TY - BOOK AU - Recio Lebedev, Jennifer TI - Vocabulary Power 1: Practicing Essential Words SN - 9780132283564 (Student Book) AV - PE1449 .L37 2007 PY - 2008/// CY - White Plains, NY PB - Pearson Education KW - Vocabulary KW - Literacy KW - Study and teaching KW - Examinations KW - Study guides KW - Low Intermediate N1 - Includes index; "Acquiring a strong vocabulary doesn't have to be difficult. Vocabulary Power uses the latest research on memory to make this process simple, effective, and enjoyable; A three-book series, Vocabulary Power ; teaches the most important words from the General Service List (500 words) and Academic Word List (400 words) ; presents each word in eight different contexts to help students learn and remember the word easily ; encourages students to apply the words to their own lives, making vocabulary more relevant and useful ; can be used in class or as a self-study text; Each Vocabulary Power book features ; 300 new words - 10 per chapter ; high-interest readings adapted from articles on a variety of up-to-date topics ; exercises on word families, multiple meanings, collocations, and expressions that expand students' knowledge of the words ; engaging discussion questions and writing topics that elicit natural use of the words ; quizzes to check students' progress and minimize teacher prep time ; Word Builder exercises and charts in the Appendix to help students focus on the meaning and use of word parts. (Book Cover); CONTENTS; To the Teacher; To the Student; CHAPTER 1 ; Key Words: consider, feast, generous, guilt, load, mean, occasion, proof, settle, spirit ; Readings: The First Noodles - What Men and Women Eat; CHAPTER 2 ; Key Words: allow, attempt, cause, cure, damage, disease, raise, record, risk, shore ; Readings: River Surfing - Powerful Women in the Air; CHAPTER 3 ; Key Words: coast, compare, contain, develop, effect, experiment, public, sense, skill, system ; Readings: The Van Gogh Drawings - The Man Who Loved to Build Parks; QUIZ 1 Key Words from Chapters 1-3; CHAPTER 4 ; Key Words: bold, certain, creature, degree, exist, pattern, rise, serve, shallow, stick ; Readings: Smart Enough to Use Tools - Little Known Facts about the Killer Whale; CHAPTER 5 ; Key Words: doubt, gain, habit, handle, improve, lead, origin, reduce, result, reward ; Readings: Small Changes Make a Difference - What to Do When You're Stressed; CHAPTER 6 ; Key Words: admit, beam, board, crime, destroy, disturb, faith, population, ripe, warn ; Readings: A Darkness in German Soccer - Safety for College Students; QUIZ 2 Key Words from Chapters 4-6; CHAPTER 7 ; Key Words: blow, compose, duty, exact, inquire, miserable, pity, probable, proper, sympathetic ; Readings: Push Dad into Action? - Making Mom Understand; CHAPTER 8 ; Key Words: ancient, blame, course, entire, gather, motion, practical, purpose, ruin, threat ; Readings: Green Buildings - The Truth Is in the Ice; CHAPTER 9 ; Key Words: compete, dismiss, divide, field, include, industry, opinion, produce, train, treat ; Readings: Bollywood - Beijing Film Academy; Quiz 3 Key Words from Chapters 7-9; CHAPTER 10 ; Key Words: battle, charm, cheat, due, forbid, interfere, permit, protect, puzzle, rush ; Readings: Old Enough to Drive? - A New Kind of Ride on the Streets of New York; CHAPTER 11 ; Key Words: artificial, base, obey, pause, race, succeed, supply, trap, wonder; worship ; Readings: Ant Farms: A Family Business - Doing Business Like a Child; CHAPTER 12 ; Key Words: brave, cheer; crowd, modest, post, raw, replace, slave, slip, stir ; Readings: So You Want to Be a Rock Star? - From the Football