Brand New College English Vocabulary Tips and Key Exam Points (1-4) (710 Points)

Author: Ma Degao, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is compiled based on the new vocabulary, definitions, and phrases from the New Vocabulary List for College English Teaching Program recently issued by the Ministry of Education. It is a unique vocabulary memorization manual. In addition to providing the phonetic symbols and definitions of each entry from the Program, it also offers readers corresponding memory methods and key points for examination, presented in a visually engaging and lively manner, making vocabulary memorization effortless.
Memory Tips: Under difficult-to-remember entries, the author utilizes his newly created "Spark Memory Method" to help readers overcome memory challenges comprehensively:
(1) Using a small number of simple, familiar words to aid in remembering program-specific vocabulary;
(2) Assisting in remembering polysemy (multiple meanings of a single word);
(3) Helping to memorize verb phrases. For example, when encountering "Mediterranean," you may find it difficult to remember; why does "stamp" mean "stamping" (a postage stamp) but also "to stomp one's foot"? Why does the verb phrase "come around" mean "to recover consciousness"? For all such memory difficulties, this book provides satisfying memory tricks.
Key Exam Points: Under key entries from the program, corresponding "Exam Points" are listed, covering aspects such as verb-preposition collocations, subject-verb agreement, adjective placement, sentence structure, easily confused synonyms, homophones, and cognates. This section highlights the key examination focus for each word, helping you grasp the essence of the New Program and master the word's usage with precision, achieving twice the result with half the effort and effortlessly achieving good grades. For example, if you want to know why "the aim of doing sth." is incorrect, whether to say "be honest with sb." or "be honest to sb." when referring to being truthful to someone, the differences in meaning between "numerous" modifying singular and plural nouns, whether "recommend" should follow a gerund or an infinitive, the distinction between "cheat" and "deceive," or how to differentiate between "access" and "excess," all answers can be found in this book.