《大学英语精读6（学生用书）（第3版）》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《快速阅读》、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，经典性与时代性、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。

Unit 1 Street Trees
pick + ;
get +
The Meth Buster
essay writing
write a brief essay explaining how you will contribute to the building of your neighborhood into a more harmonious one

Unit 2 The Quest for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
When I Heard the Leamd Astronomer
carry+ ; work +
The Case for UFOs
abstract writing
write an abstract, of about 150 words based on a reading passage

Unit 3 The Library Card
Negro Spirituals
call + lie +
The Ethics of Living Jim Crow
composition writing
write a composition based on a graph in about 150 words

Unit 4 How Could Anything That Feels So Bad Be So Good?
talk+ ; hear +
Our Way of Life Makes Us Miserable
abstract writing
write an abstract of about 150 words based on a reading passage

Test Yourself 1 (Units 1 -4)

Unit 5 The Monster
Symphony in Yellow
cast + ; think +
Isaac Newton
resume writing
write a resume and a cover letter

Unit 6 Zeritskys Law
play+ ; die +
John Thomass Cube
synopsis writing
write a synopsis of Zeritskys Law in about 200 words

Unit 7 Look for the Rusty Lining
run+ ; fall+
One Vote for This Age of Anxiety
essay writing
write an essay about needless worry, etc.

Unit 8 Debating the Unknowable
Questions at Night
move + ; grow +
A Sense of the Future
composition writing
write a composition based on a graph

Test Yourself 2 (Units 5 -8)
Appendix 1 Tape Scripts and Key to Test Papers
Appendix 2 Glossary