作听力练习要重材料大意, 而不要力求听懂每个词,不要在单个词上浪费太多时间。
E. Pay close attention to CONCESSION and TRANSITION so as to correctly understand the attitudes of the speakers. The following words are most important: even though, even so, in spite of, unless, although, no matter, however, whatever, no, nor, neither…nor, but….
密切注意听力材料中的让步与转折以便正确把握说话人的态度。特别关注这些词:even though, even so, in spite of, unless, although, no matter, however, whatever, no, nor, neither…nor, but….
F. If we may learn by heart new words by listening some word tapes, the results must be satisfactory.
在背记生词时,如果能听词汇磁带,那么对听力提高也很有好处。
3、Reading skills(阅读)
a. Intensive Reading: When we read the intensive articles, we should make notes of the new words and phrases and good sentences. After reading them, we may ask ourselves some questions about them by using such words: Who, What, Why, When and Where. Then try to answer them in our own words.
精读:在精读课文时,我们要把生词、词组、句型做成笔记。读后要试着用这些疑问词提问自己:谁、什么、何时、何地且努力用自己的话来回答。
b. Extensive reading: We must train our ability to scan, skip and read fast. Namely, the ability to catch the key words, the topic sentences and the drift of the articles.
泛读:要培养浏览、跳读和快读的能力。即抓住关键词、主题句和中心大意的能力。
c. Reading speed: Three ways to improve our reading speed: (1) Reading the articles from the beginning to the end without intervals so to catch the rough idea of th