McGraw-Hill's Essential Phrasal Verbs Dictionary (Essential)
麦格劳-希尔短语动词辞典

# Author:Richard A. Spears
# Format:PDF 1.7MB
# Page Count: 288 pages
# Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (January 26, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0071497838
# ISBN-13: 978-0071497831

Better understand American English by mastering its phrasal verbs

This authoritative reference offers thousands of American English phrasal verbs, two-word verbs, prepositional verbs, and verbs that are used together. Entries include definitions and examples of phrasal verbs used in context. With help from McGraw-Hill's Essential American Phrasal Verbs Dictionary, you will become familiar with English as it is used in the media, at work, around the house, and in everyday conversations. This knowledge will help you comprehend English as it is spoken in the United States and add variety to your word usage.

Inside you will find:

* 1,800 entries with examples of everyday usage
* The latest phrasal verbs used in the American lexicon
* Fun illustrations that show the humor of taking expressions too literally

McGraw-Hill's Essential American Idioms (Mcgraw-Hill's Essential)
麦格劳-希尔美国习语精华

# Author:Richard A. Spears
# Format:PDF 2.1MB
# Page Count: 288 pages
# Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0071497846
# ISBN-13: 978-0071497848

Learning idioms is as easy as apple pie

This concise, easy-to-use reference defines hundreds of contemporary American idiomatic expressions and shows how to use them in real-life situations. You will learn more than 2,100 idioms, each exemplified with contextual sentences.

McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang (Essential)
麦格劳-希尔美国俚语精华

# Author:Richard A. Spears
# Format:PDF 1.6MB
# Page Count: 288 pages
# Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (January 26, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0071497854
# ISBN-13: 978-0071497855

Chow down on American English
This concise, easy-to-use reference defines and explains hundreds of contemporary American slang expressions and illustrates their use in real-life situations. You will learn to understand this integral part of living English as used by Americans in all walks of life.

Natural English Elementary Reading and Writing Skills
自然英语:初级阅读和写作技巧

# Author: Gairns , R & Redman , S
# Format:PDF 4.1MB
# Page Count: 64 pages
# Publisher: Oxford University Press (April 27, 2006)
# ISBN-10: 0194388514
# ISBN-13: 978-0194388511

Students at Elementary level and above have gaps in their language knowledge and performance which inhibit their progress. The natural English syllabus is based on research into these language gaps and the course brings together current ideas in a stylish, principled, and easy-to-teach set of materials.

- natural English is a syllabus strand which enables students to integrate frequent, natural language into their language framework.

Speaking Extra Book and Audio CD Pack: A Resource Book of Multi-level Skills Activities (Cambridge Copy Collection)

# Author:Mick Gammidge
# Format:PDF 14.2MB + MP3 29.8MB
# Page Count: 128 pages
# Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Spi Pap/Co edition (25 Mar 2004)
# ISBN-10: 052175464X
# ISBN-13: 978-0521754644

This lively resource book encourages students to expand their speaking skills using role play, problem solving, puzzles, games, interviews, storytelling and discussion. Many of the speaking activities are supported by the accompanying audio CD and the recording script section at the back of the resource book.

Writing Extra: A Resource Book of Multi-Level Skills Activities (Cambridge Copy Collection)

# Author:Graham Palmer
# Format:PDF 17.6MB
# Page Count: 128 pages
# Publisher: Cambridge University Press (25 Mar 2004)
# Language French
# ISBN-10: 0521532876
# ISBN-13: 978-0521532877

Students are led step-by-step to a definite written outcome through a range of motivating activities such as role plays, discussions, games and text analysis. Each activity provides a meaningful context for real-world writing tasks such as writing e-mails, reports, letters, CVs and diaries. The book encourages students to look at the process of writing, thus developing their awareness of structure, content and their target audience.

Reading Extra: A Resource Book of Multi-Level Skills Activities

# Author:Liz Driscoll
# Format:PDF 16.0MB
# Page Count: 120 pages
# Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Spi edition (25 Mar 2004)
# ISBN-10: 0521534054
# ISBN-13: 978-0521534055

This book uses many authentic sources such as factual texts, newspaper articles, features and TV schedules, instruction manuals, everyday signs, stories, quizzes, emails and diary entries. Students are encouraged to read material on different levels and in different ways, such as reading for gist, scanning, skimming, comprehension, analysing structure, summarising and shadow reading.

