九年级英语My Ways of Learning English Words

My Ways of Learning English Words
At college, the teachers of English always emphasize that we have to understand a new word or phrase in English, or try to paraphrase a new or phrase, sometimes even a sentence.
Learning new words in this way surely makes you understand them in a more precise way. However, what is the purpose of learning new words or rather English? I believe we learn English for the purpose of either communicating with foreigners or coping with work.
Therefore, understanding English words in English is enough to communicate but far from enough to handle work, especially work that requires translation.
I strongly recommend that we should comprehend English words not just in English but in Chinese as well. In other words, when we come across a new word/phrase, we should do our utmost to paraphrase it at first, and then translate it into Chinese. For example: we see a sentence: "Puffery is nothing new." Here, we meet a new word "puffery". So we have to consult a dictionary, which might tell us that this word means exaggeration or false praise. Thereby, we understand this word in English. Next, we need to translate it into Chinese "吹嘘"。

Every time we encounter a new word, we should do these two steps. This will help us fully understand English words.。