本书不仅是想在短期内扩充雅思核心词汇的考生的必备书籍，也是其他想迅速扩大词汇人士的理想读物。

本书通过阅读国外权威杂志上与雅思阅读文章相类似的文章，根据上下文理解和记忆重要词汇。对于文中的难词或核心词汇，均给出精当的释义，免去读者查词典之苦。每篇课文后面的Related words结合原文的一些核心词汇，根据这些词所包含的词根、词缀进行扩充，列出包含这些词根的核心词汇。通过词根、词缀扩充记忆，能收到事半功倍的效果。为了巩固记忆，每篇课文后面有填空和翻译两种练习，使记忆效果更佳。书后的附录可以这样处理：利用附录一轻松巩固词汇，由附录二迅速破解英语词汇记忆方法，由附录三随时查阅自己想了解或记忆的词根、词缀。这里收录的词根、词缀涵盖了所有最常见、最实用的词根、词缀，是记忆时不可多得的辅助工具。

Unit 1  What's Your Learning Mode?

Unit 2  Siesta Time

Unit 3  The Interesting Lore of April Fools' Day

Unit 4  Oh, Temptation

Unit 5  The ABCs of Living a Happy Life

Unit 6  But Is It Art?

Unit 7  Chatroom Helps Lonely Kids

Unit 8  MBA: More Bucks for Applicants

Unit 9  Habits That Harmonize Life

Unit 10 Ruth Handler

Unit 11 Positive Thinking Brings Rewards

Unit 12 The Latest Mating Strategy

Unit 13 Two Different Forms of British Leisure Life

Unit 14 Australian Aboriginals

Unit 15 The Role of the Admissions Office

Unit 16 British Universities: Cambridge and Oxford

Unit 17 Oxford Considers Future Roles

Unit 18 Disparities at Harvard

Unit 19 Unlucky Thirteen

Unit 20 Closing in for the Kill?

Unit 21 You Think That's Funny?

Unit 22 Origin of the Modern Olympic Games

Unit 23 The Future of the MBA

Unit 24 Head Cases

Unit 25 British Public School

Unit 26 The Next Society I

Unit 27 The Next Society II

Unit 28 Visible Man

Unit 29 Persuasion

Unit 30 Footprints in the Muds of Time

附录一 答案

附录二 英语词汇记忆法

附录三 常见词根词缀