Listening Extra Book and Audio CD Pack: A Resource Book of Multi-Level Skills Activities

# Author:Miles Craven
# Format:PDF 16MB + MP3 133MB
# Page Count: 136 pages
# Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Pap/Com edition (25 Mar 2004)
# ISBN-10: 0521754615
# ISBN-13: 978-0521754613

This book provides original and stimulating listening practice across a range of levels and topics. Activities are designed around authentic scenarios and help develop specific listening skills, such as listening for details, identifying emotions or listening for opinions. The recordings expose students to a variety of native and non-native accents and cover a range of genres from radio and television to academic lectures, presentations and conversational dialogues.

Writing for Quick Cash: Turn Your Way With Words into Real Money
将你的文字变成现金

# Author:Loriann Hoff Oberlin
# Format:PDF 1.9MB
# Page Count: 224 pages
# Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association (November 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0814471994
# ISBN-13: 978-0814471999

Getting paid to write is every aspiring scribe's dream, but Writing for Quick Cash gives writers the tools and resources to make it reality. From researching potential clients to negotiating maximum pay rates, writers will learn every conceivable strategy for generating a steady flow of rewarding assignments that pay real money. Oberlin shows experienced and novice writers how to:

* Survey opportunities in business and technical writing, online content, periodicals, book projects, greeting cards, newsletters, and much more
* Market ideas and services to publishers, corporations, and others
* Work with clients and editors smoothly and professionally
* Create an efficient home office set-up for maximum productivity
* Write like a journalist -- without taking journalism classes
* Make the most of the latest and best writing software
* Augment income through teaching, speaking, and editing jobs

The Oxford Thesaurus
牛津词库

# Author:Laurence Urdang
# Format:PDF 2.73MB
# Page Count: 1054 pages
# Publisher: Clarendon Press; De Luxe Ed edition (October 6, 1994)
# ISBN-10: 0191958018
# ISBN-13: 978-0191958014

First published in 1991, the very successful first edition of The Oxford Thesaurus has now sold over 126,000 copies. This new edition (NB new format), which for the first time includes antonyms in the main A-Z text, along with many additional new synonyms, broadens the book's appeal still further. The Oxford Thesaurus remains the most useful A-Z thesaurus available today, with more practical guidance for the user than any other competing title. Around 350,000 synonyms and antonyms, covering general English as well as thousands of regional and idiomatic words and expressions, are listed in A-Z form for ease of reference. Generous and detailed labelling shows how to use synonyms, and example sentences throughout make it even easier to select the correct synonym. The most useful synonyms (ie those that are closest in meaning to the headword) are listed first - a more helpful arrangement than a simple alphabetical listing under the headword. If the word for which you seek an alternative is not to be found as a headword, you can simply turn to the synonym index which lists 265,000 synonyms and shows you under which headword each synonym is located. In addition, all synonyms which also have their own headword entry (at which further related words may be found) are indicated by a simple cross-reference symbol. On the first edition: 'handier than Roget both in being alphabetical and in offering example-sentences. The mot juste in just a mo.' Prof. Sir Randolph Quirk, The Observer.

American Accent Training (Book and Audio CD, 2nd Edition)
美语语音训练

# Author:Ann Cook
# Format:13 MB PDF + 5 x 60 MB MP3
# Page Count: 210 pages
# Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 2 edition (September 1, 2000)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0764173693
# ISBN-13: 978-0764173691

The second edition of the highly acclaimed American Accent Training, now on 5 audio CDs, is for foreign-born students and business people working, traveling or studying in the United States and Canada. Through extensive intonation and pronunciation exercises, students learn how to speak with a standard American Accent. At the same time, listening comprehension improves dramatically. Supplementary materials included detailed nationality guides for eight languages (Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Spanish, French, German, Russian and Korean), access to a comprehensive website, and referral to a qualified telephone analyst for an individual diagnostic speech analysis. Also included are colored markers for written exercises, and a mirror to practice accurate pronunciation.

