New Horizons College English Synchronous Self-Learning Guidance 2

Author: Zhao Hengyuan
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Publish Date: 2006-01-19
Features: NEWHORIZONCOLLEGEENGLISH (New Horizon College English) is a series of college English textbooks published by Beijing Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, designed for non-English major university students. This series is currently one of the more outstanding textbooks used in public English teaching at universities in China and is gaining increasing popularity. This book is the synchronous self-study guide for the series, specifically the second volume. It includes content such as vocabulary usage, synonyms, text difficulties, typical sentence patterns, exercise answers, reference translations, CET-4 and CET-6 examination questions and solutions, and common proverbs and sayings.
The intensive reading section of the reading and writing tutorial in this book follows the same unit structure, consisting of eight components: vocabulary usage, synonyms, text difficulties, typical sentence patterns, exercise answers, reference translations, CET-4 and CET-6, and common proverbs and sayings.
Vocabulary Usage: Primarily explains the special usage, new usage, word formation, and easily confused usage for Chinese students of key vocabulary.
Synonyms: Selects words that appear in the text and provides in-depth yet accessible explanations.
Text Difficulties: Focuses on explaining linguistic usage difficulties and background-related challenges.
Typical Sentence Patterns: Covers more challenging or commonly used sentence patterns found in the text.
Exercise Answers and Reference Translations: Serve as references for study.
CET-4 and CET-6 Examinations: A widely popular method for assessing college students' English proficiency, adopted by many universities. The CET-4 and CET-6 questions and solutions in each unit of this book are compiled to meet students' needs for preparing for these exams.
Common Proverbs and Sayings: Part of the English language and culture, proverbs and sayings offer numerous benefits for English learning (e.g., appreciating linguistic conciseness, skillfully incorporating them into writing) and also greatly contribute to refining one's character, broadening perspectives, and cultivating one's temperament.