作者在长期的教学实践中对学生提出的问题作了详细的记录。对具有普遍性的总是从英汉语言文化的角度进行认真细致的分析和研究，并在书中作了**讲解。多年来，作者对语言学家L.G.亚历山大的语言教学思想进行了探讨，对《新概念英语》教材本身进行了大量的科学研究，并根据自己的教学经验，编写了这本适用于中国学生以及广大自学者的《新概念英语自学词典》。

UNIT ONE
1 A Puma at Large
2 Thirteen Equals One
3 An Unknown Goddess
4 The Double Life of Alfred Blogges
5 The Facts
6 Smash and Grab
7 Crazy
8 A Famous Monastery
9 A Trip to Mars
10 The Loss of the ‘Titanic’
11 Not Gulty
12 Life on a Desert Island
13 ‘It’s Only Me’
14 A Nole Gangster
15 Sixpence Worth of Trouble
16 Mary had a Little Lamb
17 The Greatest Bridge in World
18 Electric Currents in Modern Art
19 A Very Dear Cat
20 Pioneer Pilots
UNIT TWO
21 Daniel Mendoza
22 By Heart
23 One Man’s Meat is Another Man’s Poison
24 A Skeleton in the Cupboard
25 The ‘Cutty Sark’
26 Wanted：a Large Biscuit Tin
27 Nothing to Sell and Nothing Buy
28 A Pound too Dear
29 Funny of Not?
30 The Death of a Ghost
31 A Lovable Eccentric
32 A Lost Ship
33 A Day to Remember
34 A Happy Discovery
35 Justice Was Done
36 A Chance in a Million
37 The Westaven Express
38 The First Calendar
39 Nothing to Worry About
40 Who’s Who
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《新概念英语自学词典》是根据《新概念英语》由浅入深、 循序渐进的教学宗旨和特点而编写的。本书摒弃了传统的译注方法，按照原书的编排章节，系统化地指导读者寻求学习和使用英语的规律，给自学者指出一条学习的捷径。