Clear definitions and prominent guidewords help you find the meaning you want quickly and easily. Hundreds of new words ensure your English is up to date. And 'Word partner' boxes show you how to use words in the most natural way.
# NEW! 'Extra help' section includes maps, illustrations and photos, and the innovative 'Let's Talk' section which focuses specifically on spoken English.
# NEW! Even more 'Common mistakes' boxes taken from the Cambridge Learner Corpus help you avoid typical errors.
# NEW! Thesaurus panels help you widen your vocabulary.
The accompanying CD-ROM includes:
# Recordings of every word in British and American English - listen, record and play back to practise your own pronunciation.
# Interactive exercises including exam practice and real past papers for IELTS, FCE, CAE, CPE and BEC.
# Extra collocation information and thousands of example sentences.
# UNIQUE! Cambridge SMART thesaurus turns the dictionary into a thesaurus at the click of a button.
# QUICKfind, a mini pop-up version of the dictionary that lets you look up words as you work with no effort.
書籍特色 Key Features
* 標示單字學習重要度：將單字依據學習的重要性分為(E)Essential基本、(I)Improver提升、(A)Advenced進階，三種程度，讓使用者可以清楚判別該單字的是否應該熟記的程度
* 25頁全彩照片與插圖：主題包含廚房用品、水果、食物、運動、身體部位、汽車、電腦等等
* 全彩地圖：含世界地圖、英國地圖、美洲地圖、澳洲與紐西蘭地圖
* Common mistakes「常犯錯誤」學習方塊：新版依據劍橋學習者語料庫編製而成，語料庫蒐集學生在ESOL考試中常犯過錯誤，提醒使用者不再犯典型的錯誤！
* Word partner「單字搭檔」學習方塊：讓使用者了解該單字最常配搭的字詞
* Other ways of saying「換個方式說」學習方塊：讓使用者了解最通俗使用的單字，還有其他有趣的說法，幫助拓展字彙
* 實用的Extra help（學習附錄）單元，內含：創新的Let’s Talk超實用會話例句單元，讓使用者學習日常生活中真實的對話、Common Mistakes常見錯誤解說、New Words and Phrases 最新字詞、Letter writing & Writing essays書信寫作、Geographical names 地理名稱、Prefixes and suffixes字首與字根、Irregular verbs不規則動詞表、Regular verb tense 規則動詞時態表、Symbols符號表、Units of Measurement度量衡表、Word Families單字家族表、Idiom Finder慣用語查詢等等。