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
熊猫吃射走(英语常用语法错误指南)

# Author:Lynne Truss
# Format:PDF 2.0MB
# Page Count: 209 pages
# Publisher: Gotham Books (April 2004)
# Language English
# ISBN-10: 1592400876
# ISBN-13: 978-1592400874

Everyone knows the basics of punctuation, surely? Aren't we all taught at school how to use full stops, commas and question marks? And yet we see ignorance and indifference everywhere. "Its Summer!" says a sign that cries out for an apostrophe. "ANTIQUE,S," says another, bizarrely. "Pansy's ready", we learn to our considerable interest ("Is she?"), as we browse among the bedding plants.

In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss dares to say that, with our system of punctuation patently endangered, it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them for the wonderful and necessary things they are. If there are only pedants left who care, then so be it. "Sticklers unite" is her rallying cry. "You have nothing to lose but your sense of proportion--and arguably you didn't have much of that to begin with."

English in the Southern United States (Studies in English Language)
美国南部英语

# Author:Stephen J. Nagle, Sara L. Sanders
# Format:PDF 1.3MB
# Page Count: 260 pages
# Publisher: Cambridge University Press (January 27, 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0521822645
# ISBN-13: 978-0521822640

The English of the southern United States is possibly the most studied of any regional variety of any language because of its rich internal diversity, its distinctiveness among regional varieties in the United States, its significance as a marker of regional identity, and the general folkloric appeal of southern culture. However, most, if not all, books about Southern American English have been directed almost exclusively toward scholars already working in the field. This volume, written by a team of experts, many of them internationally known, provides a broad overview of the foundations of and current research on language variation in the southern United States designed to invite new inquiry and inquirers. It explores historical and cultural elements, iconic contemporary features, and current changes in progress. Central themes, issues and topics of scholarly investigation and debate figure prominently throughout the volume. The extensive bibliography will facilitate continued research.

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions
韦氏英语典故辞典

# Author: Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber
# Format:PDF 10.6MB
# Page Count:592 pages
# Publisher: Merriam-Webster; Ppk edition (September 1999)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0877796289
# ISBN-13: 978-0877796282

This is like a shorter, more accessible, and American version of Brewer's Dictionary, which this book does cite as a reference. Other differences are that this provides a pronunciation guide for certain words and that contextual examples are drawn mostly from periodicals pre-1999.

It includes allusions to poems ("snows of yesteryear" and "waste its sweetness on the desert air"), the Bible ("Sodom and Gomorrah"), 20th century novels ("Peyton Place" and the "Snopes family" in Faulkner's works), Latin usage ("ex cathedra") and TV ("Eddie Haskell" and "Ozzie and Harriet").

The Oxford Dictionary of New Words: Popular Guide to Words in the News
牛津新词辞典:新闻流行用语指南

# Author:Sara Tulloch
# Format:PDF 1.2MB
# Page Count: 336 pages
# Publisher: Oxford University Press; New Ed edition (8 Oct 1992)
# Language English
# ISBN-10: 0192830775
# ISBN-13: 978-0192830777
# Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 2.3 cm

This is the first dictionary entirely devoted to new words and meanings to have been published by the Oxford University Press. It follows in the tradition of the Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary in attempting to record the history of some recent additions to the language, but,unlike the Supplement, it is necessarily very selective in the words,phrases, and meanings whose stories it sets out to tell and it stands as an independent work, unrelated (except in the resources it draws upon) to the Oxford English Dictionary.

The Handbook of Pragmatics (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)
语用学手册

# Author:Laurence R. Horn , Gregory L. Ward
# Format:PDF 6.8MB
# Page Count: 864 pages
# Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated (January 1, 2004)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0631225471
# ISBN-13: 978-0631225478

The Handbook of Pragmatics is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide an authoritative and accessible introduction to the field, including an overview of the foundations of pragmatic theory and a detailed examination of the rich and varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics.

* Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that outline the central themes and challenges for current research in the field of linguistic pragmatics.
* Provides authoritative and accessible introduction to the field and a detailed examination of the varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics.
* Includes extensive bibliography that serves as a research tool for those working in pragmatics and allied fields in linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science.
* Valuable resource for both students and professional researchers investigating the properties of meaning, reference, and context in natural language.

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
美国传统英语词典

# Author:Editors of The American Heritage Dictionaries
# Format:PDF 41.8MB
# Page Count: 2140 pages
# Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; 3 edition (August 20, 1992)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0395448956
# ISBN-13: 978-0395448953

The third edition of the American Heritage Dictionary is a beauty--2,134 pages and 8.5 pounds--containing a lexicon of more than 200,000 entries, plus an appendix of Indo-European roots for etymology enthusiasts. The crisp white pages and sharp black print are easy on the eyes, the drawings and pictures (nearly 4,000 in all) are a delight, and along with the lucid, erudite definitions are 4,000-plus quoted illustrations of usage from the likes of Shakespeare, Melville, and Updike. Though it's the chosen reference of editors, it's more than a mere tool of the trade--it's a luxurious linguistic experience.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
麦格劳-希尔美国习语和短语动词辞典

# Author:Richard A. Spears
# Format:PDF 2.3MB
# Page Count:1098 pages
# Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (January 17, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0071469346
# ISBN-13: 978-0071469340

Learn the language of Nebraska . . .and 49 other states
With more entries than any other reference of its kind, McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs shows you how American English is spoken today. You will find commonly used phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, proverbial expressions, and clichés. The dictionary contains more than 24,000 entries, each defined and followed by one or two example sentences. It also includes a Phrase-Finder Index with more than 60,000 entries.

最新英文商务写作手册
The Gregg Reference Manual

# Author: William A. Sabin
# Format:PDF 2.3MB
# Publisher: Career Education
# Number Of Pages: 704
# Publication Date: 2004-06-14
# ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0072936533
# ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780072936537

For more than 50 years, The Gregg Reference Manual has been recognized as the best style manual for business professionals and students. The basic rules that apply to the most frequent problems are covered as thoroughly as the fine points of the problems that occur less often. The colorful examples and illustrations offer easy-to-follow models to help resolve the difficulties encountered in everyday communications from e-mail messages to formal reports. New features include:

Up-to-date coverage on dealing with online source material and precautions to observe when citing electronic material
New searchable index: the website accompanying the book allows the reader immediate access to definitions and information on specific topics
Updated e-mail rules and expanded plagiarism coverage to meet the needs of changing technology

McGraw-Hill's Super-Mini American Slang Dictionary
麦格劳-希尔超级迷你美国俚语辞典

# Author:Richard A. Spears
# Format:PDF 1.2MB
# Page Count: 288 pages
# Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (July 9, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0071492283
# ISBN-13: 978-0071492287

The 411 on the latest American slang

This up-to-date dictionary presents you with 2,100 entries including colorful words and phrases from television and movies, as well as the streets and campuses.

The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
风格的要素

# Author:William Strunk Jr., E. B. White
# Format:PDF 1.03MB
# Page Count: 105 pages
# Publisher: Longman; 4th edition (August 2, 1999)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 020530902X
# ISBN-13: 978-0205309023

Composition teachers throughout the English-speaking world have been pushing this book on their students since it was first published in 1957. Co-author White later revised it, and it remains the most compact and lucid handbook we have for matters of basic principles of composition, grammar, word usage and misusage, and writing style. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun (ESL Series)
趣味美国的成语

# Author:Edward Swick
# Format:PDF 2.11MB
# Page Count:144 pages
# Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (February 1, 1999)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0764108077
# ISBN-13: 978-0764108075

ESL students taking intermediate-level courses will find this book a helpful supplement to their classroom textbook. Just as important, they'll see it as a reliable guide to the intricacies of idiomatic American English. Why, after all, should a newcomer to the English language be expected to make sense out of such phrases as get on the ball...make a beeline...have a bone to pick? These and dozens more phrases are explained, "translated" into more formal English, and repeated in various contexts.