IGCSE | Useful Vocabulary
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lead to: The research could lead to a
cure for many serious illnesses.
result in: The fire resulted in damage
to their property.
be responsible for: He was
responsible for the accident.
impact on: His work has had an
enormous impact on the study of
genetics.
influence on: In his book, he
examines the influence of the media
on our society.
affect: (v) The disease affects women
more than men.
influence: (v) She has influenced him
a lot.
have no doubt: I have no doubt that a
cure for the disease will one day be
found.
there is no doubt: There is no doubt
that violence on our TV screens does
influence children.
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1 Vocabulary of English Ⅳ
最后一次整理词汇，时间不容我们悲伤 -- Q
Unit1
1. I’m just coming around to have a friendly chat with you. How are you doing?
2. When you’re writing a paper, you must acknowledge the sources of the statements you have
quoted to support your argument.
3. As the saying goes, “Where there is a will, there is a way.” People who want to make things
better can do so if only they are strongly motivated.
4. The expression of intense feelings in a simple and yet profound way is recognized as a
characteristic of Emily Dickinson’s poetry.
5. Thomas Jefferson devoted himself completely to the drafting of The Declaration of
Independence despite his personal sorrow and trouble.
6. As the most influential US president, Franklin Roosevelt left a legacy which still deeply
affects the country today.
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On Vocabulary
鲁东大学外国语学院/郝艳慧
【Abstract】English is the basic requirement to college
students,however, most students around me are facing with
difficulties in vocabulary learning. Thus we have to know more
about the vocabulary, not only from the letters that composed of
it,but also its constructional elements. This paper focuses on the
common elements that construct the vocabulary.
【Key words】English vocabulary; word formation
1. Introduction
Vocabulary is one of the three key factors on language
learning. It is the basic to make sentences and express thoughts
and meanings, and a key requirement of language communication,
so a big amount of stable vocabulary of my own is significant
and essential. Famous Learner Wilkin (1972) said that without
grammar, very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary, nothing
Vocabulary Change
Borrowing
Borrowing is a way of adding new vocabulary items to a language. Speakers of a language
often have contact with speakers of other language. If a speaker of one of these
languages does not have a readily available word for something in the world and a
speaker of the other language does, the first speaker often borrows the word from
the second speaker. The first settlers in North America had contact with the Indians
who had already developed names for places and things peculiar to the North American
continent. Consequently, the settlers borrowed such words as Massachusetts,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Chicago, and Mississippi, to mention a few place-names
only. Another large group of words came into English as a result of contact through
invasion, in this case the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. Various kinds of words
