New Concept English Vocabulary Pocket Guide (Book 3)

Author: Jiang Fengxia, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Since its introduction to China, New Concept English has been revered by an increasing number of English enthusiasts as an excellent guide for learning English. Practice has proven that it indeed provides the best approach 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 in a Pocket" as part of our "21st Century English in a Pocket" series. The "New Concept English Vocabulary in a Pocket" series assists in refining and systematically memorizing the vocabulary of New Concept English from perspectives such as word usage, vivid examples, grammar knowledge, phrases, word distinctions, idioms and slang, and associative memory. Each entry includes the following sections:
- Text Examples: Excerpts of outstanding sentences from the textbook
- Supplementary Examples: Common, frequently tested, or special examples 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: Common and special phrases, fixed collocations
- Word Distinctions: Differences in meaning, usage, and collocation between easily confused synonyms
- Idioms and Slang: Commonly used idioms and slang 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, allowing 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.