英語學(xué)習(xí)的捷徑，還真的有哎！

改善發(fā)音方式

Choose a paragraph and read aloud.

選擇一個(gè)段落并大聲朗讀。

Choose a paragraph and mark each sentence with a sound script (helpful pronunciation markup). This will help you read more naturally and thus pronounce correctly.

選擇一個(gè)段落并給每個(gè)句子標(biāo)上音標(biāo)(這是很有用的讀音標(biāo)記)。這樣你就能更自然準(zhǔn)確地發(fā)音了。

Choose a few sentences from your reading material and highlight content words. Read these sentences focusing on accenting these content words, while quickly speaking over the structure words.

從閱讀材料中選擇一些句子并突出實(shí)義詞的讀音。然后在朗讀這些句子的時(shí)候，注意重讀這些實(shí)義詞，而功能詞則只需快速讀過。

Once you become comfortable reading a single paragraph aloud, read an entire page by reading a paragraph aloud and then reading one silently.

當(dāng)你開始游刃有余地大聲朗讀一個(gè)段落的時(shí)候，那就大聲朗讀一整頁中的一個(gè)段落，然后再默讀一個(gè)段落。

Choose some nursery rhymes to practice. They will help you with pronunciation through rhythm.

選擇一些童謠來練習(xí)。這樣會(huì)使你在朗讀的過程中更有節(jié)奏感。

Read a short story or a few paragraphs to a friend who is also studying English. Compare the differences and discuss what might be the reasons for the differences.

跟一位正在學(xué)英語的朋友讀一篇短篇故事或者是幾個(gè)段落。比較它們之間的區(qū)別并討論造成差異的原因。

Choose a paragraph, short article or newspaper story with new vocabulary. Use the Babylon dictionary or other online pronunciation resource to help you learn the correct pronunciation of these words.

選擇一個(gè)有新詞匯的段落，短文或者是報(bào)紙新聞，使用巴比倫詞典或者其他在線讀音資源來幫助你糾正這些單詞的發(fā)音。

Read a play with some friends. Each friend takes a different part. Start with short scenes. Once you are comfortable, read longer pieces together.

和朋友一起朗讀劇本，每個(gè)人扮演著不同的角色。首先從短劇開始，然后當(dāng)你適應(yīng)了，再進(jìn)行長(zhǎng)劇的練習(xí)。

2. Improve your Vocabulary

擴(kuò)大詞匯量

Construct vocabulary trees from short stories or articles you are reading.

通過閱讀短篇小說或文章構(gòu)建詞匯樹形表。

Build mind maps based on the stories or articles you are reading.

以正在閱讀的文章為基礎(chǔ)構(gòu)建思維導(dǎo)圖。

Photocopy a page or an article and highlight all the words you do not understand. Look up those words and add them to your vocabulary diary.

復(fù)印一頁或者是一個(gè)篇章并標(biāo)出所有你不認(rèn)識(shí)的單詞。查字典并把它們記錄在你的詞匯本里面。

When you come across a word you do not understand, first try to understand based on context.

當(dāng)你遇到不認(rèn)識(shí)的單詞的時(shí)候，首先聯(lián)系單詞所在的語境來推測(cè)單詞的意思。

Focus on prefixes and suffixes and find examples in a text you are reading. Underline and try to understand based on the prefixes or suffixes. Try to come up with the antonyms. These are words with an opposite meaning and are often related (unhappy - happy, misinformation - information, etc.)

注意單詞的前綴和后綴并從文本中尋找例子。把它們用線標(biāo)出來并嘗試通過前綴和后綴來推測(cè)單詞的意思。也可以通過反義詞來推測(cè)。例如，unhappy(不開心的)- happy(開心的)，misinformation(誤報(bào))- information (信息)，等等。

Read a short story and try to retell or rewrite the story using as much vocabulary from the story as possible.

朗讀一篇短篇故事，并嘗試使用原文中的詞匯復(fù)述或重寫這個(gè)故事，詞匯越多越好。

Note down nouns and adjectives you do not understand. Use a thesaurus to help you find synonyms to these words. Finding synonyms will help you learn groups of words with similar meanings.

記錄下你不認(rèn)識(shí)的單詞和形容詞，使用 thesaurus.com 來幫助你找出單詞的近義詞，這樣能夠幫助你學(xué)習(xí)到許多具有相同意義的單詞。

3. Improve Your Conversational Skill

提高對(duì)話能力

Choose an article or short story to read with a friend or classmate. Discuss the article together.

選一篇文章或故事，找一位小伙伴，兩個(gè)人一起朗讀和討論。

Choose an article or short story to read with a friend or classmate. Each person should write down five questions about the article and his / her partner.

選一篇文章或故事，和小伙伴一起朗讀，然后每個(gè)人寫下五個(gè)關(guān)于文章和同伴的問題。

Read a few articles to develop a debate. Hold the debate in class making arguments based on what you have read.

閱讀一些文章，并根據(jù)所讀的內(nèi)容，在班上開展與文章相關(guān)的辯論賽。

Read a short play with a few friends. Continue the conversation by each taking a character from the play and having a discussion about something that happened in the play.

和小伙伴們一起讀短劇。然后進(jìn)行關(guān)于劇中人物和劇情的深入討論。

Read dialogues. Once you've practiced the written texts, improvise a continued conversation using the same characters as in the dialogue.

朗讀對(duì)話。當(dāng)你們完成了文本的練習(xí)，可以扮演劇中的角色即興開展后續(xù)的對(duì)話練習(xí)。

Read short biographies. Pair up with a friend or classmate and take on the roles of interviewer and famous person (taken from the biography).

朗讀短篇傳記。結(jié)伴扮演采訪者和名人(從傳記中獲取相關(guān)信息)。

4. Improve Your Listening Skills

提高聽力水平

Read the text as you listen to it on an audio book.

聽有聲讀物的時(shí)候，一邊聽一邊看聽力文本。

Take advantage of audio books. Read a page and then listen to that page. Repeat once a day.

充分利用有聲讀物，首先朗讀一頁，然后再聽音頻。每天重復(fù)一次。

Read aloud to each other in small groups. Each student is responsible for explaining new vocabulary in the paragraphs he / she reads.

在小組中互相大聲朗讀材料。每個(gè)同學(xué)都要講解他/她所讀到段落中的新單詞的意思和用法。

Ask your teacher to choose a book to read aloud to the class. Do a few pages each day.

讓老師選一本書，每天給大家大聲讀幾頁。

Listen to easy audio books in English on your way to and from work.

上下班的時(shí)候聽一些輕松易懂的有聲讀物。