介绍
【出版前言】
学习任何一门语言,词汇学习是其中的基础工程和关键部分。掌握尽可能多的单词词组,是每个语言学习者孜孜以求的目标。然而我们经常听到的声音是:单词太难记了!
市场上介绍单词记忆法或是词汇学习方法的书可谓俯拾皆是,提到的方法又是林林总总五花八门,词根词缀法、联想记忆法等等,不一而足。有没有一种更有趣更有效的学习词汇的方法呢?在此我们谨把美国大学生中用得最多最广的一套词汇学习丛书推介给大家。
该丛书由美国Townsend Press出版,我社原版引进,并根据中国学习者特点做了些改编。与时下图书介绍的单词记忆方法不同,该丛书的作者们倡导的是根据认知原理,通过积极学习(activelearning)来熟悉掌握单词的方法。具体步骤是:首先,作者把要介绍的8个或者10个生词置于两道练习题中,让学习者通过语境,利用单词所在上下文中的例证、同义词、反义词等线索,推测(infer)或是猜测(guess)生词的意义。其次,就是通过大量的、反复的、多类型的练习,帮助学习者由推测或猜测词义,通过搭配练习(matching words with definitions)来识别词义(identify eachword's meaning),通过完成句子、同义、反义或是类比(analogy)关系选择以及完形填空等练习,让学习者不断接触该生词并在各种场合中不断运用它,从而达到理解、巩固、掌握并最终自然而然地记忆单词的目的。在整个过程中,学习者是一个积极主动的参与者,而不是一个被动的记忆者。
除了上述主张的记忆方法不同,本套书还有以下特色:
(1)Words-in-Context Approach:本套书中的每个章节首先把要介绍的8个或10个生词通过练习题的形式介绍给读者,让读者通过上下文,猜测词义、熟悉词义并作出选择。
(2)Abundant Exereises:词义熟悉之后,编写者设置了大量的、各种类型的练习,包括词义搭配、选择题、完形填空等,加深巩固该章节中所介绍的8个或10个单词。每五六个章节组成一个单元,除了章节中的练习外,每一单元中还设有阶段复习性练习题,以巩固该单元中所介绍的所有词汇。
(3)Focus on Essential Words:读者看到书后,很自然地就会问为什么每本书中只讲述了250或300个单词呢?每本书前言部分对这一问题作了回答:编写者做了大量的调查,参考词频信息,运用电脑对所选词汇进行复核,最后确定了每一阶段的基本词汇。书中列出的也是这些基本词汇的最常用意义。参照我国英语教学要求,6本书中Vocabulary Basics所涉及词汇与我国高中及非英语专业一年级相当、Groundwork for a Better Vocabulary所涉及词汇与我国非英语专业四级水平相当(4200词汇水平)、Building Vocabulary Skills所涉及词汇与我国非英语专业六级、英语专业低年级相当(6500词汇水平)、Improving Vocabulary Skills所涉及词汇与我国英语专业一二年级相当(8000词汇水平)、Advancing Vocabulary Skills所涉及词汇与我国英语专业高年级相当(12000词汇水平)、Advanced Word Power所涉及词汇与我国英语专业高年级及以上水平相当。
(4)Appealing Content:单纯的死记硬背单词十分枯燥,而且效果也不一定好。本丛书除了上述三个特色外,在练习内容的选择上也颇费心思。练习题内容饶有趣味,能吸引读者,让读者在记忆单词的同时,还能巩固语言知识。
(5)A Comprehensive Vocabulary Program:本系列6本图书,相互联系,按照由易到难排列,读者学完一本以后,可以继续学习更高层次的几本,不断挑战自己。
(6)User-friendly Format:为便于读者的学习,图书在版式设计上也颇费心思,让读者使用方便。
最后,我们衷心希望广大读者通过这套书的系统学习,不再觉得英语单词很难记忆。其实只要方法对了,记单词是一个很有趣、很有成就感的过程。
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目录
【目录】
前言
导读
Pretest of the Whole Book
UNIT ONE
Unit One Pretest
Chapter 1 The Nose Knows /Barbie:A Bad Example?
Chapter 2 Feeling Blue /A Late Love Letter
Chapter 3 Ads That Lie /Horrible Hiccups!
Chapter 4 An Upsetting Dream /A King's Mistake
Chapter 5 Be Proud of Your Age!/Making Anger Work for You1
Chapter 6 How Not to Treat Customers /Stuck in the Middle
Unit One Review(Crossword Puzzle)
Init One Tests
UNIT TWO
Unit Two Pretest
Chapter 7 The Joy of Ice Cream /A Noisy Apartment
Chapter 8 Nuts in the Senate /Calling Dr.Leech
Chapter 9 TV and Violence /Are You Ready for a Pet?
Chapter 10 Help for Shy People /Not a Laughing Matter
Chapter 11 Taking Risks/Bad Manners Hurt Everyone
Chapter 12 Two Different Sisters /How "Honest Abe"Earned His Name
Unit Two Review(Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Two Tests
UNIT THREE
Unit Three Pretest
Chapter 13 Ready to Do Well/Advertising for a Date
Chapter 14 The Good and Bad Sides of Malls /As Good As It Looks?
Chapter 15 A Relief in Elving /She Tries before She Ruys~
Chapter 16 Play Now,Pay Later /A Man of Many Faces
Chapter 17 Soaps Are for Me!/Keeping the Customer Happy
Chapter 18 A Fake“Cure”/The Jobs Everyone Hates
Unit Three Review(Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Three Tests
UNIT FOUR
Unit Four Pretest
Chapter 19 A Young Librarian /No More Harm
Chapter 20 Is He Man or Machine?/Struck by Lightning
Chapter 21 Whose Fault Is It?/Forests Full of Life
Chapter 22 An Animal in Danger /The Simple Life of the Amish
Chapter 23 Taking a Break with TV /Working and Living Together
Chapter 24 The Horror of Hate /Taking Time for Thanks
Unit Four Review(Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Four Tests
UNIT FIVE
Unit Five Pretest
Chapter 25 A Surprising Change /Just for Fun
Chapter 26 Little Lies /Rudeness at the Movies
Chapter 27 The Truth About Drinking/A Life Out of Balance
Chapter 28 Animals Were First /Call Waiting—Oh,No!
Chapter 29 A Cab Driver for Now /Thoughts at the Mall
Chapter 30 The Birth of the American Red Cross /To Spank or Not to Spank?
Unit Five Review(Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Five Tests
Posttest of the Whole Book
APPENDIXES
A Answer Key
1.Answers to the Pretest of the Whole Book
2.Answers to the Unit Pretests
3.Answers to the Chapter Activities
4.Answers to the Unit Reviews and Tests
5.Answers to the Posttest of the Whole Book
B Word List