《研究生基础英语（2）》根据国家教委颁布的《非英语专业研究生英语教学大纲（试行稿）》编写，供非英语专业硕士研究生、工商管理硕士（MBA）研究生和在职研究生英语教学使用。
　　《研究生基础英语（2）》分两册。第Ⅱ册在第Ⅰ册的基础上编写，也分10个单元，各单元都有作者介绍、课文、生词、词组、注释、练习、阅读材料及其练习等。课文和阅读材料选自英美或当今报刊杂志，练习包括：问题、讨论题、词汇、填空、改错、翻译、应用文写作、阅读理解等。
　　《研究生基础英语（2）》还附有“练习参考答案”，供读者参考

UNIT ONE
Text：The Glorious Messiness of English
Further Reading：An English-Speaking World


UNTI TWO
Text：A season for Hymning and Hawing
Further Reading：Fall Comes in on Roller Skates


UNIT THREE
Text：Farewell，My Unlovely
Further Reading：The City


UNIT FOUR
Text：Music in the Modern World
Further Reading：What to Listen for im Music


UNIT FIVE
Text：Our picture of the Universe
Further Reading：Roaming the Cosmos


UNIT SIX
Text：The Substitute Teacher
Further Reading：My Posse Don't Do Homework


UNIT SEVEN
Text：Allaying the Fear of the New Technology
Further Reading：Staying Afloat


UNTI EIGHT
Text：What Your Body Language Says About You
Further Reading：How to Read Body Language


UNIT NINE
Text：THE Youngest and Brightest Thing Around
Further Reading：New Babies Are Smarter than You Think


UNIT TEN
Text：2001：The World Our Students Will Enter
Further Reading：A Question of Degrees：New Possibilities for Higher Education


APPENDIX Ⅰ
Vocabulary
APPENDIX Ⅱ
Phrases and Expressions
APPENDIX Ⅲ
Key to Exercises