本书按照家庭与生活、美食与餐厅、休闲与娱乐、城市与旅游等主题类别设置八个单元，共总结核心词汇约700个、扩展词汇约3200个以及较难词汇约500个。每个单元根据主题类别对词汇予以分类后，首先以思维导图的形式对词汇进行联想，然后选取核心词汇，根据同义词、近义词和形似词等进行扩展，同时兼顾到常用的重点短语及相关文化知识，最后还补充有词根、词缀等构词法的记忆和拼写技巧。本书适合高等院校作为英语词汇教材使用，对其他层次的英语学习者也有较高参考价值。

Unit 1 Family and Life
1.1 Marriage
1.2 Member
1.3 Daily Life
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Unit 2 Food and Restaurant
2.1 Food
2.2 Restaurant
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Unit 3 Leisure and Amusement
3.1 Literature
3.2 Music
3.3 Art
3.4 Media
3.5 Shopping
3.6 Acrobatics
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Unit 4 City and Journey
4.1 Preparation
4.2 Departure
4.3 Destination
4.4 Sightseeing
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Unit 5 School and Education
5.1 Character
5.2 Teaching and Learning
5.3 Achievement
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Unit 6 Companies and Benefits
6.1 Companies
6.2 Benefits
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Unit 7 Sports and Health
7.1 Sports
7.2 Physical Health
7.3 Mental Health
7.4 Health Care
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Unit 8 Creature and Environment
8.1 Sources of Ecocide
8.2 Manifestations of Ecocide
8.3 Settlement of Ecocide
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Appendix Affix
A.1 Prefix
A.2 Suffix