这本书介绍的并非普通词汇，而是挺“*级”的词。掌握并使用这些词汇，可以体现出您在英语方面的语言造诣非同一般，是受过高等英语教育的一类人。

全书从易到难编排。从核心词辐射讲解很多近义词、同义词、反义词。

每小节、每个Level最后都有相应的练习来加深记忆。

这本书对于英文写作很有帮助，能够自如地使用这本书里的单词，可以使自己的文章亮点层出，不会出现词穷的尴尬。

非常适合GRE考生、英语专业学生和英语相关工作者使用。

1.讲述3500词！

2.这本书可以使您的词汇水平在（美国）受教育的成人中排在前5%！

3.过100000人通过使用这本书，大大地丰富了自己的词汇量、扩大了自己的事业成功和社交成功。这本方便、实惠的书通过10个学习步骤，同样可以使您受益匪浅。

4.这本书不只是给我们一堆单词去记忆。它综合考虑单词难度，分出10个级别，有助于您记忆关键词、在日常生活中使用单词、加快学习新词的速度。

Teaches 3500 words—more than any other vocabulary builder!

Based on America’s # 1 Audio Vocabulary Program.

Achieve the vocabulary level of the top 5% of educated adults!

More than 100,000 people have enriched their vocabulary—and their career and social success—beyond their expectations using Verbal Advantage, America’s # audio vocabulary program. Now, all ten steps of this powerful program are available in one convenient and affordable volume.

Verbal Advantage provides for more than a set of words to try to memorize. This comprehensive, graduated program helps you remember key words, use them in your daily life, and increase you rate of learning new words.   

全书分为Level 1-10，共10个阶段，从易到难编排。

每个阶段为5个小节，每小节10个单词。每个词都会辐射讲解很多近义词、同义词、反义词， 还有各自用法的区分介绍，全英文解释，避免语义理解上的偏差。

每小节后都有习题巩固记忆，每个Level最后都有相应的阅读题和词汇练习来测试对单词的理解。

Charles Harrington Elster是一位作家、播音员和学词汇牛人。

他是广受欢迎的学词汇节目Verbal Advantage的作者和音频版本的朗读者。

Charlie是加纳的“现代美语用法”顾问和Wordnik.com的正确发音研究员，也是《布莱克法律词典》的发音编辑员。他数次成为《纽约时报杂志》“关于语言”的特邀专栏作家，文章登上过《波士顿环球报》、《华尔街日报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《圣迭戈联合论坛》、《复制编辑》、《一字不差》及其他出版物。

Charlie自1985年开始在电台节目谈论学语言。他曾在NPR的“谈论美国”、“周末版”、“全面考虑”节目中接受采访，也曾是美国成百上千电台节目的嘉宾。

Charles Harrington Elster is a writer, broadcaster, and logophile—a lover of words.

He is the author of the popular vocabulary-building program Verbal Advantage and the narrator of the audio version.

Charlie was a consultant for Garner's Modern American Usage and an orthoepist for Wordnik.com, and he is the pronunciation editor of Black's Law Dictionary. He has several times been a guest "On Language" columnist for The New York Times Magazine, and his articles have appeared in the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, Copyediting, Verbatim, and other publications.

Charlie has been talking about language on the radio since 1985. He has been interviewed on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition, and All Things Considered and been a guest on hundreds of radio shows around the country. 

发音的关键

关键词列表

介绍

预备考试

水平1-10

水平1-10复习测验

课程结束后的考核

Table of Contents

Key to Pronunciation

List of Keywords in Verbal Advantage

Introduction

Pretest

Level 1-10

Review Test for Level 1-10

Posttest