(06 Latest)(Essential Edition) Brand New College English Vocabulary Spark-style Smart Memorization (Levels 1-4) (Small Version)

Author: Ma Degao, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This is the seventh edition of the Spark Series books. For this revision, we fully adopted the suggestions and opinions of a broad readership, revised the book based on the newly issued Vocabulary List for College English Teaching Program by the Ministry of Education and the changing trends of the College English Test Band 4 and 6, while preserving the essence of the original book, enriching its content, and improving its format. This makes the book more distinctive.
Full——Comprehensive Content: The vocabulary is comprehensive, including all words from The Big Red Ribbon, short comments, and some extra-curricular words. Each word is meticulously explained, with countable and uncountable nouns marked, irregular plural nouns listed, past forms and past participles for irregular verbs added, facilitating memory reinforcement. The explanations of word usage, collocations, and distinctions are detailed, and numerous famous quotes, excellent sentences, and proverbs are included to leverage contextual memory, enabling readers not only to memorize but also to use the words effectively. In short, we strive for comprehensive accuracy and meticulous detail.
Easy——Easier to Remember: We further refined the original Spark memory method, elaborating on the concise parts to reduce readers' memory burden. We fully leveraged the unique aspects of the Spark memory method, enabling readers to achieve distinctive and effects.
Lively——More Engaging Format: We improved the original layout of Spark, adding over 200 new illustrations, charts, and cards, and using computer-generated graphics to enhance visual appeal, making the entire book visually rich and lively.
Convenient——Easier to Use: A vocabulary index is included for easy reference, giving the book the functionality of a reference tool. At the request of the readers, we marked each word in the book with its level as follows:
(E) — Elementary Degree () (Vocabulary before university)
(I) — Intermediate Degree () (College English Test Band 4)