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Words have changed the direction of history. Words can also change the direction of your life.They have often raised a man from mediocrity to success.
言词改变了历史的方向。言词也可以改变你人生的轨迹。它们常常使人从平庸走向成功。
If you consciously increase your vocabulary you will unconsciously raise yourself to a more important station in life, and the new and higher position you have won will, in turn, give youa better opportunity for further enriching your vocabulary. It is a beautiful and successful cycle.
如果你有意识地增加你的词汇量，你就会不知不觉把自己提高到生活中一个更重要的职位，而你赢得的更高的新职位反过来又会给你更好的机会来进一步丰富你的词汇。这是一种美妙而成功的循环。
It is because of this intimate connection between words and life itself that we have organizedthis small volume in a new way. We have not given you mere lists of unrelated words to learn. We have grouped the words around various departments of your life.
正是由于词汇与生活本身之间有着这种密切的联系，我们才以一种新的方式编写了这本小册子。我们并没有给你一些彼此不相干的词汇表让你死记，而是围绕着你生活的各个方面 把词汇加以归类。
This book is planned to enlist your active cooperation. The authors wish you to read it with a pencil in your hand,for you will often be asked to make certain notations, to write answersto particular questions. The more you use your pencil,the more deeply you will become involved,and the deeper your involvement the more this book will help you. We shall occasionally ask you to use your voice as well as your pencil — to say things out loud. You see, we really want you to keep up a running conversation with us.
本书的设计旨在得到你的积极配合。作者希望你在阅读本书时手握一支铅笔，因为我们会经常请你作一些批注，对某些问题写出答案。你使用铅笔越多，你参与的程度就会越深，而你参与的程度越深，这本书就会对你越有帮助。除了用铅笔外，我们偶尔也会请你用一下你的 声音一大声说出一些东西。你知道，我们真的希望你和我们保持连续的对话。
