本书基于剑桥英语语料库精心编写而成，以雅思备考、语言学习为原则，旨在帮助考生掌握雅思6.0分及以上词汇。本书前20单元包括多个话题，为考生提供词汇应用的具体场景，并结合练习，帮助考生巩固词汇基础。书中总结了实用的备考指导，通过示范错误警示、词汇笔记和测试小贴士，帮助考生规避常见错误，掌握答题技巧。本书还提供了阶段性词汇测试和单项模拟练习，有助于考生检测学习效果，提高雅思备考技能，突破高分瓶颈。

Map of the book 2 Introduction 4 IELTS test summary 6 Unit 1 Growing up… 8 Unit 2 Mental and physical development 12 Unit 3 Keeping fit 16 Unit 4 Lifestyles 22 Unit 5 Student life 26 Test One (Units 1-5) 30 Unit 6 Effective communication 32 Unit 7 On the move 38 Unit 8 Through the ages 42 Unit 9 The natural world 46 Unit 10 Reaching for the skies 52 Test Two (Units 6-10) 56 Unit 11 Design and innovation 58 Unit 12 Information technology 64 Unit 13 The modern world 68 Unit 14 Urbanisation 72 Unit 15 The green revlution 78 Test Three (Units 11-15) 82 Unit 16 The energy crisis 84 Unit 17 Talking business 90 Unit 18 The law 94 Unit 19 The media 98 Unit 20 The arts 102 Test Four (Units 16-20) 108 Unit 21 Language building 1 110 Unit 22 Language building 2 114 Unit 23 Academic Writing Task 1 118 Unit 24 Academic Writing Task 2 122 Unit 25 General Training Writing 126 Test Five (Units 21-25) 130 Answer key 132 Recording scripts 157 Wordlist 167 Acknowledgements 174