Norman Lewis (born December 30, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York – died September 8, 2006 in Whittier, California) was an author, grammarian, lexicographer, and etymologist. Lewis was a leading authority on English-language skills, whose best-selling 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary published by Pocket Books in 1971 promised to teach readers "how to make words your slaves" in fifteen minutes a day.
Do You Always Use the Right Word?
Can You Pronounce It -- and Spell It -- Correctly?
Do You Know How to Avoid Illiterate Expressions?
Do You Speak Grammatically, Without Embarrassing Mistakes?
If the answer to any of these questions is NO, you ought to read Word Power Made Easy. Now thoroughly revised to eliminate outmoded references and to to reflect current idioms, it remains the best and quickest means to a better vocabulary in the English language.
Each chapter ends with review. Each section ends with a progressive check. Numerous tests will help you increase and retain the knowledge you acquired. Word Power Made Easy does more than just ass words to you vocabulary. It teaches ideas and a method of broadening knowledge as an integral part of the vocabulary building process.
發表於2025-03-22
Word Power Made Easy 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
每年一本單詞書的計劃到瞭三年。從開始六個月讀一本Merriam-Webster Vocabulary Builder韋小綠,中間不知花瞭多久讀完瞭Verbal Advantage到最後一個月多一點一本Word Power Made Easy. 讀下來不認識的詞越來越少,感覺自己是比以前提高瞭一點。作為一個“被鯊魚和鰐魚同時咬過...
評分 評分 評分好像都沒正經寫過什麼書評,但是這本書,確實值得大傢好好看看。 我其實也是偶然在豆瓣閑逛的時候,看見這本書的評價很高,所以買來看的。對於學英語很多年的人來說,有種打通任督二脈的意思,哈哈。但是不得不說,這本書對於詞匯量還說,還有一定要求的,不然太多生詞很難堅持...
評分Know more words,know more ideas. 這本書不僅僅是一本單詞書,更是一本教人如何思考如何學習的書。對於大多數的人來說,他們已失去瞭好奇心,每當遇到一個新詞,或遇到一個新的概念,他們根本不想也不會甚至不屑去查看這些詞匯的定義,因為對他們來說,知與不知又乾卿底事? ...
圖書標籤: 英語 英語學習 詞匯 vocabulary 工具書 原版 語言 english
1.191205-200220 第一遍學習共138小時
評分想起來算是苦中作樂:)
評分a magnum opus worth reading verbatim!
評分說文解字英文版。
評分花瞭很長時間慢慢的“讀”,很同意作者Norman Lewis說的"...no educative process is ever the end; it is always the beginning of more education, more learning, more living." 這本書要一直讀下去。
Word Power Made Easy 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載