Tips for English Learning
Q: I have been learning English for six years, but I still cannot
understand a film in English. What’s the wrong with my
learning process？
A: The secret of learning anything, whether it be maths or
engineering or English, is to give yourself manageable learning
steps. You are trying to run before you can walk! By watching
an English film, you are throwing yourself in the deep end(深水处)，and drowning, rather than entering the shallows(浅水处)，
and gently going deeper! Give yourself easier tasks: Do not
think that you are thereby not learning—you are learning by
gradually building up confidence and fluency.
Q: I cannot read books originally written by English because of
my poor vocabulary. I once decided to recite 20 words a day, but
I forgot all of them after a few days. I feel frustrated.
托福96年10月－97年8月阅读文章词汇选择及参阅
一、听力场景
（一）娱乐场景
1音乐会
－永远好听
－喜欢classical music, 不喜欢Rock&Roll
－去不了因为要学习
－提前买票
2剧院演出
－有票没票
－座位是否调换
＊在卖on sale；卖完了be sold out
＊正前方的位置orchestra section；楼座balcony
3美术馆
－喜欢去且最好是modern art
＊油画oils；版画prints；水彩画water color；壁画fresco；素描sketch；肖像画portrait；山水画
landscape
4电影
－不好看，不值 money
＊It was hardly worth the wait price of admission
5买东西
－买什么:invest in, stock up on, 以旧换新trade it in,分期付款 pay by installment, 头期款down
payment,卖东西cash in on sth.
－买没买（注意虚拟语气）,退货refund，预付in advance/deposit
－喜欢便宜货: on sale; good bargain/deal/price/buy; discount; %off
＊东西巨贵cost you an arm and a leg, cost sb dearly, dear sth, make a fortune,cost a
bundle ＊价钱公道fair, reasonable, affordable, acceptable.
6养花种草
－花草长势
－阳光水份: sunlight; water regularly
－摆哪儿合适：窗前sunlight；角落里shade
Reading Skill Exercise 1
Find the meaning of the boldfaced words in the following sentences:
1. Rogge is leading a campaign to downsize the Olympics and restore their human face,
arguing that the games have become so massive and costly that only the wealthiest cities
and countries are capable of staging them.
2. It seems to me that the Internet is a powerful tool that presents an opportunity for the
advancement of the acquisition and application of knowledge. However, based on my
personal experience I can understand how, as they surf the web, some folks might be
confronted with cognitive overload.
3. To prevent cheating, athletes are accompanied by a chaperone—who is always the same
gender as the athlete—who must stay with the athlete during the whole testing process.
4. In 1996 World Wide Web advertising revenues topped $300 million.
七选五专题教案ReadingComprehensionSkills
Reading Comprehension Skills
------Choosing Five out of Seven
Exercise1
Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn ’mtean that we let them rule our lives
forever. One day or the other, you ’ ll have to standpuropbalenmd ,sIadyon t w a’nt y–ou in my life.
1 Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children – the list goes on. Apart from
these, the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in
different shapes and colors and feelings.
But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.
Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that
no talking is going to help. 2 Talking helps you move on and let go.
