New Concept English Vocabulary Pocket Guide (Book 2)

Author: Jiang Fengxia, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Since its introduction to China, New Concept English has been revered by an increasing number of English enthusiasts as an outstanding guide for learning English. Practice has proven that it indeed provides the best pathway for to improve their English listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation skills from beginner to advanced levels. To facilitate the learning of, we have specially compiled this series of "New Concept English Vocabulary Pocket Guides" as part of our "21st Century English Pocket Guides" series. The "New Concept English Vocabulary Pocket Guides" series assists in refining and systematically memorizing the vocabulary of New Concept English from perspectives such as word usage, excellent example sentences, grammar knowledge, phrases and expressions, word distinctions, idioms and slang, and associative memory. Each entry includes the following sections:
- Textbook Example Sentences: Excerpts of outstanding sentences from the textbook.
- Additional Example Sentences: Common, frequently tested, or special example sentences related to the entry.
- Word Usage: Usage of gerunds, infinitives, irregular verbs (past tense, past participle, present participle), and plural forms of special nouns.
- Grammar Knowledge: Subjunctive, inversion, ellipsis, agreement, etc.
- Phrases and Expressions: Common phrases and expressions, special usage, fixed collocations.
- Word Distinctions: Differences in meaning, usage, and collocation between easily confused synonyms and near-synonyms.
- Idioms and Slang: Common idioms and slang used in daily learning and life.
- Associative Memory: Prefixes, suffixes, root derivation, changes in part of speech, contrastive memory of synonyms, near-synonyms, and antonyms.
The vocabulary sections of this series are rich and practical, enabling learners to grasp and understand words through practice, thereby memorizing them. The compact and portable design of this series helps readers overcome the challenges of vocabulary memorization and application.