Magician of English. 2000 words

Author: (Japanese) Ichizo Saito
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Publish Date: 2000-10-27
Features: This is a conversation book that teaches you to "speak boldly and speak easily," requiring only basic "1000·2000·3000" words to break free from grammar constraints and naturally and effectively achieve communication goals. The difficulty level of this book is between eztalk1000 and eztalk3000. For those who have completed the introductory course of eztalk1000, eztalk2000 will be the best textbook to advance to eztalk3000.
Content Description
■ eztalk2000 Word List
This book is based on vocabulary learned in middle school, supplemented by essential words necessary for living in English-speaking countries, totaling over 2,000 words. With these 2,000 basic words, you can not only express your subjective thoughts and emotions but also describe objective situations, fully achieving the purpose of communication. These 2,000 words are important vocabulary that you must know when speaking English. We hope you can learn how to integrate these 2,000 words into daily life through the 110 dialogue scenarios in the book. We believe that after reading eztalk2000, whether traveling, studying abroad, or on business trips, you will experience unprecedented ease. Additionally, the appendices include practical references such as proper nouns, units of measurement, irregular verbs, and important holidays that we often use. If any single words used in the main text are not found in the word list or appendices, we will list them separately in the "eztalk extra support" section at the end of each unit.
■ Dialogue Scenarios
Like eztalk1000, the dialogue scenarios in this book are broadly divided into three categories: daily life, family life, and workplace life.
The first part is everyday situations (Daily Life), with a total of 40 units, covering greetings, life etiquette, food, clothing, housing, and transportation, as well as telephone conversations, leisure, shopping, and more, encompassing a wide range of topics.
The second part is family situations (Family Life), with 40 dialogue scenarios centered around Western family life. Additionally, we have incorporated topics such as school, dating, and fashion into the father-son dialogues to help readers easily grasp the differences between Eastern and Western cultures.
The third part, work situations (Workplace Life), contains 30 units, collecting highly practical workplace conversations, from informal usage to formal dialogues, covering everything. You will find that with the help of these 2,000 basic words, you can also handle complex business situations with ease.
■ eztalk Small Knowledge
In today's world of widespread international travel and large-scale corporate migration, it is inevitable that communication with foreigners will be challenging without understanding the differences between Eastern and Western cultures. This section compares Eastern and Western cultures through introductions to etiquette and customs.
■ eztalk Extra Support
In this section, we provide further explanations and grammar notes for words, idioms, and sentence patterns that appear in the dialogues.