UNIT 1As 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 EnglishLearning English is by no means easy. It takes great diligence and prolongedeffort.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 o f English without sustained hard work, there are various helpful learning strategies you can employto 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 b ecause 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 crowdedout. What you need to do is to deal with new words in different ways according tohow frequently they occur in everyday use. While active words demand constantpractice 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 whywe say, "I am interested in English", but "I am good at French"? And have you everasked 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, butalso 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 willnot only improve your ear, but will also help you build your speaking skills. Inaddition to language tapes especially prepared for your course, you can also listento English radio broadcasts, watch English TV, and see English movies. The firsttime you listen to a taped conversation or passage in English, you may not be ableto catch a great deal. Try to get its general meaning first and listen to it overand 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 atschool where you have to communicate in English, but you can seek out opportunitiesto practice speaking the language. Talking with your classmates, for example, canbe 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 thecheck, 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 findinteresting, that you can understand without relying too much on a dictionary. Apage a day is a good way to start. As you go on, you will find that you can do morepages a day and handle materials at a higher level of difficulty.5．广泛阅读。
