The A-Z Learning Book With typographic approach
King Hei
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Forewords Sometimes is boring to learn English with words only in Hong Kong. What if learning English with the words itself, while the word is being typeset to illustrate the meaning of the word? Will it be more funny and easy for children to remember the spelling?
In this project, a snapshot of daily characters was used to introduce the Alphabet followed by a typographic word in both English and Chinese. Then a page with a sentence illustrated with pictogram makes with Futura, which demonstrates the usage of the word that learnt.
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Let’s Get Start Enjoy!
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Arrow (n.) a weapon that is like a long, thin stick with a sharp point at one end.
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矢 兵器的一種，形狀細長，一端有 尖頭。
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The Alligator find a Anchor in the lake.
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Block (vb.) to prevent movement through something.
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阻 使特定通道無法通行。
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The chef is scared by the bear.
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Collect (vb.) to bring something together from different places.
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收 接到事物。
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You can find Chicken and pig easily in the farm.
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Dot (n.) A very small round mark.
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點 與背景產生對比的極小面積。
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There are Dolphins and whale in the ocean.
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Evaporate (vb.) turn from liquid into vapour.
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蒸 熱氣上升；液體變成氣體。
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My Ear is listening the sound from the mountain.
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Full (adj.) holding or containing as musch as possible or a lot.
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滿 全部充實，沒有餘地。
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You can see Flamingo and giraffes in the zoo.
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Gap (n.) a break or hole in an object or between two objects.
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隙 裂縫，空間。
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The Goose is drinking a bowl of hot soup.
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Hide (vb.) to put something or someone in a p lace where that thing or person cannot be seen or f ound.
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推 向本體相反方向施力。
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The man is wondering how he can get into the small House.
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Insert (vb.) to put something inside something ​else.
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插 把細長的東西於進去。
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We use the Iron on the Ironing board.
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Jogging (n.) the activity of running at a slow, regular speed, e specially as a f orm of e xercise
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跑 快地移動。
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The Jet is aimed by a cannon.
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Knot (n.) a join made by tying together the ends of a pieces of string.
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結 條狀物互相纏繞成的物品。
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There’s a Kite in the sky; There’s a pair of glasses on the ground.
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Lick (vb.) to move the tongue across the surface of something.
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舔 用舌頭接觸東西或取東西。
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The Ladder is not tall enough for the Lighthouse.
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Mixing (vb.) to move the tongue across the surface of something.
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混 攙雜在一起。
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A Man discovered a weird footprint on the floor.
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Nail (n.) a small thin piece of metal with one pointed end that you hit into something.
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釘 尖頭細長形用來貫穿物體的物件。
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A Nun is praying when theres a storm.
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Overlap (adj.) to cover something party by going over its edge.
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疊 累積，重複。
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The team in the submarine discover a giant Octopus under the sea
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Push (v.) the activity of running at a slow, regular speed, especially as a form of exercise
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推 向本體相反方向施力。
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A man raise a dumbbell under a Palm tree.
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Queue (Vb.) a line of people waiting for something.
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隊 一行人在排列。
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The Quail is smelling the flower.
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Rescue (vb.) to help someone or something out of a dangerous, or harmful situation.
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拯 援救、救助。
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The Rabbit unlock the lock.
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Scatter (n.) a break or hole in an object or between two objects.
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散 結構無法維持。
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The Smoke is rising to the clouds.
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Table (n.) a flat surface used for putting things on.
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桌 古稱几案。可用於飲食、讀書。
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The soldiers are playing the Trumpets.
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Underground (adj.) below the s​ urface of the e​ arth.
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地下 處於地面以下。
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We use the Umbrella to cover the candle when theres a rain.
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Vibrate (vb.) to shake slightly and quickly.
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震 使物體震動。
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The frogs jumps when the Volcano errupts.
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Waterfall (n.) water dropping from a higher to a lower point.
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瀑 水從高山陡直地流下來。
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A group of goats are walking to the Windmill.
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Xylohpone (n.) a musical instrument with wooden bars tuned.
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琴 古代弦樂器，最初是五根弦後變七根。
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After the X-ray examination, a photo of the goat bones was out.
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Yo-yo (n.) a toy consisting of a c ircular object that can be made to go up and down a long p iece of s tring to which it is tied.
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搖搖 一個由兩片球體組成的玩具。
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The Yachts are smaller than the cruise.
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Zipper (n.) a device consisting of two rows of metal or plastic teeth-like parts that are brought together by pulling a small sliding p iece over them, used for closing openings in clothing.
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鏈 用金屬環節組成的索子。
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The North Polar Star is shining towards the Zebra.
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Epilogue It is a funny process to explore words in typographic means. Which I find the interesting point is that most of the Chinese character somehow includes some visual element or in a way representing the meaning of the word.
Also, I think it could really become a new approach for English learner to learn the language in this method, which can direct memory words in a pictorial way.
Learn language with in a new and funny methods.