夏紀梅主編的《大學學術英語讀寫教程(上補充教案)》以5個專題(theme)為主線，每個專題由2個主題(topic)內容組成，每個主題介紹4個社會關注點(concern／issue)。這樣的內容布局有利於學生對同一個人生問題或社會問題進行多方面或較全面的關注、考察、思考和討論，並且從中反復接觸、應用和熟悉同一話題的語言。

UNIT 1 Belonging to a Group
Chapter 1 Marriage, Family and the Home
Text 1 The Family Today
Text 2 Alternative Lifestyles
Text 3 How We Learn to Behave
Text 4 The Importance of the Social Environment
Chapter 2 The Power of the Group
Text 1 The Influence of Culture
Text 2 Peer Group Pressure
Text 3 Crowds
Text 4 Panic!
Unit Summary (1)
UNIT 2 Gender and Sexuality
Chapter 3 Growing Up Male or Female
Text 1 Bringing Up Boys and Girls
Text 2 Fairy-Tale Lessons for Girls
Text 3 Learning Gender Lessons at School
Text 4 Gender Roles in the Media
Chapter 4 Gender Issues Today
Text 1 Balancing Home and Work
Text 2 It's Not So Easy Being Male
Text 3 Inequality at Work
Text 4 Sexual Harassment
Unit Summary (2)
UNIT 3 Media and Society
Chapter 5 Mass Media Today
Text 1 The Role of Mass Media
Text 2 What Is Newsworthy?
Text 3 Reporting the Facts
Text 4 Advertising in the Media
Chapter 6 The Influence of the Media
Text 1 Privacy and the Media
Text 2 Internet Issues
Text 3 Propaganda and the Media
Text 4Television and Children
Unit Summary (3)
UNIT 4 Breaking the Rules
Chapter 7 Crime and Criminals
Text 1 Deviance and Crime
Text 2 Who Commits Crime?
Text 3 Computers and Crimes
Text 4 Techniques for Solving Crimes
Chapter 8 Controlling Crime
Text 1 What Stops Us from Committing Crimes?
Text 2 Prisons
Text 3 The Death Penalty
Text 4 The War on Drugs
Unit Summary (4)
UNIT 5 Changing Societies
Chapter 9 Cultural Change
Text 1 Cultural Variation and Change
Text 2 Subcultures and Cults
Text 3 Changing Communication
Text 4 The Changing Workplace
Chapter 10 Global Issues
Text 1 Population Change
Text 2 Flight to the Cities
Text 3 The Environment
Text 4 Into the Future
Unit Summary (5)