The Stories Behind English Idioms

Author: Chen Wenqian
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: English idioms are a combination of fun and mystery. Even if you understand every English word individually, the meaning of the idiom can be vastly different when combined, adding difficulty to memory and usage. To improve learning efficiency and add enjoyment, the book "The Stories Behind English Idioms" collects 300 common idioms. Besides introducing the origins of the idioms, it also includes practical example sentences and an idiom index for searching.
1. Categorized by theme, including animals, people, body, food, clothing, entertainment, religion, transportation, military, and other sixteen chapters. It classifies English idioms that are hard to infer from context based on nature, meaning, and background, making it easier to associate and deepen learning.
2. Interesting origins are told in the form of stories, revealing the origins of the idioms. Whether it's historical anecdotes, folk legends, mythological stories, or biblical accounts, you can read them with great interest without rote memorization, and you can understand them intuitively, naturally increasing learning effectiveness.
3. Life-like example sentences combine vivid idioms with life-like sentences to bridge the gap between learning and life, helping you better grasp the usage, sentiment, and context of idioms.
4. A great helper for memorizing English words. Each idiom spans one or two pages, emphasizing independence, presenting a concise and simple format for quick learning and absorption. There are also life-like illustrations that vividly convey the meaning of the idioms, and visual memory further aids learning.
After the origin of each idiom in this book, there are multiple example sentences to increase readers' understanding of the idiom's meaning through life-like sentences, bridging the gap between learning and knowledge. This allows difficult yet richly meaningful idioms to be applied in daily life, making learning English idioms truly rewarding and no longer just theoretical.
"The Stories Behind English Idioms" strives to combine and apply fun and knowledge, making it highly readable. Additionally, it includes illustrations that correspond to the idioms, making reading even more enjoyable. It can not only serve as a reference book or tool but also as an English learning companion for leisure time.