College English Test Band 6 Vocabulary Tai Chi Style Continuous Memory

Author: Wang Changxi
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Do you remember how your parents taught you to recognize characters when you were young? Your father bought a stack of cards from a bookstore, with colorful illustrations on the front showing various fruits, plants, animals, and people. On the back were the corresponding Chinese characters and pinyin. Your mother would always show you the picture first, then teach you the characters. After learning a few words, your mother would point to the text on the back to check if you had memorized them. You would rack your brain, but still couldn’t figure it out. Your mother would flip the card over, revealing a big apple in front of you, giving you a surprise and leaving a deep impression, firmly remembering the word—"apple." This contrast between the front and back, the light and dark memory method, reflects the core idea of "Taiji-style memory." Formally very simple, yet its is very profound! In reality, all words have some inherent connection, making the entire vocabulary system interconnected and harmonious as a whole. Vocabulary systems across different languages are also correspondingly interrelated, complementing and contrasting with each other, both distinct yet converging, and mutually enriching. By synthesizing these connections and contrasts between the similar and different vocabulary systems from form to content, a memory concept like "Taiji Memory" is formed. Based on the research and development of the "Taiji-style" memory system, and combining the characteristics and requirements of the College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) and Band 6 (CET-6), the first set of three "Taiji-style" vocabulary series has been launched. "New Syllabus College English Band 4 Vocabulary Taiji-style Chain Memory" highlights the exam-oriented purpose, starting from the questions, allowing candidates to self-assess first, then extracting key vocabulary from the options for examples and definitions. This book incorporates the strengths of "Serial Memory," linking synonyms of key words together for concentrated memorization to expand the vocabulary learning scope and overcome the challenge of distinguishing synonyms. The book places great emphasis on word collocations in its word analysis, unifying the definitions, collocations, and translations with numbered sequences for easy reference, and highlights key collocations with color-coding for focused learning. Additionally, it provides corresponding cyclic practice exercises for key words, allowing candidates to learn and practice simultaneously, integrating learning into practice, and achieving memory consolidation through repetition. At the same time, the book verifies all entries based on the newly issued "College English Curriculum Requirements" in 2004, identifying gaps and additions, and then adds a "Cognitive Vocabulary List," ensuring that the book covers all Level 4 vocabulary in the new syllabus.