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Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabulary 一、 【考情分析】 本章主要考核的知识点为：词和词汇的定义和区别，考生应该弄清楚声音与意义，声音与拼 写之间的关系，掌握词汇划分的基本原则及各类词的主要特点。在历年考试中：常常以选择 题和名词解释的形式对本章知识点进行考核。 二、 【知识串讲】重点知识锦集： 1. According to semanticists（意义学家）, a word is a unit of meaning. 2. This symbolic connection is almost always arbitrary, and there is ‘no logical relationships between the sound which stands for a thing or an idea and the actual thing and idea itself’. 3. Words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary by use frequency. 4. Words may fall into content words and functional words by notion. 5. Words may