Hu Min Reads Stories to Memorize Vocabulary: College English Test Band 4 Vocabulary (CD-ROM Edition) (Includes CD-ROM)

Author: Hu Min
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: "Learn Vocabulary Through Stories" is a creative idea that breaks through the traditional approach, showing people struggling with vocabulary a beautiful new world. There are five surprises in this series:
Surprise #1: "To see a thousand miles, climb one more story, beyond the story, there are more stories, and even higher." From elementary English vocabulary to TOEFL vocabulary, and even top-tier GRE vocabulary, plus 2 books on phrases, 11 books cover eight levels of vocabulary learning, like a staircase leading to the peak of English learning. Regardless of your vocabulary level, you can always find the right level for your foundation and goals.
Surprise #2: "Creating a stage in a screw shell, memorizing words in context." Everyone loves stories, but not everyone loves memorizing vocabulary. Combining the joy of storytelling with the task of memorizing words is another highlight and advantage of this series. The editors weave words into the plot, making them an integral part of a joke, an experience, or a scene, linking memory with visual thinking. When you smile after finishing the story, you realize these words are not intimidating but rather lively, relatable friends.
Surprise #3: "Ingeniously arranged vocabulary, a twist in the plot reveals another book." All the vocabulary in the series is arranged in the order of a standard vocabulary list within the stories. With this book, you don’t need any additional vocabulary lists. As you navigate through the scenes, it’s like picking wildflowers along the way, placing them in a basket, and then arranging them beautifully at home. These arrangements are crafted by wisdom and experience, everything feels natural and effortless.
Surprise #4: "Handling heavy burdens with ease, perfectly natural word gems." A good story is lively, never letting the reader guess the ending, while a good vocabulary list is rigid, always revealing the next word. The storytellers must ensure the words appear in order while also telling a compelling story—after all, "you can’t have your cake and eat it too," yet they successfully blend the liveliness of the story with the rigidity of the vocabulary list. The 11 books feature gradually increasing difficulty and depth in vocabulary, with diverse storylines, but the words are cleverly embedded, as if they were always meant to be there. In short, learning vocabulary through stories is like a journey filled with surprises. This reminds us of Columbus’s story of conquering the world: cracking an egg and standing it on a table. It turns out there are no insurmountable challenges in the world—only whether we can find the right key to overcome them. Learning vocabulary through stories is just such a key for you.