大学英语专科第一单元

大学英语专科第一单元

Warm-Up Questions

热身问题

1. Do you enjoy learning English? Why or why not?

你喜欢学英语吗？为什么喜欢或为什么不喜欢？

Yes, I do. I enjoy English very much for such reasons as follows: 1) English is a very useful tool in our 是的，我喜欢。我因为以下这些原因而非常喜欢英语1）英语在我们的工作中是一个work. With the rapid social development, there appears a trend called globalization. Unlike what was 30 years 非常有用的工具。随着社会的快速发展，出现了一种称之为全球化的趋势。与30年前不一样的是，ago, there are now more and more occasions in our work in which we are required to use the English 现在我们的工作中有越来越多的场合使得我们需要使用英语这样的语言。

language. Many documents are prepared in English; many speeches delivered in English; many contracts

许多文档是由英语来准备的；许多演讲用英语来发言；许多合同是用英语来写的written in English and many manual books printed in English. 2) English is also a helpful tool in our daily 许多指南手册是用英文印刷的。2）英语也是我们日常生活中一个有帮助的工具。life. With a good command of the language, we can make more friends and get more information through the

很好地掌握了这门语言，我们就可以叫更多的朋友以及通过互联网得到更多的信息。

Internet. Our daily life will be more colorful since some of the TV programs are all made in the English

自从一些电视节目都是由英语这种语言制作以来，我们日常生活将会更富有色彩。

language.

2.What do you think is the most effective way of learning English?

你认为学习英语最有效的方法是什么？

As far as I am concerned, the most effective way of learning English is to place myself in the all-English 就我而言，学习英语最有效的方法就是把自己置身于全英语的环境中。environment. You may wonder how I can do this and I can tell you that I have tried every possible means to 你可能想知道我是怎样做到这一点的，我可以告诉你我已经尝试了每一种可能的方法来seek for the opportunity to practice my English. Whenever I talk with my teachers or my classmates, I try to 寻找机会练习我的英语。无论我什么时候和我的老师或同学们交谈的时候，我express myself in English. Whenever I write letters to my friends, I write in English. Whenever I listen to the 都设法用英语来表达。无论我什么时候写信给我的朋友们，我都用英语来写。无论我什么时候

radio or watch TV, I only prefer the programs in English. The above methods have helped me a lot in building 听收音机或者看电视的时候，我只喜欢看英语节目。以上一些方法已经在建立我的语言技巧方面帮助my language skills.

了我许多。

3.What is the greatest difficulty you have in your learning of English?

在你学习英语的过程中遇见的最大的困难是什么？

During my course of learning English, I have met many problems. The greatest difficulty lies in the

在我学习英语的过程中，我遇到过许多问题。最大的困难在于

memorization of new words. I have found it pretty hard to bear all the new words in my mind. Though

背一些新单词。我发现我很难记住所有新单词。尽管

sometimes I could remember the spelling and the meanings of the words, I have found that I really do not 有时我能记得单词的拼写和单词的含义，我发现我真的不知道怎样

know exactly how to use these words. And I think that the English vocabulary is always the greatest

正确地使用这些单词。我认为英语词汇对我们这些语言学习者来说一直是最大的障碍。

barrier for us language learners.

Unit 1

As we are at the start of the course, this seems a good moment to offer some advice on how to make the

我们即将开始这一门课程的学习，现在提供一些关于“如何更轻松地学习英语”的建议也就恰逢其时task of learning English easier.

了。

Some Strategies for Learning English

英语学习的策略

1.Learning English is by no means easy. It takes great diligence and prolonged effort.

英语学习绝不是一件容易的事。它需要非常的勤奋和长久的努力。

2. Nevertheless, while you cannot expect to gain a good command of English without sustained hard

虽然不长期地努力就无法熟练地掌握英语，但是确实有一些有用的可以使学习英语变得容易的work, there are various helpful learning strategies you can employ to make the task easier. Here are some of

学习策略。以下是其中的几条：

them.

3. 1. Do not treat all new words in exactly the same way. Have you ever complained about your memory

所有的生词，要区别对待。你是否曾经因为发现很难记住你学的所有生词because you find it simply impossible to memorize all the new words you are learning? But, in fact, it is not 而抱怨自己的记忆力？但事实上并不是your memory that is at fault. If you cram your head with too many new words at a time, some of them are

你的记忆力有问题。如果你一次把过多的单词塞入你的大脑，有一些肯定会bound to be crowded out. What you need to do is to deal with new words in different ways according to how

记不住。你所需要做的就是根据单词的日常使用频率而区别对待它们。

frequently they occur in everyday use. While active words demand constant practice and useful words must be

常用单词要求不断地练习，有用的单词则必须牢牢的记住。committed to memory, words that do not often occur in everyday situations require just a nodding

而那些在日常情况下并不常用的单词，则仅仅只需知道它的意思就可以了。acquaintance. You will find concentrating on active and useful words the most effective route to enlarging 你会发觉专注那些常用的、有用的词汇是扩大词汇量的最有效的途径。

your vocabulary.

4. 2.Watch out for idiomatic ways of saying things.Have you ever wondered why we say, “I am

密切注意习惯表达方式。你是否想知道为什么我们说，我对英语感兴interested in English”, but “I am good at French”? And have you ever asked yourself why native English