2008-Standard Vocabulary for New Gaokao English Syllabus Pocket Guide

Author: Zhou Jie
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: This book is meticulously compiled by a team of New Oriental teachers with extensive experience in test preparation for postgraduate entrance exams. Its unique selling point lies in catering to the actual needs of candidates, adhering to the principles of saving time and effort while enhancing learning efficiency. It only lists the phonetic symbols, Chinese definitions, and related phrases for each entry in the syllabus. It is a carefully designed, highly targeted vocabulary manual where the Chinese definitions of each word are meticulously selected to ensure candidates do not memorize excessively or feel burdened, yet also avoid missing out on anything essential. Memorizing vocabulary is the first step in learning English, the most fundamental and most challenging process. To help candidates efficiently memorize postgraduate entrance exam vocabulary and overcome the bottleneck in English review, the authors have compiled this "New Syllabus Standard Vocabulary Pocket Guide for Postgraduate Entrance Exams." This book strictly follows the newly issued "National Postgraduate Entrance Examination English Syllabus (Non-English Majors)" by the Ministry of Education. It is meticulously compiled by a team of New Oriental teachers with extensive experience in test preparation for postgraduate entrance exams. To highlight key points and strengthen memory, the book adopts a simple and clear structure, focuses on preventing visual fatigue in its layout, and is arranged in a well-organized manner, allowing candidates to effortlessly master the syllabus vocabulary. Another unique feature of this manual is that the authors, based on the actual needs of candidates and the principle of saving time and effort while enhancing learning efficiency, only list the phonetic symbols, Chinese definitions, and related phrases for each entry in the syllabus. However, this does not mean the book is merely a of vocabulary. On the contrary, it is a carefully designed, highly targeted vocabulary manual where the authors have meticulously selected the Chinese definitions of each word, considering both the frequently tested meanings and the meanings of familiar words used in unfamiliar contexts, as well as their importance. The authors' goal is to ensure candidates do not memorize excessively or feel burdened, yet also avoid missing out on anything essential.