《大学英语》系列教材的再修订，以《大学英语课程教学要求（试行）》为依据，历经三年调研，汲取全国百所高校师生的建议和意见，旨在发扬我国大学英语教学的优良传统，推广成功经验，为新时期人才培养再作贡献。融合传统与现代教学理念：强调打好扎实语言基本功，突出综合应用能力的提高；
发挥综合优势，完善原有体系：大幅度、全方位修订《精读》、《泛读》、《听力》、预备级《泛读》、预备级《听力》，重编《快读阅读》、预备级《精读》，删繁就简《语法与练习》；
调整起点，充实优化素材：1800词起点（预备级1300词）；选材全面完备，经典性与现代性、文学性与科普性完美匹配；
革新练习，五种技能并重：阅读材料丰富多彩，听力训练形式多样，词汇练习注重复现，语法操练循序渐进，翻译训练实用全面，口语活动精彩纷呈，写作训练由浅入深，四、六级口、笔试中学生常犯的语言错误讲解分析精辟实用；
辅以现代教育技术手段，充分满足教学需要：同步推出与纸质教材配套的电子教案和学生学习光盘，帮助教师构建新型的课堂教学模式，为学生创造自主式、交互式的学习环境。
《大学英语》是遵照1986年国家教委审定的《大学英语教学大纲（文理科本科用）》编写的一套系列教材，分精读、泛读、听说、快速阅读和语法与练习五种教程，由全国六所重点大学合作编写。教材于1986年出版试用本，1992年出版正式本，并于同年9月荣获全国高等学校第二届优秀教材特等奖，以及国家教委高等学校第二届优秀教材一等奖。
1998年，在广泛征求意见的基础上，《大学英语》系列教材根据《大学英语教学大纲（高等学校本科用）》进行了第一次修订。修订本更加注意文、理、工、农、医等各科的通用性，力求给学生打好“宽、厚、牢”的语言基础。
为了推进大学英语教学改革，适应社会各界对大学生英语能力的要求，教育部于2004年颁布了《大学英语课程教学要求（试行）》（以下简称《课程要求》）。遵照《课程要求》对大学英语提出的教学目标，即“培养学生的英语综合应用能力”，编者于2004年决定对教材进行第二次修订，以满足新时期国家和社会对人才培养的需要。
本次修订原则：
1.教材的定位不变。《大学英语》是综合教育型（English for integrative pm’poses）而非特殊目的型（English for specific purposes）的教材，旨在帮助大学本科各专业学生进一步打下扎实的语言基础。
2.选材原则不变。正因为《大学英语》是综合教育型的，选材必须做到题材广泛，体裁多样，语言规范，有利于打好语言基础。选材遵循三性原则，即趣味性、知识性、可思性，以激发学生学习英语的兴趣。
3.在更新课文时注意经典性与时代性的融合，科普性与文学性的融合，使选文内容经得起时间考验，文字经得起反复咀嚼。这两个融合是教材可教性与可学性的保证，也是教材生命力之所在。
4.本次修订按照《课程要求》所提出的培养“英语综合应用能力”这一目标，着重考虑增强听与说的训练，提高听与说尤其是说的要求。
UNIT ONE
1.My Uncle Theo
2.Never Late-The Flying Bluebird
3.Never Late-The Man in Blue
UNIT TWO
4.The Winter s Snow
5.The Four Seasons in England
6.The Missing Five-Pound Note
UNIT THREE
7.A Useful Stick
8.Travelling Light
9.Your Breakfast Is Served,Madam
UNIT FOUR
10.Cowboys
11.The Garden of Eden
12.A Surprise for Mr.Koffer
UNIT FIVE
13.Socrates
14.The Date Father Didn t Keep
15.Flying Objects
TEST YOURSELF（1）
UNIT SIX
16.The Record
17.The Seven Gifts
18.The Glove
UNIT SEVEN
19.A Good Night s Sleep
20.Working for the Future
21.A Difficult Interview
UNIT EIGHT
22.Two Letters form London
23.Pets
24.En Route
UNIT NINE
25.Queen Cleopatra
26.Chance
27.Cambridge-A Uniersity Town
UNIT TEN
28.Trees Make Cents
29.Here It Comes,There It Goes
30.Personal Banking
TEST YOURSELF（2）
APPENDICES:
Ⅰ Glossary
Ⅱ Key to Test Yourself（1）and （2）
Ⅲ Key to Comprehension of the Text
The train went on noisily through the night and sometimes
I was able to get a little sleep. I was sorry for all the peoplewho were standing up in the corridor. There was no sleep forthem. itwas hard enough for them to stand up, because thefloor was covered6 with all kinds of things. One or two of themsat on their boxes, but most of them had to stand up all theway.
When I awoke in the early morning I felt hot and dirty,and glad that the journey was reaching its end. We were nownot far from Mendova; and as soon as we reached Mendova, Ialways got out and had a wash and something to eat and drink.
At seven minutes past nine The Flying Bluebird stopped.We were at Mendova, and I stood up thankfully. I got downmy two suitcases7, held one in each hand, and tried to movetowards the door into the corridor. In order to get out of thetrain, I had to pass down the corridor to the door at the farend. There was no other way out.
I could not even get into the corridor. There was a suitcaseon the floor by my feet, and three men were standing in myway. I felt a touch of8 fear. I had to get out, you see; I had tocatch my ship, which left at half past eleven. And the train didnot stop again until it reached Endoran,②two hundred milesaway.
"I must get out！" I cried. Everyone there understood me,but no one could move.
At last I was able to put one foot over the suitcase on thefloor, and I nearly reached the door into the corridor. Butthen, very slowly, the train began to move. It was taking meaway！
"Stop！" I cried. "I want to get out！" But no one outsidethe train could hear me, and the people inside did not caremuch.③The train moved a little faster. What could I do？ I wasnot even in the corridor.
Fear made me think quickly. In front of my eyes, justabove the door, was a notice9 that told everyone how to stopthe train. I had to pull an iron thing near the notice. I did notwaste time. I pulled it.
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