Brand New College English Vocabulary Tips and Key Points for Levels 1-4

Author: Ma Degao, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book is compiled based on the new vocabulary, definitions, and phrases from the New Syllabus Vocabulary List newly promulgated by the Ministry of Education. It is a unique vocabulary memorization manual. In addition to providing the phonetic symbols and definitions of each entry in the Syllabus, it also offers readers corresponding memory methods and key points for examination, presented in a visually engaging and lively manner, making vocabulary memorization effortless.
Memory Tips: Under the more challenging entries, the author utilizes his original "Spark Memory Method" to help readers comprehensively overcome memory difficulties:
(1) Using a small number of simple, familiar words to aid in remembering new syllabus vocabulary;
(2) Helping to remember polysemy (multiple meanings of a single word);
(3) Assisting in memorizing verb phrases. For example, when encountering "Mediterranean," you might find it difficult to remember; why does "stamp" mean "stamping" (a postage stamp) but also "to stomp one's foot"? Why does the verb phrase "come around" mean "to recover consciousness"? For all such memory challenges, this book provides satisfying memory tricks.
Key Exam Points: Under the key entries in the syllabus, corresponding "Exam Points" are listed, covering aspects such as verb-preposition collocations, subject-verb agreement, adjective placement, sentence structure, and easily confused synonyms, homophones, and cognates. This section highlights the key examination points, allowing you to grasp the essence of the New Syllabus and master the usage of each word with focus, achieving twice the result with half the effort and effortlessly achieving good grades. For example, if you want to know why "the aim of doing sth." is incorrect, whether to use "be honest with sb." or "be honest to sb." to express "being honest to someone," the differences in meaning when "numerous" modifies singular and plural nouns, whether to follow "recommend" with a gerund or an infinitive, the distinctions between "cheat" and "deceive," or how to differentiate between "access" and "excess," all the answers can be found in this book.