“英语词汇学习丛书”由美国知名的教材教辅图书出版社Townsend Press出版，是美国大学生使用最为广泛的扩大词汇量的教学辅导图书之一。正如本丛书的编者所指出的那样，在美国一个学生的前途在某种程度上取决于他／她的词汇量的大小。对于我国广大的英语学习者来说，词汇学习当然也是英语学习的一个重要方面。
本丛书共有6册。每册介绍240～300个在TOEFL、GRE、SAT等考试中经常出现的单词。本丛书的特点是提供地道的例句，让单词在多个语境中反复出现，通过例证、同义、反义、类比等关系来界定词义，使学生自然而然习得单词，与传统的死记硬背方法有着极大的不同。此外，书中部分练习题的题型与TOEFL、GRE、SAT等考试题型相似，对有志于出国留学的学生熟悉题型也有一定的帮助。
Judith Nadell、Beth Johnson、Paul Langan编著的这本《英语词汇入门（第2版）》为本丛书的第一册，适合我国高中阶段和大学非英语专业初级阶段的学生使用，也可以用作TOEFL培训初级阶段的辅助教材。

前言
导读
Pretest of the Whole Book
UNIT ONE
Unit One Pretest
Chapter 1 The Nose Knows / Barbie: A Bad Example?
Chapter 2 Feeling Blue / A Late Love Letter
Chapter 3 Ads That Lie / Horrible Hiccups!
Chapter 4 An Upsetting Dream / A King's Mistake
Chapter 5 Be Proud of Your Age! / Making Anger Work for You
Chapter 6 How Not to Treat Customers / Stuck in the Middle
Unit One Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit One Tests
UNIT TWO
Unit Two Pretest
Chapter 7 The Joy of Ice Cream / A Noisy Apartment
Chapter 8 Nuts in the Senate / Calling Dr. Leech
Chapter 9 TV and Violence / Are You Ready for a Pet?
Chapter 10 Help for Shy People / Not a Laughing Matter
Chapter 11 Taking Risks / Bad Manners Hurt Everyone
Chapter 12 Two Different Sisters / How "Honest Abe" Earned His Name
Unit Two Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Two Tests
UNIT THREE
Unit Three Pretest
Chapter 13 Ready to Do Well / Advertising for a Date
Chapter 14 The Good and Bad Sides of Malls / As Good As It Looks?
Chapter 15 A Belief in Flying / She Tries before She Buys
Chapter 16 Play Now, Pay Later / A Man of Many Faces
Chapter 17 Soaps Are for Me! / Keeping the Customer Happy
Chapter 18 A Fake "Cure" / The Jobs Everyone Hates
Unit Three Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Three Tests
UNIT FOUR
Unit Four Pretest
Chapter 19 A Young Librarian / No More Harm
Chapter 20 Is He Man or Machine? / Struck by Lightning
Chapter 21 Whose Fault Is It? / Forests Full of Life
Chapter 22 An Animal in Danger / The Simple Life of the Amish
Chapter 23 Taking a Break with TV / Working and Living Together
Chapter 24 The Horror of Hate / Taking Time for Thanks
Unit Four Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Four Tests
UNIT FIVE
Unit Five Pretest
Chapter 25 A Surprising Change / Just for Fun
Chapter 26 Little Lies / Rudeness at the Movies
Chapter 27 The Truth About Drinking / A Life Out of Balance
Chapter 28 Animals Were First / Call Waiting -- Oh, No!
Chapter 29 A Cab Driver for Now/-Thoughts at the Mall
Chapter 30 The Birth of the American Red Cross / To Spank or Not to Spank?
Unit Five Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Five Tests
Posttest of the Whole Book
APPENDIXES
A Answer Key
1. Answers to the Pretest of the Whole Book
2. Answers to the Unit Pretests
3. Answers to the Chapter Activities
4. Answers to the Unit Reviews and Tests
5. Answers to the Posttest of the Whole Book
B Word List