English Proverbs: Advanced Edition: Advanced Edition

Author: Wang Fuxiang
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book is the first of its kind in China to integrate idioms, colloquialisms, slang, proverbs, and puns into a single collection. The book is divided into 15 lessons, each including reading passages, proverb gardens, dialogues, idiom gardens, colloquialism gardens, slang gardens, and pun gardens, all of which are exquisite and humorous English short texts. Detailed annotations are provided for idioms and witty expressions. The book is highly concentrated in idioms, all appearing in specific linguistic contexts, not only enabling readers to acquire a large number of rich and authentic idiomatic expressions in a relatively short time but also offering humorous and vivid linguistic contexts for their correct usage. This book can serve as a textbook for English idioms courses in higher education institutions and also as a reference book for with a certain level of English proficiency.