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这个单词有来头:希腊神话中的英语

Words and Thier Origins: English in Greek Mythology
Author(s):
SUN Tiefei 孙铁飞, Cow Cat Squad 牛猫小分队,
Publisher:
Tiandi Publishing House
Publication:
11/2023
Languages:
Chinese
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9787545578782
Pages:
436
Sizes:
0 x 0mm
Weight:
0.5000
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Do you know whose name is the origin of 'Saturday'? Why does 'cereal' the food share similar name with the goddess of agriculture? Is Atlantic Ocean closely related to the Greek god Atlas? This title is one installment of the interesting, informative, and full-of-bits interdisciplinary popular science readings 'Words and Their Origins' series consisting of 5 volumes.The whole book combines knowledge of 'English' and 'Greek mythology' from a novel perspective. To learn English well, one needs to understand Western civilization, and Greek mythology hides the code of Western civilization. So, the importance of Greek mythology is self-evident. This book aims to explain to young readers the origin, development, and evolution of related words through Greek mythological stories, interspersed with interesting stories of various English words and methods of linking memory, presenting a vivid and three-dimensional knowledge network. This set of books can help children memorize words while reading stories and find that English learning is so easy.
Sun Yifei A science popularization writer and associate professor. Member of the Chinese Association of Popular Science Writers, Executive Member of the Science Popularization Branch of the Chinese Anatomy Society, Member of the Medical History Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, Director of the Hebei Association of Popular Science Writers, and Vice Chairman of the Science Popularization Cultural and Creative Professional Committee. He has published works such as 'The Light Shining into the Corner: Medicine Walking from Ancient to Middle Ages', 'Fighting Mosquitoes for Two Million Years', 'The Health Truth Behind Rumors', 'Viewing Elephants under a Microscope', 'More than One Darwin', and 'From Books to Clinical Practice: Improving Diagnostic Thinking'. The work has won awards such as the Silver Award for Excellent Popular Science Works from the China Association of Popular Science Writers, the Laureate Children's Book Award, and the Top Ten Children's Books of Shenzhen Reading Month. Cow Cat Squad Her real name is Su Lanlan. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from the China Academy of Fine Arts and a master's degree from the Pyrenees Higher School of Art in France. Co founder, children's book author, and illustrator of Xie Er Comics. She co authored science popularization comics with science writer Li Jianlong, including 'You Can Eat Me', 'The Big Bang of Animals', and 'Comic Carbon Neutrality'. Other popular science comic works of the Cow Cat Squad include 'New Technology Arrives', 'I Don't Want This Ass!', 'The Big Bang in Physics', 'Does God Roll Dice? The History of Quantum Physics', 'The Wonderful Quantum World', and so on. Multiple works have been authorized for overseas publication and distribution. The work has been recommended by the China Good Book Award and the Wenjin Book Award. The cumulative sales of the work have exceeded 2.5 million copies!
你知道星期六Saturday源自谁的名字吗?为什么麦片cereal与农业女神的名字这么像?大西洋Atlantic Ocean与擎天巨神息息相关? 本书是“这个单词有来头”系列中的一个套系,是一套有趣、有料、有梗的跨学科科普读物,共5册。全书将“英语”和“希腊神话”的知识相结合,角度新颖。要学好英语,就需要了解西方文明,而希腊神话隐藏着西方文明的密码。所以,希腊神话的重要性不言而喻。本书旨在通过希腊神话故事,给小读者讲清楚相关单词的起源、发展与演变,中间穿插着各种英语单词的趣味故事和串联记忆方法,呈现生动立体的知识网络。 这套书能帮助孩子读着故事就把单词记了,发现英语学习原来这么轻松。
孙轶飞 科普作家,副教授。中国科普作家协会会员,中国解剖学会科普分会常务委员,中华医学会医史分会委员,河北省科普作家协会理事,科普文创专业委员会副主任委员。 曾出版《照进角落的光:行走在远古到中世纪的医学》《用两百万年斗蚊子》《谣言背后的健康真相》《用显微镜看大象》《不止一个达尔文》《从书本到临床:诊断思维提升》等著作。作品曾获“中国科普作家协会优秀科普作品奖”银奖、桂冠童书、深圳读书月“十大童书”等奖项。 牛猫小分队 牛猫真名为苏岚岚,本科毕业于中国美术学院,硕士毕业于法国比利牛斯高等艺术学院。谢耳朵漫画联合创始人、童书作者及绘者。 她与科普作家李剑龙合著的科普漫画作品有《有本事来吃我呀》《动物大爆炸》《漫画碳中和》。牛猫小分队的其他科普漫画作品有《新科技驾到》《这屁股我不要了!》《物理大爆炸》《上帝掷骰子吗?量子物理史话》《奇妙量子世界》等。多部作品已授权海外出版发行。作品曾获中国好书奖、文津图书奖推荐。作品累计销量已超250万册!