Theme-Based Vocabulary 2

Description

This series of two books features a total of thirty essential themes related to interest that are central to everyday life. It is vital that students understand and are able to apply the vocabulary related to these themes.

Table of Contents

1. International issues
2. Terrorism
3. Religion
4. Natural disasters
5. Environmental issues
6. Weather
7. Traffic
8. Social discrimination
9. Disease 1
10. Disease 2

Author Biography

Betty Kirkpatrick has a long and distinguished career as editor, publisher and writer of English reference books. She was the editor of Chambers Twentieth Dictionary (1983), the editor of Roget`s Thesaurus (1987 and 1988) and compiler of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus (1994). Her Dictionary of Cliches (1996), published by Bloomsbury, is also available in a US edition and a Japanese edition. A language consultant to the Encarta Dictionary (1999), published by Bloomsbury, and to Collins School Dictionaries (2000), she used to write a weekly language column for the Herald newspaper, based in Glasgow.