张淑芳、牛慧霞主编的《初中英语单词速记与拓展（主题词思维图+短语派生解析）》突破了单纯以字母顺序、不分主次和使用频率的单词罗列方式，以10个以上精心挑选的主题为单元，每一单元又有10个以上的主题词，通过主题词，使读者的思维不断展开，词汇量的积累由浅入深，由易至难地发散，而每一单元结束时的Review Test无疑又是一个成果大验收，使得同一主题下的词汇尽收脑海：主题词一与主题有关的派生词一俗语一惯用法乃至于单词之间的辨析都一一展现给读者，单词的学习之旅变得生动而有趣，充分体现了图解、联想、复习、巩固的学习规律。
同时，由于本书的每个单元、每个主题词都自成一体，读者可以从任意一个单元开始学习，这样大大降低了词汇记忆的难度和时间，使读者不用花费大量的精力，于等车时，就餐后，散步中……甚至每一个短暂的10分钟，都能有很大的收获。加之每一个主题单元之中出现的大量例句，都使读者能够很快融入人工雕琢的语境中。使其单词学习既可以触类旁通、开阔视野，又增加了社会文化背景知识和文化素养。

Unit 1 My Family我的家
Section One Family Members家庭成员
Section Two Money钱
Section Three House房屋
Section Four Kitchen and Toilet厨卫
Section Five Clothes衣服
Section Six Cooking and Eating烹饪和饮食
Section Seven Food and Drink食品与饮料
Section Eight Life and Death生与死
Section Nine Watching看
Section Ten Like and Dislike喜欢不喜欢
Review Test 1复习测验1
Unit 2 Life生活
Section One Hospital医院
Section Two Frequency频率
Section Three Taste味道
Section Four Saying说
Section Five Health健康
Section Six Feelings情绪
Section Seven Late迟到
Section Eight Hire or Fire雇佣还是解雇
Section Nine Fight and Battle打架和打仗
Section Ten 几组单词
Review Test 2复习测验2
Unit3 Study学习
Section One Education教育
Section Two Testand Score考试和成绩
Section Three Gain and Loss得与失
Section Four Experience and Learn体验与了解
Section Five Mails邮件
Section Six Thinking心理活动
Section Seven Perceive by Five Senses五官感知
Section Eight Stationery文具
Section Nine Good and Bad好与坏
Section Ten Question and Answer问与答
Review Test 3复习测验3
Unit4 Nature自然
Section one Weather天气
Section Two Head头部
Section Three Cry and Laugh哭与笑
Section Four Seasons季节
Section Five The Earth and Natural Disasters地球和自然灾害
Section Six Diseases疾病名称
Section Seven Noises Made byAnimals动物的叫声
Section Eight Colors颜色
Section Nine一组词缀
Section Ten冠词的用法
Review Test 4复习测验4
Unit 5 work工作
Section One Washing洗
Section Two Making制造
Section Three Means and Aim方式和目标
Section Four Booking and Confirming预订和确认
Section Five Coming and Going来和去
Section Six Art艺术
Section Seven Managing and Controlling经营和监控
Section Eight Clever and Stupid聪明和愚蠢
Section Nine Election and Choice选举与选择
Section Ten Increase and Decrease增加和减少
Review Test 5复习测验5
Unit 6 Society社会
Section One Children，Adults and the Aged儿童、成人和老人
Section Two Country and Capital国家和首都
Section Three Order秩序
Section Four Job and Career职业
Section Five Environment环境
Section Six Dis—Synonym andAntonym Dis-前缀、同义词与反义词
Section Seven Present and Presence现在的和在场
Section Eight Crime and Punishment罪与罚
Section Nine Collect and Correct收集与正确的
Section Ten Business and Management经营和管理
Review Test 6复习测验6
Unit 7 Activities活动
Section One Shopping购物
Section Two Price and Expense价格和费用
Section Three Bomow and Return借和还
Section Four Happen发生
Section Five Rise and Fall上升和下降
Section Six News and Information新闻和消息
Section Seven Supply and Demand供和需
Section Eight Science and Technology科学和技术
Section Nine Connect and Separate连接和分离
Section Ten一组带词根-ough的词
Review Test 7复习测验7
Unit 8 Culture文化
Section One Important重要的
Section Two Stupid愚蠢的
Section Three Surprise吃惊的
Section Four Happy高兴的
Section Five Religious宗教的
Section Six Modern and'Classic现代与传统
Section Seven Personality个性
Section Eight Big and Small大与小
Section Nine前缀un-和in
Section Ten一组介词的用法
Review Test 8复习测验8
Unit 9 Travel旅游
Section One Travel旅游
Section Two Begin and Finish开始和结束
Section Three Traffic交通
Section Four Holidays节假日
Section Five Drivers and Passengers司机和乘客
Section Six Chick-in登记
Section Seven Library,Bank and Post Office图书馆，银行和邮局
Section Eight Landscape风景
Section Nine On the Beach海滨度假
Section Ten一组不规则动词
Review Test 9复习测验9
Unit 10 Entertainment娱乐
Section One Film电影
Section Two Sports and Match运动和比赛
Section Three Ways and Methods方式与方法
Section Four Time时间
Section Five Entertainment娱乐
Section Six Hobbies and Interests爱好和兴趣
Section Seven一组不规则动词
Section Eight Restaurant and Hote