时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:2018年VOA慢速英语(十二)月


英语课

How to Learn More Words


In English, we have a saying that goes, “Use it or lose it.” It means that if you do not continue to use a skill, you might lose the ability to do so.


We can say this about language learning, including learning new words. If you do not use the new words often, you might forget them.


Our reader Banin has a question today. Here it is:


Question


Hi. How can I improve my vocabulary? – Banin


Answer:


Hello Banin,


Great question! The answer will help many English learners. Here are four things you can do:


Read, read, read


Read...a lot! Look for news stories, websites, magazines and books on subjects that you enjoy. While reading, try to guess the meanings of new words from their context 1. Then, you can check the meanings in a paper dictionary or online.


If there are television shows or films that you love in English, watch them with English subtitles 3 to learn new words and hear how we say them.


Write about it


But, don’t just read. Write! A great way to practice what you read is to write about it. For example, if you read a web story about the best fitness 4 apps of 2018, write about it.


Another thing you can write about what is you did today. If you spent time with a friend or family member, went to an event, had a delicious meal or did something else, write about it!


Learn word forms


Here’s another great technique:


When you learn a new word, learn its other forms. For example, the word “sleepy” is an adjective. But it has noun, verb and adverb forms. You can make a word form chart in a note book or wireless 5 device and write a sentence example for each form.


Use word association


Another powerful memory tool is word association: using your imagination to create mental images linked to new words. For example, when I say, "tasty” what food image do you see in your mind? Keep that food image in your mind and always mentally connect it to the word “tasty.” Then, the next time you try to remember the word "tasty," the mental image will appear.


And that’s Ask a Teacher.


I’m Alice Bryant.


Words in This Story


vocabulary – n. the words that make up a language


context – n. words that are used with a certain word or phrase and that help to explain its meaning


subtitle 2 – n. words that appear on the screen during a movie, video or television show and that are translations of what the actors are saying


practice – v. to do something again and again in order to become better at it.


app – n. a computer program that performs a special function


chart – n. information in the form of a table or diagram



n.背景,环境,上下文,语境
  • You can always tell the meaning of a word from its context.你常可以从上下文中猜出词义来。
  • This sentence does not seem to connect with the context.这个句子似乎与上下文脱节。
n.副题(书本中的),说明对白的字幕
  • His new book has a subtitle.他的新书有一个副标题。
  • Ah!I don't know why they don't subtitle these movies.唉!我不知道这些电影为什么不打字幕。
n.说明字幕,印在外国影片上的对白翻译字幕,译文对白字幕;小标题,副标题( subtitle的名词复数 );(电影的)字幕
  • subtitles for the deaf and the hard of hearing 为耳聋和听力不佳者打出的字幕
  • a Polish film with English subtitles 附有英语字幕的波兰影片
n.适合,适当,健康,健身
  • They're doing exercises to improve their fitness.他们为增强体质而做体操。
  • No one questions her fitness for the job.没人怀疑她能胜任这项工作。
adj.无线的;n.无线电
  • There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
  • Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。
学英语单词
AC45
acceptance of persons
actual authority
address identification
alternating current distribution
aminosugars
amoebous
anaerobic glycolysis
antural-circulation steam generator
arithmetical continuum
ask price
b.d.i.
b.o.q.
batallion
bellows-operated pilot valve
benthonic plaukton
Borassoideae
brickshaped
cancel status word
carbonated spring(carbon dioxide spring)
carboxybiotin
chaotic inflation
Chinese technology
chowing down
CI-719
concrete workability
controlled burn
conveyance of production payment
device address
dictation machines
Dirico
domestictraffic
early soil
economic theoreticians
educational managerialics
electroly
eligible corporate bond for collateral for a loan
emergency pulses
exercise limit
experimental structural geology
fiese
flat riser
fore-inclined
front and rear
garden city
genizah
gibco-brl
Gurye-gun
haveing
idler carrier
in patches
increment due to increased light
insured amount
lightning flash-over
literary sketch
lookforward
methylol
molded piece
Monozon
nailery
no pain
nonchromogenic bacterium
o.t.
oscillating separator
overcontributions
pain sense
panter
partial desiccation
pattern maker's lathe
permuted indexes
pestilence-wort
petrol garage
Phenoverm
pilot hole diameter
piston heat set screw
postponement
psychogenic headache
random - access memory
ranulas
re-crossed
reseated
rough-lookings
sadly
Santa Maria Novella
Saxifraga lepidostolonosa
side-draw tray
stainch
stop someone in mid career
submarine base
susperior aurioular muscle
systematic screw series experiments
throw sth in sb's teeth
thynnic acid
to one ear
transmitting directivity
Tsunemi
tube seam
Urds
vacuum control modulator valve
virtopsies
virtual partitioned access method
walu