Essential English Vocabulary by Category

Author: Liao Fengqin
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Awkwardness and Confusion: After learning English for so many years, I don’t know how to use it to express simple things around me. The words I’ve learned don’t apply, and the words I want to use haven’t been learned. Over time, my interest in learning English gradually diminishes. Solution: Learn through application. Let English learning truly start from the surroundings, rooted in life and used in life, returning to the essence of language learning. This book: Selects everyday vocabulary that readers can see, use, and encounter daily, so that every word learned can be used immediately, helping readers break through daily English vocabulary easily and quickly. Learning through application is the most effective learning method. This book is written based on this principle, letting English learning truly start from the surroundings, rooted in life and used in life, returning to the essence of language learning. To achieve this goal, this book has the following features in its selection and arrangement:
1. Carefully selected vocabulary, close to life. The selected words are about 4,500, all of which can be seen, used, and encountered daily in life, reflecting practicality, so that every word learned can be used immediately, helping readers break through daily English vocabulary easily and quickly.
2. Clear structure, easy to understand. Each unit in this book includes Chinese words, corresponding English expressions and phonetic symbols, common collocations and sentence patterns.
3. Reasonable classification, easy to memorize. All words are organized and categorized, and words in the same category are arranged in order, making it easier to memorize.
4. Includes sentence patterns, use on the go. After each unit, there is a section of common collocations and sentence patterns presented in example form, with Chinese-English, making it convenient for readers to use in real-life scenarios.
5. Equipped with phonetic symbols, convenient and useful. Each word is equipped with phonetic symbols, making it convenient for readers and eliminating the need to look up a dictionary separately.
6. Wide range of applicability. Since the selected words are close to life and of moderate difficulty, they are suitable for middle and high school students, as well as English enthusiasts interested in daily English expressions. Teachers and students in middle schools can also use this book as supplementary material for expanding vocabulary both in and out of the classroom, as a supplement to breaking through daily English vocabulary.