通過實踐提高英語水準
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①講英語時不要將漢語翻譯成英語;
②要練慣用英語進行思維;
③培養英語的語感能力;
④抓住任何機會來練習口語;
⑤文法要在練習中掌握;
⑥盡量開口講英語，不要怕出錯。
【作文示範】
Improve Your English Through Practice
After2 or3 years" English learning, you will probably wonder how to further improve your English. When you speak, do not translate what you want to say from Chinese into English. If you do, you"ll get mixed up in some usages①. You"ll consider“wait”as a transitive ② verb, for instance. You"ll never add “to”after“listen”,but you might write “sheeps” for the plural form, though you know they"re wrong when the mistakes are pointed out.
Therefore, to improve your English, you need to practise your spoken English, and think in English. That is to say, you should build up your sense of the English language.
Grasp any chance to speak English. When you see a desk, for example, have the word in your mind; say“What"s the time? It"s….”when you see a clock. In this way, you"ll be able to learn with ease and use with freedom. For example, you"ll be able to tell that“Korea Lies to the east of China.”but“Guangzhou Likes in the south of China.”without hard thinking.
We"re learning English as a foreign Language. It is true that we cannot learn it without any grammatical rules. But, your sense of grammatical rules comes from constant③ use of language. It"s unnecessary to recite the rules and apply④ the rules in speaking. In a word, you will improve your English only by opening your mouth to practise. Practice makes perfect.
“What if I make mistakes in speaking English?”Do not worry. You needn"t be afraid of making mistakes. Even when people speak their native language, they may make various kinds of mistakes! Further, many kinds of mistakes will be rubbed off in the process of learning through practice.
(選自1986年12月16日《上海學生英文報》)
【詞語解釋】
①usage ["ju:ziDN] n.用法;使用
②transitive["tr$nsitiv]a.及物的
③constant["k&nst+nt] a.經常的;不斷的
④apply [+"plai] v.套用;運用
【寫法指要】
這是一篇指導性方法說明文，所以通篇使用第二人稱，從實質上講，含有這種第二人稱的句子是祈使句。文中第二段的主題句在段尾，我們把它叫做段尾主題句。第三段的主題句是第一句，叫段首主題句。文章末尾的“learning through practice”是換一種說法與文章標題相照應。