Stadium to the Opera House; Quiz 4 Key Words from Chapters 10-12; CHAPTER 13 ; Key Words: eager; fortune, freedom, horizon, ideal, operate, reserve, standard, steady, wise ; Readings: Soon to Be a Millionaire - How Rich is Rich?; CHAPTER 14 ; Key Words: ache, actual, blind, concern, courage, expect, mention, peace, pretend, separate ; Readings: New Book, New Author, New Beginnings - No Direction Home; CHAPTER 15 ; Key Words: block, deaf, defend, dozen, grateful, inform, patience, relieve, respect, sharp ; Readings: What Your Doctor Never Told You - Medicine From Around the World; Quiz 5 Key Words from Chapters 13-15; CHAPTER 16 ; Key Words: bunch, condition, loan, official, postpone, praise, rough, shelter, sincere, wage ; Readings: A Time to Think and a Time to Help - Lessons about the World outside School; CHAPTER 17 ; Key Words: balance, deal, guide, hesitate, honor; local, loyal, matter; position, support ; Readings: First Jobs, First Lessons - Keeping Workers Happy; CHAPTER 18 ; Key Words: arrest, beat, beg, envy, evil, guard, point, poison, rot, sore ; Reading: What's Right or Wrong; Quiz 6 Key Word from Chapter 16-18; CHAPTER 19 ; Key Words: class, exchange, fresh, interrupt, liquid, mild, opportunity, permanent, quality, trick; Readings: When Drinking Water Becomes a Lifestyle - Home Is Anywhere; CHAPTER 20 ; Key Words: accept, appear, determine, examine, express, formal, frequent, hook, increase, limit ; Readings: Who Lives in Cyworld? - Can a Computer Understand Our Emotions?; CHAPTER 21 ; Key Words: border, century, former, hire, immediate, native, necessary, split, spread, suit ; Readings: Ride Through History - A Tour Just for You; Quiz 7 Key Words from Chapters 19-21; CHAPTER 22 ; Key Words: apply, bargain, confess, disappoint, gradual, host, literature, private, regret, shame ; Readings: We Want to Study German - Choosing a College Across the Ocean; CHAPTER 23 ; Key Words: companion, curious, desire, heal, manner, observe, prevent, pure, remind, suffer ; Readings: The Need to Watch Bad News - The Pet Dog: A Mirror of Its Owner; CHAPTER 24 ; Key Words: adopt, advantage, committee, depend, possess, property, realize, responsible, solve, tax ; Readings: When a Teenager Rules over a City - Programmed for Politics?; Quiz 8 Key Words from Chapters 22-24; CHAPTER 25 ; Key Words: command, cruel, defeat, disgust, enemy, faint, greed, owe, surface, whisper ; Readings: The Many Peoples of Italy - Blackbeard's Last Home; CHAPTER 26 ; Key Words: avoid, combine, demand, figure, fit, offer, press, provide, reach, store ; Readings: Taking Television in a New Direction - The Radio of Tomorrow - Today; CHAPTER 27 ; Key Words: admire, attract, civilize, crop, remain, society, soil, steep, tame, voyage ; Readings: Much More than a Garden - Africa under Geography's Control; Quiz 9 Key Words from Chapters 25-27; CHAPTER 28 ; Key Words: advance, afford, case, discover, edge, manufacture, recent, satisfy, spill, stain ; Readings: Today's Man Is Looking Good - Cool Clothes; CHAPTER 29 ; Key Words: common, detail, force, miss, multiply, object, particular; rapid, sort, value ; Readings: Seeing the World through Different Eyes - Which English Do You Speak?; CHAPTER 30 ; Key Words: dive, fold, gentle, harvest, height, pipe, solid, steer; trade, wrap ; Readings: The Importance of Latin American Economies - Ikea Welcomed Around the World; Quiz 10 Key Words from Chapters 28-30; Appendix A: Understanding Parts of Speech; Appendix B: Spell and Grammar Checks; KEY WORD INDEX N2 - Summary UR - https://www.longmanhomeusa.com/catalog/products/vocabulary-power/ ER -