two)
Unit 16
　Text A Remembering Richard Nixon
　Text B Find the Fun in Shakespeare
Appendixes
　Appendix 1 W.ord List
　Appendix 2 Phrases and Expressions
　Appendix 3 Key to the Exercises
　Appendix 4 Additional Readings
　　1.Foreign Minister on International Issues and China's Foreign Policy