2007 Postgraduate Entrance Examination English - Living and Learning 2000 Difficult Words

Author: Bai Jie
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: A concise yet comprehensive classic vocabulary book, covering all vocabulary in the syllabus, with 6 major bonuses included. It selects high-difficulty, key, low-frequency, and uniquely challenging words from the syllabus as main entries, linking to other syllabus words to facilitate learning through association and reinforcement. Through methods like expansion, association, and comparative categorization, it helps candidates build the concept of vocabulary chains, enabling them to learn one word and remember a series. It includes 700 carefully compiled self-assessment questions, centered on either Chinese or English keywords, to help candidates conduct periodic self-assessments. This book is a concise yet comprehensive vocabulary review guide for postgraduate entrance exams, aiming to help candidates master basic vocabulary while focusing on key, difficult, and easily confused words. The entries in the book contain over 2,000 words that are the key and difficult words candidates need to master, with "Active Learning" and "Practical Application" sections covering almost all vocabulary candidates must learn. Additionally, the new syllabus has added over 400 new words, all presented in entry form. The purpose of this book is to emphasize vocabulary learning methods, innovate in vocabulary arrangement, and pursue learning efficiency. Its distinguishing features from other postgraduate vocabulary books are:
1. Concise and Comprehensive Word Selection: The book's principle is to be concise yet comprehensive. Although the syllabus requires candidates to master 5,500 words, based on the author's years of postgraduate tutoring experience, it is found that words causing comprehension difficulties for candidates do not exceed 2,000. Therefore, we have selected high-difficulty, key, low-frequency, and uniquely challenging words from the syllabus as the main entries, while also incorporating potentially relevant out-of-syllabus words and words not included in the CET-6 syllabus.
2. [Active Learning] – Emphasizes memorization: The book condenses entries, using association and reinforcement ("learning from the familiar to the unfamiliar and vice versa"), expansion, and divergent memory techniques as its core writing approach.
3. [Practical Application] – Emphasizes usage: When listing word usage, the book primarily uses phrases to provide examples for each Chinese definition of the entry. It pays special attention to explaining usage nuances, extended meanings, semantic shifts, and differences in expression between Chinese and English during language conversion. The goal is to help candidates deduce the true meaning and application of each word in context.
4. [Segmented 100-Question Self-Assessment] – Aims to test review progress: The book carefully compiles 700 self-assessment questions, divided into 7 groups, with either Chinese or English as the central keyword, for candidates to evaluate their review progress. The new syllabus has added a 7th group of self-assessment questions with over 400 new words, helping candidates focus on targeted practice.
In summary, this book is syllabus-based, exam-oriented, meticulously selected, and expertly compiled, concise yet focused. We hope it not only helps candidates overcome the challenge of memorizing difficult words but also provides an efficient learning method for vocabulary, enabling them to pass the exam with high scores.