本书作为大学英语全新版词语多功能精讲系列的第六册。其编写目的是作为大学英语全新版综合教程第六册的辅导材料，以供学习大学英语六级的学生以及考研和在读研究生使用。

本书作为大学英语全新版词语多功能精讲系列的第六册。其编写目的是作为大学英语全新版综合教程第六册的辅导材料，以供学习大学英语六级的学生以及考研和在读研究生使用。

针对学生普遍感到词汇难学、难记的困惑，本书秉承重点突出和简洁明了的编写宗旨，从课前听力热身训练、正课文(TextA)、语言点(1anguage focus)、副课文(Text B)中抽取重点词汇和常用短语，按照造句、翻译、同义、近义、反义、形似、音似、解释、注意等形式提供一定的语言环境，帮助学生掌握这些语言知识和语言现象，以求达到强化、实用的效果。

本书编写的一大特色，使用相当的篇幅辨别同义词和近义词，以帮助已经积累了一定的词汇量，而对于词汇的使用感到困惑的学生，学会恰当使用英语词汇。另外，为体现学练结合，每一课都编写了配套补充练习，练习题有词汇、完形填空和改错三种题型，题目是从1997年起始的六级考试真题中精选的，可以供学生做自测练习之用。(关于四、六级考试计分改革与题型调整等问题，请看附录1。)

本书由东华大学外语学院教师赵彦萍主编，秦世福副教授策划并担任主审和校对，同时得到了同事、好友和出版社编辑同志的大力支持，在此表示衷心的感谢。由于编者水平有限，难免有不足之处，希望广大读者批评指正。

Unit 1

The Scientists

  Text A The Lost Years of a Nobel Laureate

  Language Focus

  Text B Oxford and Cambridge

  Additional Exercises

  Answers to the Exercises after Text A

  Chinese Translation of Text A

Unit 2

Economic Life

  Text A Ethics and the Consumer

  Language Focus

  Text B Time Dollars

  Additional Exercises

  Answers to the Exercises after Text A

  Chinese Translation of Text A

Unit 3

Human Weaknesses

  Text A Is He Living Or Is He Dead

  Language Focus

  Text B Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale

  Additional Exercises

  Answers to the Exercises after Text A

  Chinese Translation of Text A

Unit 4

The Meaning of Work

  Text A Assembly Line Adventure

  Language Focus

  Text B The Search for Meaning in Work

  Additional Exercises

  Answers to the Exercises after Text A

  Chinese Translation of Text A

Unit 5

Research Ethics       

 Text A Falsity and Failure

 Language Focus

 Text B On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research

 Additional Exercises

 Answers to the Exercises after Text A

 Chinese Translation of Text A

Unit 6

Euthanasia

  Text A Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia

  Language Focus

  Text B A Daughter's Dilemma

  Additional Exercises

  Answers to the Exercises after Text A

  Chinese Translation of Text A

Unit 7

Nature and Man

  Text A A Wilderness Experience

  Language Focus

  Text B Our Ever-Changing Shore

 Additional Exercises

 Answers to the Exercises after Text A

 Chinese Translation of Text A

Unit 8

The Twentieth Century

 Text A The Twentieth Century

 Language Focus

 Text B It's Almost 2000--Where's Elektro

 Additional Exercises

 Answers to the Exercises after Text A

 Chinese Translation of Text A

附录1 关于大学英语考试改革

附录2 如何备考CET

附录3 课文B 参考译文