讀著沒有片語的英文，感覺總少了些什麼？像是觀看古早的黑白影片、吃著沒有加鹽的料理一般。片語為語言加了色彩、添了滋味，讓彼此的溝通生動起來，簡短幾個字即能完整地表達出意涵來。

熟悉更多的片語，更能進入英語的世界。但片語對非英語系國家的學習者來說，常常容易出現錯誤的理解與運用上的困難。在本書中，「空中英語教室」編輯室規劃不同的主題，透過故事，有系統的收錄與編寫，每個故事中的片語，雖然看起來都很像，但意思卻不盡相同，彼此卻都有關聯性，如此的安排，會讓你更容易記住他們。

例如在「The Old-timer」中，即收集了與「time」相關的片語，將片語融入故事中，傳達了各種片語的實際用法，以加強讀者的英語能力，加深對片語使用情境的印象，進而融會貫通，增進實力。

最後希望讀者透過故事的理解與記憶片語之餘，也能發現英語片語有趣的地方！

電子書目序言：

Introduction

What would a language be like without idioms? Like black-and-white TV, I suppose, or food without salt. Idioms add color and flavor to language. They make communication easier, too. They often carry complex meanings in a few simple words.

Unfortunately for the language learner, the words in idioms do not usually mean what they seem to mean. In fact, we could say that an idiom is an expression that you can understand only if someone explains it to you. Knowing the definition of each word in an idiom is not enough to unlock the meaning.

The more idioms you are familiar with, the more the world of English will open up to you. This book of stories introduces hundreds of common idioms. Each story contains idioms of a certain type. For example, “The Old-timer” contains idioms that gave something to do with time. Other stories contain animal idioms, money idioms and so on.

I hope that reading idioms within a story will help you to understand and remember them. I hope, too, that you will discover something else about idioms: They can be a lot of fun.

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Let’s face it. Idioms are tricky. They don’t always mean what they say, so you can’t just take them at face value. Or, you think you understand an idiom, but you use it incorrectly and get egg on your face. If you want to learn English well, sooner or later you will have to face up to idioms.

Studio Classroom’s 【Idiomagic】 collection of stories and the accompanying recordings will help you master English idioms. Each story introduces idioms that are related to each other, so you can remember them easily. When you meet idioms face-to-face in the 【Idiomagic】 stories, you will learn how much fun idioms can be. They will become familiar faces to you. Give your English proficiency a face-lift. Study English idioms with 【Idiomagic】.