(含解答及CD-ROM)
◎ 由世界級語料學大師Michael McCarthy 撰寫，分為英式英語版(English Vocabulary in Use) 和美式英語版(Vocabulary in Use)。
◎ 內容由Cambridge International Corpus 語料庫蒐集檢索，以表格歸納單字的各式用法，課堂使用或是自修練習兩相宜。想要加強字彙能力，千萬不能錯過此書！
◎ CD-ROM 包含完整練習資源，集合錄音、播放、字典、題組等功能，提供您最豐富、最完整的學習工具。
Basic Vocabulary in Use is a reference and practice book for students of North American English at the basic level. This edition is appropriate for classroom use. Its easy-to-use format presents a content- or grammar-based lesson on the left-hand page and innovative practice activities on the right-hand page. Illustrated throughout in full color, the book’s sixty lessons cover approximately 1,200 new vocabulary items. An audio CD with recordings of selected example sentences from the book is included. The book also has an index with phonetic transcriptions. Firmly based on current vocabulary acquisition theory, BasicVocabulary in Use promotes good learning habits and teaches students how to discover rules for using vocabulary correctly. An edition with answers is also available. Students who have finished this book will be ready to use the higher-level books in this series, Vocabulary in Use: Intermediate and Vocabulary in Use: Upper Intermediate.