Read World Famous Quotes to Learn English: Motivational Quotes

Author: (Taiwan) Chen Rongji
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Features: This book is compiled and annotated by the editor during their tenure as an English teacher at the Taiwan Police College and Taoyuan Shenggong Commercial Vocational School, with the aim of providing supplementary reading materials for students. It includes 500 famous quotes from writers, educators, philosophers, politicians, and other notable figures from around the world, as well as proverbs. The book is organized into chapters based on the nature of the quotes, including "Moral Character and Self-Cultivation," "Learning," "Ambition and Perseverance," "Dealing with Affairs," and "Social Conduct." Each quote is presented in a bilingual English-Chinese format and its source is noted. To help readers fully understand the meaning of each quote, additional annotations are provided, listing difficult English words with their International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) pronunciation and part of speech in the sentence, along with both English and Chinese explanations.
Table of Contents:
1. Moral Character and Self-Cultivation
2. Learning
3. Ambition and Perseverance
4. Dealing with Affairs
5. Social Conduct