大学英语精读概要.doc

一 As we are at the start of the course, this seems a good moment to offer some advice on how to make the task of learning English easier. 课程开始之际，就如何使学习英语的任务更容易提出一些建议似乎正当其时。 Some Strategies for Learning English Learning English is by no means easy. It takes great diligence and prolonged effort. 学习英语绝非易事。它需要刻苦和长期努力。 Nevertheless, while you cannot expect to gain a good command of English without sustained hard work, there are various helpful learning strategies you can employ to make the task easier. Here are some of them. 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。以下便是其中的几种。 Do not treat all new words in exactly the same way. Have you ever complained about your memory because you find it simply impossible to memorize all the new words you are learning? 不要以完全同样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？ But, in fact, it is not your memory that is at fault. If you cram your head with too many new words at a time, some of them are bound to be crowded out. 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。 What you need to do is to deal with new words in different ways according to how frequently they occur in everyday use. 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。 While active words demand constant practice and useful words must be committed to memory, words that do not often occur in everyday situations require just a nodding acquaintance. 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词只需见到时认识即可。 You will find concentrating on active and useful words the most effective route to enlarging your vocabulary. 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。 Watch out for idiomatic ways of saying things. Have you ever wondered why we say, I am interested in English, but I am good at French?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“Im interested in English”，而说“我精于法语”则是“Im good at French”？ And have you ever asked yourself why native English speakers say, learn the news or secret, but learn of someones success or arrival? These are all examples of idiomatic usage. In learning English, you must pay attention not