High Score Breakthrough: Mastering Graduate Entrance Exam English Vocabulary

Author: Ivy English Teaching Research Center
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: Learning English, how many students yearn to break through the vocabulary barrier quickly, hoping to effectively master more English words in a shorter time, and ensure they don't forget what they've learned. However, this is a daunting "high hurdle." A considerable number of students, upon seeing the dense array of English words, become disheartened and lose confidence and courage to master them. Now presented to readers is the newly developed series in the "Red and Blue English" series—"Red and Blue English Colorful Memory Series." In addition to the definitions, examples, and concise explanations of vocabulary, it adopts a colorful double-column layout, with color changes every few dozen pages. The pleasing colors may not make one "impressively memorize" them, but at least they provide a refreshing feeling, thereby quickly reinforcing the key points of the English vocabulary explained in the book and greatly improving learning efficiency. This book uses a novel and intuitive double-column color arrangement, with a word range based on the newly revised "Announcement on the Revision of the Postgraduate English Examination Syllabus" released by the Ministry of Education, ensuring a certain level of authority. The left column lists entries in alphabetical order, followed by phonetic symbols, part of speech, and definitions. The right column provides examples and concise explanations for the corresponding entries, mainly including four parts: 1) Memory techniques, noting extended, reverse, association, and rhyming methods to help memorize words. 2) Synonyms and antonyms, referred to as "synonyms" and "antonyms" in the book. 3) High-score breakthroughs, highlighting important phrases that are frequently tested in past exams and those required to be mastered. 4) Example sentences. For the convenience of readers, except for example sentences, other parts are marked with shadowing as needed.