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 fi...
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.
TEASER PREVIEW
What word best describes your personality if you:
• Are interested solely in your own welfare?
• Constantly talk about yourself?
• Dedicate your life to helping others?
• Turn your mind inward?
• Turn your mind outward?
• Hate humanity?
• Hate marriage?
• Lead a lonely, austere existence?
SESSION 1
Every human being is, in one way or another, unique.
Everyone’s personality is determined by a combination of generic and environmental factors.
Let us examine ten personality types (one of which might by chance be your very own) that result from the way culture, growth, family background, and environment interact with heredity.
And, of course, we begin not with the words, but with the ideas.
IDEAS
1. me first
Your attitude for life is simple, direct, and aboveboard—every decisio... (查看原文)
两本书各有千秋，比较来看： （以下word power made easy用M代替，webster's vocabulary builder用W代替） 1.M趣味性更强，让人在读故事的过程中自然而然就能把单词记住，幽默风趣; W与市面上教人以词根的方式背单词的书略同，如果把M比作是活力四射的年轻教师在教你，W则有种...
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每年一本单词书的计划到了三年。从开始六个月读一本Merriam-Webster Vocabulary Builder韦小绿，中间不知花了多久读完了Verbal Advantage到最后一个月多一点一本Word Power Made Easy. 读下来不认识的词越来越少，感觉自己是比以前提高了一点。作为一个“被鲨鱼和鳄鱼同时咬过...
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1 有用 wyest@乱世浮生 2012-04-08 21:30:11
电子版，看完忘记改标记了。中文看起来比较快，不过typo不少，词汇书看到typo挺不爽的
2 有用 良吉吉Bee 2017-10-06 19:05:30
小扇子，这才是power的早期翻译，但是很可惜都没有人知道，尽看原版去了。这本中文看着可真爽啊！！ 本书没有原版全，但是当时水平不够所以觉得比较适应。
0 有用 The 星星 2016-02-13 11:35:11
看的简直比英文版还费劲，但在当时也算是一本好书
0 有用 sinvergüenza 2014-07-19 23:00:18
word power made easy 91年中文版（看到有2014版，叫《英语说文解字》），从希腊语拉丁语处追本溯源讲解单词，趣味性远胜于枯燥的罗列词根。ps.开篇作者严正警告本作不准当小书看！
0 有用 翠爆 2015-10-21 21:22:06
看的影印，很有用，就是挺多小错误
2 有用 良吉吉Bee 2017-10-06 19:05:30
小扇子，这才是power的早期翻译，但是很可惜都没有人知道，尽看原版去了。这本中文看着可真爽啊！！ 本书没有原版全，但是当时水平不够所以觉得比较适应。
0 有用 The 星星 2016-02-13 11:35:11
看的简直比英文版还费劲，但在当时也算是一本好书
0 有用 翠爆 2015-10-21 21:22:06
看的影印，很有用，就是挺多小错误
0 有用 sinvergüenza 2014-07-19 23:00:18
word power made easy 91年中文版（看到有2014版，叫《英语说文解字》），从希腊语拉丁语处追本溯源讲解单词，趣味性远胜于枯燥的罗列词根。ps.开篇作者严正警告本作不准当小书看！
0 有用 载明 2012-04-28 18:00:08
这是我读过的最好的单词书！