大学应该是一个用英语战斗的时代:用英文获得专业最新信息;直接阅读英美主要杂志(非常难懂);用英语参与国际会议和谈判;用英语发表论文;用英语介绍中国产品(包括写说明书、广告词等)和中国文化;用英语进行国际政治、经济、商业和文化交流等等.那么如何做到这一步呢?下面是一些简单的建议:
大学英语学习一:扩充英语单词
特别是六星级名词、动词、副词和形容词.
Many people are sensitive to the odor of onions, and whenever they cut onions, the people's eyes secrete tears.
(许多人对洋葱的气味很敏感,当他们切洋葱的时候,就会流眼泪/他们的眼睛就会分泌眼泪)
Since the couple could not reconcile their differences, they decided to get a divorce.
(由于这对夫妇之间的分歧无法得到和解,所以他们决定离婚.)
Are you positive he's the man you saw yesterday?
(你能确定他就是你昨天见到的那这人吗?)
She said she didn't like it, but personally I thought it was very good.
(她说她不喜欢这个,但我个人认为它非常好.)
The present system is considerably more efficient than the old one.
(现在的方法比旧方法有效的多.)
Movement can be painful when you've hurt your back.
(如果你的背受了伤,一动就会痛.)
I noticed a sudden movement behind the curtain.
(我发现幕布后面突然有动静.)
He'd made a bad mistake, but tried to minimize its seriousness. (= treat it as if it were not serious)
(他犯了一个很严重的错误,但他试图把它的严重性说成很小/却想办法缩小其严重性.)
In most counties, the taxes that people pay are regulated by law. People pay a certain percentage of their income, and they also pay a certain percentage of tax on merchandise they buy.
(在大多数国家,人们纳税是由法律所规定的.人们要交纳他们收入的一部分/一定百分比作为所得税,而且他们还要对所购买的商品交纳一定百分比的税/消费税.)
He's very old, and his movements are getting slower and slower.
(他年纪很大,动作越来越慢了.)
大学英语学习二:扩充英语成语
成语是一门语言的精华,是外语学习的"特大"难点!是英语听力、阅读和语法结构考试的"拦路虎"!是一个人英语学习走向成功的"最终障碍"!
掌握成语,把中国成语转换成我们能用的得心应手的英语成语.
凡是包含成语的句子在我们学习英语时,他们都是高级的、是可以称赞的点睛之笔.
1 When my brother went to work in the U.S.A for a year the whole family went to see him off at the airport.
(当我哥哥离家去美国工作一年的时候,我们全家去飞机场送行)
2 Now listen to me, darling. I understand your feelings about John's looks and his personality but he has a good job and you are almost thirty. You can't turn down his proposal.
(亲爱的,听我说,我理解你对约翰的长相和性格有看法,但他的工作不错,你也快三十了,你不能拒绝他的求婚.)
3 Joe's wife wouldn't put up with his smoking in their house, so he had to smoke his cigarettes outside even in winter.
大学英语学习三:提高"快速阅读理解能力"
这也就是提高单英语单词量和各种英语句型的识别能力!如果你按照我们的方法进行操练,这种"快速阅读理解能力"是顺便获得的!因为我们主张"句子中心论"和"增加句子量而不是单词量",英语句子是由英语单词和句型这两个因素构成的,所以大量地收集和脱口而出句子,"英语单词"和"各种句型"将同时"深刻"掌握,英语阅读能力将获得大幅度提高.
Commercial banks make most of their income from interest (which is ) earned on loans and investments in stocks and bonds.
(商业银行大部分的收来自贷款利息及股票和债券投资所得)
大学英语学习四:中英文自由转换的口译能力.
遇到任何文章或教科书,第一个反映就是尝试是否能将上面的内容进行"英汉互译"!
Many young people enjoy living in New York. There are always exciting things to do. They can go to the theater, to concerts, and to museums anytime. They also have a lot of friends, so they go to parties once or twice a week.
(许多年轻人都喜欢住在纽约.那里总有令人激动的事情做.他们可以随时去剧院,音乐会和博物馆.他们也有很多朋友,所以他们每个星期都参加一二次聚会.)
