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Recommended English materials for the 2020 postgraduate entrance examination - 1. Bibliographic sources:

In order to ensure the rationality of the selection of books, We selected 100 postgraduate entrance examination English experience posts from Zhihu, postgraduate entrance examination forums, public accounts, and Weibo that candidates often clicked on, with a ratio of 50% each for the best posts and 50% for high-like posts, and conducted a file analysis on them.

Based on the experience posts of screening a large number of postgraduate English exams, we selected the 4 books with the highest mention rate (in no particular order):

"Extraordinary Vocabulary"

"Lian Lian You Ci"

"New Oriental Postgraduate Entrance Examination English Vocabulary Roots + Associative Memory Method: Shuffled Edition" (hereinafter referred to as : Green Book)

2020 Postgraduate Entrance Examination English Material Recommendations - 2. Bibliographic Evaluation:

In this article, we divide the evaluation content into three categories: content, added value, and user reputation. parts.

1. Contents

"Extraordinary Vocabulary"

Flash of English "Flash of Vocabulary for Postgraduate Entrance Examination"

"Lian Lian You Ci" 》

"Green Book"

◆Summary:

The first part of "Extraordinary Vocabulary" is original sentences from American dramas, famous quotes, and classics. The difficulty is relatively low and suitable for beginners. The second part is the original sentences from foreign journals. The sentences are selected from foreign journals that have the same origin as the real questions. The difficulty is close to that of the exam. The third part is the original sentences from the real test questions. The sentences are selected from the real English test questions in the past years. The difficulty is the same as the exam. There are 600 sentences of comprehensive vocabulary in the first half of the book, contextual memory, and memorizing words like watching an American TV series.

Flash English "Flash Vocabulary for Postgraduate Entrance Examination" divides vocabulary into required words + basic words + occasional test words + super-level words according to their importance. The key points are highlighted and the amount of memory is greatly reduced.

One must-test word Interesting and more memorable.

"Lian Lian You Ci" mainly divides vocabulary into main words, similar words and supplementary words, and memorizes a group of words through a simple word. And five inspirational stories for the postgraduate entrance examination are selected to relieve candidates' fatigue in preparing for the examination.

"Green Book" combines pictures and text, which is pleasing to the eye and easy to understand. Different pictures are provided according to the meaning of the words, giving candidates a relaxing and pleasant experience. The memory method uses root + associative memory to make the process of memorizing words interesting.

Content evaluation results: "Extraordinary Vocabulary" ≥ "Lian Lian You Ci" ≥ "Green Book" > Flashing English "Flashing Vocabulary for Postgraduate Entrance Examination"

2. Added value

"Extraordinary Vocabulary" comes with 4 small bonus books:

Among them, the small red book divides vocabulary according to importance; the small yellow book divides vocabulary according to difficulty Vocabulary is divided by degree, which can be used to check for gaps and test your memory of words; the little green book is a frequently used test phrase, which can be used to expand the vocabulary and accumulate materials for composition; the small blue book is a vocabulary test book, which can be used by doing Questions to understand the usage of words.

Flash English "Flash Vocabulary for Postgraduate Entrance Examination" comes with accompanying audio, which is convenient for candidates to learn while memorizing words. Those who memorize words can also remember the pronunciation of the words.

"Lian Lian You Ci" comes with audio and video, so that candidates can memorize, read and learn at the same time, and strengthen their concentration