SomeStrategiesforLearningEnglish

　　LearningEnglishisbynomeanseasy.Ittakesgreatdiligenceandprolongedeffort.

　　学习英语绝非易事.它需要刻苦和长期努力.

　　Nevertheless,whileyoucannotexporttogainagoodcommandofEnglishwithoutsustainedhardwork,therearevarioushelpfullearningstrategiesyouemploytomakethetaskeasier.Herearesomeofthem.

　　虽然不经过持续的刻苦努力便不能期望精通英语,然而还是有各种有用的学习策略可以用来使这一任务变得容易一些.一下便是其中的几种.

　　1.Donottreatallnewwordsinexactlythesameway.Haveyouevercomplainedaboutyourmemorybecauseyoufinditsimplyimpossibletomemorizeallthenewwordsyouarelearning?But,infact,itisnotyourmemorythatisatfault.Ifyoucramyourheadwithtoomanynewwordsatatime,someofthemareboundtobecrowdedout.Whatyouneedtodoistodealwithnewwordsindifferentwaysaccordingithowfrequentlytheyoccurineverydayuse.Whileactivewordsdemandconstantpracticeandusefulwordsmustbecommittedtomemory,wordsthatdonotoftenoccurineverydaysituationsrequirejustanoddingacquaintance.Youwillfindconcentratingonactiveandusefulwordsthemosteffectiveroutetoenlargingyourvocabulary.

　　不要以完全相同的方式对待所有的生词.你可曾因为简直无法记住所学的所有生词而抱怨自己的记忆力太差?其实,责任并不在你的记忆力.如果你一下子把太多的生词塞进头脑,必定有一些生词会被挤出来.你需要做的是根据生词日常使用的频率以不同的方式对待它们.积极词汇需要经常练习,有用的词汇必须牢记,而在日常情况下不常出现的次只需要见到时认识即可.你会发现把注意力集中于积极有用的词上是扩大词汇量最有效的途径.

　　2.Watchoutforidiomaticwaysofsayingthings.Haveyoueverwonderedwhywesay,“IaminterestedinEnglish”,but“IamgoodatFrench”?AndhaveyoueveraskedyourselfwhynativeEnglishspeakerssay,“learnthenewsorsecret”,but“learnofsomeone’ssuccessorarrival”?Theseareallexamplesofidiomaticusage.InlearningEnglish,youmustpayattentionnotonlytothemeaningofaword,butalsotothewaynativespeakersuseitintheirdailylives.

　　密切注意地道的表达方式.你可曾纳闷过,为什么我们说“我对英语感兴趣”是“I’minterestedinEnglish”,而说“我精于法语”则是“I’mgoodatFrench”?你可曾问过自己,为什么以英语为母语的人说“获悉消息或秘密”是“learnthenewsorsecret”,而“获悉某人的成功或到来”是“learnofsomeone’ssuccessorarrival”?这些都是惯用法的例子.再学习英语时,你不仅必须注意词义,还必须注意以英语为母语的人在日常生活中如何使用它.

　　3.ListentoEnglisheveryday.ListeningtoEnglishonaregularbasiswillnotonlyimproveyourear,butwillalsohelpyoubuildyourspeakingskills.Inadditiontolanguagetapesespeciallypreparedforyourcourse,youcanalsolistentoEnglishradiobroadcasts,watchEnglishTV,andseeEnglishmovies.ThefirsttimeyoulistentoatapedconversationorpassageinEnglish,youmaynotbeabletocatchagreatdeal.Trytogetitsgeneralmeaningfirstandlistentoitoverandoveragain.Youwillfindthatwitheachrepetitionyouwillgetsomethingmore.

　　每天听英语.经常听英语不仅不提高你的听力,而且有助你培养说的技能.除了专为课程准备的语言磁带外,你还可以听英语广播,看英语电视和英语电影.第一次听录好音的英语对话或语段,你也许不能听懂很多.先试着听懂大意,然后再反复地听.你会发现每次重复都会听懂很多更多的东西.

　　4.Seizeopportunitiestospeak.ItistruethattherearefewsituationsatschoolwhereyouhavetocommunicateinEnglish,butyoucanseekoutopportunitiestopracticespeakingthelanguage.Talkingwithyourclassmates,forexample,canbeaneasyandenjoyablewaytogetsomepractice.Alsotrytofindnativespeakeronyourcampusandfeelfreetotalkwiththem.Perhapstheeasiestwaytopracticespeakingistorehearsealoud,sincethiscanbedoneatanytime,inanyplace,andwithoutapartner.Forinstance,youcanlookatpicturesorobjectsaroundyouandtrytodescribethemi