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**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（language focus）、副课文（Text B）中抽取**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

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