英语第一课课文翻译

英语第一课

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

学习英语的几种策略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。

1. 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? 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. What you need to do is to deal with new words in different ways according to how frequently they occur in everyday use. 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. You will find concentrating on active and useful words the most effective route to enlarging your vocabulary. 1. 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？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。

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。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。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。

2. 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"? And have you ever

asked yourself why native

English speakers say, "learn

the news or secret", but

"learn of someone's success

or arrival "? These are all

examples of idiomatic usage.

In learning English, you must

pay attention not only to the

meaning of a word, but also

to the way native speakers

use it in their daily lives.

2. 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“I'm interested in

English”，而说“我精于法语"

则是“I'm good at French”？

你可曾问过自己，为什么以

英语为母语的人说“获悉消

息或秘密”是“learn the news

or secret”，而“获悉某人的

成功或到来”却是“learn of

someone's success or

arrival”？这些都是惯用法

的例子。在学习英语时，你

不仅必须注意词义，还必须

注意以英语为母语的人在

日常生活中如何使用它。

3. Listen to English every day.

Listening to English on a

regular basis will not only

improve your ear, but will

also help you build your

speaking skills. In addition to

language tapes especially

prepared for your course,

you can also listen to English

radio broadcasts, watch

English TV, and see English

movies. The first time you

listen to a taped

conversation or passage in

English, you may not be able

to catch a great deal. Try to

get its general meaning first

and listen to it over and over

again. You will find that with

each repetition you will get

something more.

3. 每天听英语。经常听英语

不仅会提高你的听力，而且

有助你培养说的技能。除了

专为课程准备的语言磁带

外，你还可以听英语广播，

看英语电视和英语电影。第

一次听录好音的英语对话

或语段，你也许不能听懂很

多。先试着听懂大意，然后

再反复地听。你会发现每次

重复都会听懂更多的东西。

4. Seize opportunities to

speak. It is true that there

are few situations at school

where you have to

communicate in English, but

you can seek out

opportunities to practice

speaking the language.

Talking with your classmates,

for example, can be an easy

and enjoyable way to get

some practice. Also try to

find native speakers on your

campus and feel free to talk

with them. Perhaps the

easiest way to practice

speaking is to rehearse aloud,

since this can be done at any

time, in any place, and

without a partner. For

instance, you can look at

pictures or objects around

you and try to describe them

in detail. You can also

rehearse everyday situations.

After you have made a

purchase in a shop or

finished a meal in a

restaurant and paid the

check, pretend that all this

happened in an

English-speaking country and

try to act it out in English.

4. 抓住机会说。的确，在学

校里必须用英语进行交流

的场合并不多，但你还是可

以找到练习讲英语的机会。

例如，跟你的同班同学进行

交谈可能就是得到一些练

习的一种轻松愉快的方式。

还可以找校园里以英语为

母语的人跟他们随意交谈。

或许练习讲英语最容易的

方式是高声朗读，因为这在

任何时间，任何地方，不需

要搭档就可以做到。例如，

你可以看着图片或身边的

物件，试着对它们详加描

述。你还可以复述日常情

景。在商店里购物或在餐馆

里吃完饭付过账后，假装这

一切都发生在一个讲英语

的国家，试着用英语把它表

演出来。

5. Read widely. It is

important to read widely

because in our learning

environment, reading is the

main and most reliable

source of language input.

When you choose reading

materials, look for things

that you find interesting, that

you can understand without

relying too much on a

dictionary. A page a day is a

good way to start. As you go

on, you will find that you can

do more pages a day and

handle materials at a higher

level of difficulty.

5. 广泛阅读。广泛阅读很重

要，因为在我们的学习环境

中，阅读是最重要、最可靠

的语言输入来源。在选择阅

读材料时，要找你认为有趣

的、不需要过多依赖词典就

能看懂的东西。开始时每天

读一页是个好办法。接下

去，你就会发现你每天可以

读更多页，而且能对付难度

更高的材料。

6. Write regularly. Writing is

a good way to practice what

you already know. Apart

from compositions assigned

by your teacher, you may

find your own reasons for

writing. A pen pal provides

good motivation; you will

learn a lot by trying to

communicate with someone

who shares your interests,

but comes from a different

culture. Other ways to write

regularly include keeping a

diary, writing a short story

and summarizing the daily

news.

6. 经常写。写作是练习你已

经学会的东西的好方法。除

了老师布置的作文，你还可

以找到自己要写的理由。有

个笔友可以提供很好的动

力；与某个跟你趣味相投但

来自不同文化的人进行交

流，你会学到很多东西。经

常写作的其他方式还有记

日记，写小故事或概述每天

的新闻。

Language learning is a

process of accumulation. It

pays to absorb as much as

you can from reading and

listening and then try to put

what you have learned into

practice through speaking

and writing.

语言学习是一个积累的过

程。从读和听中吸收尽量多

的东西，然后再试着把学到

的东西通过说和写加以运

用，定会大有收益。