Practical English PDA Portable Version -- Fun Reading of English Idioms

Author: Wan Chenxiu
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Is there a book that can improve English proficiency, & broaden knowledge, & understand Chinese culture? This is your best choice. "Misinterpretation" points out misunderstandings, allowing you to improve your English skills while enjoying the fun. Idioms are special languages that are conventional and commonly used, characterized by vivid imagery, concise form, and profound meaning. They are the vitality and spirit of a language. Idioms are like mirrors, reflecting the cultural characteristics of a nation and having strong national identity. In Chinese, four-character idioms are predominant, while the structure and form of English idioms are not as uniform or regular as Chinese idioms. The features of English idioms are: fixed form and fixed meaning. Even if some English idioms have variations, they are still conventional and cannot be changed arbitrarily. This book combines knowledge and fun, helping readers correctly understand and use English idioms. It can help readers improve their English proficiency, expand their linguistic knowledge, and enrich their effective vocabulary. It enables readers to broaden their horizons and enhance their interest in foreign cultures by leveraging the cross-cultural background of idioms. The book collects approximately 350 of the most frequently used English idioms. Each entry first uses "Misinterpretation" to help readers recognize and understand misunderstandings, guiding them to infer and memorize the meaning of idioms based on their literal meanings. Then, it adopts a bilingual (English-Chinese) format to provide accurate explanations of the idioms' meanings, accompanied by example sentences to teach readers how to use them correctly. For idioms with legendary origins, the editors introduce their origins, allowing readers to understand the profound and diverse foreign cultures hidden behind these idioms. The greatest feature of this book is to categorize the complex idioms according to common objects in daily life, sorting them by keywords within each category. This makes it easier for readers to find idioms by category and keyword, enabling systematic associative learning and memorization.