识记词根,巧记单词(原文发表于《高中生·高考指导》杂志2011年第10期)

识词根，记单词
2011年的高考已经结束，我们2012届的高三学生想必已经开始了高考的备考，静下心来做做高考题，对我们大有用处啊！
2011年全国高考英语湖北卷第22题：
Giving up my job to go back to full—time education was a big _______, but now I know it was the best decision I ever made.
A. project
B. commitment
C. competition
D. ambition
2011年全国高考英语江苏卷第27题：
Teachers have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their professional ________．A．consequence B．independence C．competence D．intelligence
这两个题都是考察学生的词汇量：project, commitment, competition, ambition, constantly，update，professional，consequence，independence，competence，intelligence都是高考考试说明中明确要求掌握的词汇，如果同学们没有扎实的词汇量基础，那么面对这样的考察，大家只能“临场发挥”了。

其实在已经使用新课程高中英语的2011年全国高考江苏卷中，对词汇的考察已经达到了6题，而2010年是3个，从中我们可以明显看出自新课程在全国开展以来，已经越来越重视对学生实际掌握词汇量的考察。

高考考试说明中明确要求学生掌握3500个英语单词和400-500个习惯用语或固定搭配。

面对如果这么多的看似散沙的词汇，我们能做些什么呢？词海无边，实则有径。

让我们用词汇做浆，畅游其中。

图1
英语词汇小贴士：英语词汇中每一个基本意思都有两种（或两种以上的）符合来表示，如图1。

前一个(1)是我们常见的可以独立使用的词汇，后一种(2)就是词汇记忆是不可缺少的词根。

分析上面的高考题，我们可以看到，题目中的词汇都可以从词根角度很轻松的识别并学习记忆一串类型的词汇。

如图2
词根小结
从上次的单词拆词可以看出：拆词看似繁琐，实则很具实用性，根据以上的词根，我们可以很轻松掌握相关的词汇（这里只讨论词根相关单词，简单的前缀后缀这里不再涉及）：
单词的构成是有其内在规律可循的，同时，高考词汇量的增加（几乎是新课程前的2倍了！）也在客观上要求我们提高单词学习记忆的效率。

拆分单词，识记词根就是我们的学习和记忆单词高效出路，词以“根聚”。

学了词根，英文单词可以增加六倍以上（出自刘毅英文词根词典）。

我们可以轻松掌握单词，让单词学习上“和谐号”。

大家也来学学词根，识记一下下面的词汇吧！
★反馈小练习：用于检查对上面单词的学习效果。

1. He spoke so casually, as though the problem were of little ________.
A. matter
B. circumstance
C. benefit
D. consequence
2. Little Johnny felt the bag, curious to know what it ________.
A. collected
B. contained
C. loaded
D. saved
3. —How about eight o'clock outside the cinema?
—That _____________me fine.
A. fits
B. meets
C. satisfies
D. suits
4. After many years' waiting, Chinese people______ realized their dream to hold the Olympic Games.
A. constantly
B. eventually
C. lastly
D. generally
5. American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
A. ignored
B. refused
C. neglected
D. denied
6. The evening news comes on at seven o'clock and ______________ only thirty minutes.
A. keeps
B. continues
C. finishes
D. lasts
7. The young man made a ______ to his parents that he would try to earn his own living after graduation.
A. prediction
B. promise
C. plan
D. contribution
8. In _________Chinese culture, marriage decisions were often made by parents for their children.
A. traditional
B. historic
C. remote
D. initial
9. China has got a good ___________for fighting against the flu with its careful and smooth organization.
A. reputation
B. influence
C. impression
D. knowledge
10. The young man made a ______ to his parents that he would try to earn his own living after graduation.
A. prediction
B. promise
C. plan
D. contribution。