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Dear Reader:

As the English editor of this book, it is my pleasure to offer my thoughts and recommendations regarding this publication. With roughly 20,000 words, this book is an excellent resource for building your vocabulary in English. One of its major strong points is the arrangement of vocabulary into specific, useful categories.

It’s well known that organizing words into meaningful patterns greatly assists in memorization, retention and recall. To this end, there are 22 chapters full of words related to various themes. For example, you’ll find chapters on individual physical and personality characteristics, society, culture, food and drink, occupations, the economy and other business-related matters as well as much, much more. Another definite strength of this publication is the abundant number of synonyms and other closely related words provided for each of the main vocabulary listed. This gives learners more choices so that they aren’t restricted to certain set patterns of speaking that often limit ESL students.

The vocabulary itself in this book is a good mixture from different levels, with an emphasis on intermediate, upper-intermediate and advanced vocabulary. In addition, you’ll notice some words are identified as being related to the GRE, which is useful if you plan to study for that particular exam. When looking through the book, you’ll notice some words are specific to a particular area (for example, medicine or science) that might not interest you at this time.

Obviously, if you encounter a word or category that you feel you may have no need of learning now, you shouldn’t feel obligated to study it. This book is best used keeping in mind your own individual needs and what your purposes are for learning English. Feel free to skip a chapter here and there for now until you feel the need to look at it later. That way, you can better concentrate on what you require immediately.

The main thing is not that you go through this publication in any particular order. Rather, the most important point to remember is to set aside some time regularly to build your vocabulary. Also, and I can’t stress this enough, it’s essential to review the words you learn time and time again - only that way will you see definite progress.

Finally, I wish you the best of luck on your English-learning journey. It’s a worthwhile trip.

Brian Foden

親愛的讀者 :

身為此書的英文審訂者，我要在此誠摯地向大家推薦這本書 《20000英文單字，英檢、新多益、托福、GRE拿高分》 。

如果你要建構你的英文字彙基礎 這本近乎20000字的語文學習書將會是理想的選擇。

首先 本書的特色便是將所有的字彙，按照生活情境來分類，都是十分實用的類別；每個主要單字都有句型範例，幫助您聯想並強化記憶。

全書分22大章，所有詞彙歸至這些重要的主題之中。這些主要章節包括了: 個人外在結構和內在特質、社會、文化、飲食、職場、經濟和商務等等。另外，值得一提的是此書更列出了和主要單字有關的同義字、反義字和相關詞，讓讀者觸類旁通。如此的安排更具選擇性，所以讀者不會只侷限於某種表達方式而已。

這本單字書巧妙的融合了各種不同字彙程度，特別在中級、中高級和高級部份。同時，它更是一本考用書。你將會發現，在每個主要字彙前均標示出GRE、托福、英檢、新多益等。如果你要專攻某種特定的英文考試，便能一目瞭然地掌握該類別應背誦的單字。

當你瀏覽此書時，你將會發現到某些單字專屬於特定的領域，如醫學和自然科學，或許目前並不吸引你。想提醒的是，你可以挑選書中所需要的類別先行記誦，而略過對你暫不需要的主題，如此你能更專注於現在的考試需求。

說真的，重點不在於你記憶此書單字的類別順序，而是要定期地把此書拿起來閱讀，逐步地建構您的英文單字能力。我必須再次強調，要時常複習你學過的這些英文單字，唯有如此，才能精進你的英語能力。

總之，我要真摯地祝福您在語言學習的過程順利成功 ！

而這將會是個美好而豐碩的學習旅程 ~

Brian Foden