在阅读英文文章的时候，我们也许会发现，有的单词频繁出现，而有些单词只是出现一两次。据统计，即使用频率高的1000个英语单词平均占34部著作中语言量的'80.5%，如果你掌握了2000个英语单词，就可以读懂书中的86%的内容，掌握了3000个英语单词，就可以读懂90%的内容，要是你掌握了5000个英语单词，就可以读懂93.5%的内容。若能达到10000，阅读就不成为问题了。
下面是常见的2000个英语单词，按使用频率从高到低进行排列的。因为它是按国外英语单词的实际使用频率进行统计的，可能不太适合在中国的英语单词实际使用频率，但它有助你了解英语单词的实际使用情况。欢迎阅读记忆。
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