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
acumispora biseptata
aerosol optical depth
Alto Alentejo, Prov.do
anode casting furnace
attached structure
auditory hallucination
automatic data-processing equipment
ballast factor
bee stings
bent gun
bestshoring
bid peddling
booly
brashed
call sb on the telephone
Chinese cabbage-pak-choi
choloidanic acid
christianizing
circulant matrix eigenvector
class A insulation
compactness of soil
copper wool filter
cost accounting procedures
coupler pocket
data control utility
Det.
diabolising
dip tree
divided-iron core
downunders
end-scraper
explosion-protection
external-diameter
fixed partition
followed on
frissons
frotz
gallon (gal)
glycosomes
goin' clubbin'
half-hitches
heamofiltration
hemostasisrelated
hereditary lemophilia
hypoarticulations
inter-campuss
irinic
jump hose
khanjee
launch into something
line extender
lower camber
mashad
meltzoff
multiple threaded worm
nice-Nelly
nitrogen cycle
ochre mutant
original grammar
Packard Bell NEC
parameter of engine cycle
period demand signal
photogrammetric distortion
physical composition of investment
plate beam
pleurocoel
poison computer
polypeptin
PPD-G
primigravidae
principle of laches
re-jigged
regulating unit
runeswords
Runn.
salubriously
scabiouss
serrate onion
shired
showcase portfolio
shutdown (for wind turbines)
silky tamarins
solar control glass
solid rim
Sonera
standard plane
stereomonscope
Tadaik
take aback
Taos County
tenth value layer
the rocky mountain
three to one insulin
transfer-list
triple grating polychromator
tuberculinize, tuberculinise
undergirds
variable crystal oscillator
vertical sync signal
voltage magnification
were of service to
westmead