《星火式巧记速记系列丛书》出版以来，受到了全国广大读者的好评，但由于该丛书不能按字母顺序排列，因而给广大读者查检带来了不便，尤其是学习《新编大学英语》的同学遇到生词记不住时，往往无所适应。为了解决这一问题，我们编写了《〈新编大学英语〉生词助记与考点突破》。
该书具有以下特点：
一、与《新编大学英语》配套，该书分为1-4册，分别与《新编大学英语》1-4册相对应，每部分又与教材同步，帮助记忆各课的生词与短语。
二、与新大纲一致，该书以《新编大学英语》生词表为蓝本，根据《大学英语大纲词汇表》（修订本，2000年7月）作了调整，使原教材与新大纲一致。
三、与四、六级考试接轨，任何一套教材，因其篇幅所限，其词汇量难以将《大纲》内的所有单词、所有义项包罗无遗。

Unit 1 mythsand legends
in-class reding why the tortoise s shell ls not smooth
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
after-class reading
passage Ⅰ beauty and the beast
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
passage Ⅱ the monkey king
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
passage Ⅲ the fistbeginning
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
Unit 2 manners
in-class reading no one stops to say“thank you”anymore
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
passage Ⅰ men s liberation from etiquette
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
passage Ⅱ who pays the check?
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
passage Ⅲ why manners?
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
Unit 3 leisure activities
in-class reading entertaining humor-whta s funny?
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
after-class reading
passage Ⅰ underwater concert
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
passage Ⅱ fatal atraction
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
passage Ⅲ wow,would l love to do that
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
unit 4 science and technology
in-class reading too fast?
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
after-class reading
passage Ⅰ true love
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
passage Ⅱ back from the dead
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
passage Ⅲ watch out-you re on camera
new words
phrases & expressions
discrimination
unit 5 the power of words
unit 6 success
unit 7 athletes
unit 8 healthy living
unit 9 friends and friendship
unit 10 business strategies
unit 11 heroes
unit 12 public speaking