今天,我们问问美国人,他们是如何背单词、学新词的? [0 Y0 f4 p7 F: q/ P7 a2 n% I* T/ {希望能给你一些启发。 2 D; O2 U' l8 F3 E3 @$ e也欢迎大家在留言里分享你的词汇学习法! ( B) w& l' y& S r c: V* T6 @( ?, t ?
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Listen Now!
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美国小朋友怎么学单词?
When you were a kid, how did you learn new English words? 你小的时候,怎么学新词?
We also had vocabulary assignments in school: 也有词汇功课+ [5 r% O3 D# W; r+ s) j: c
We were given a list of words that we needed to look up in the dictionary: 老师会给我们一串词,让我们查字典8 o! B6 G- S. r2 ^
Antonyms: 反义词. j9 ~3 {! I; ~8 \4 b& x
Synonyms:近义词,同义词 c ]& @- k6 f! H: d0 ]) T2 ]
Construct sentences: 造句
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美国成年人怎么学单词?
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We looked up answers on Quora: 我们看了美国的一个问答网站,Quora
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Don't just memorize vocabulary lists: 不要单纯去背一串单词
You might know the meaning of the word without retaining or internalizing it: 这样就算知道了意思,也不会用
Vocabulary words are the building blocks of your language ability, but don’t be obsessed with just memorizing vocabulary: 虽然词汇非常重要,是学语言的基础,但千万别迷失在单纯背单词这件事上 4 Y0 X! z# Y9 C5 G0 @It’s more useful to know how to use 50 words than to memorize 100: 会用50个词比能背出100个词更有意义 ( w( g% f( \9 r# Z" Y2 Z5 T! n% A# H
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不要一味追求高难度
Read things you’re interested in or will use: 读你自己感兴趣、用得到的内容
You don’t have to read classical novels: 不一定要读经典小说才有质量
Jane Austen: 奥斯汀
The content might not be the most practical or useful to you: 这些内容对你不一定实用
You might need to check 80% of the words you're reading: 你可能要查80%读到的词
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20%不懂的内容是最佳难度
It means you can pretty much infer new words from the context: 因为你基本上可以从上下文推断出新词的意思
Define reading in broader terms 广泛定义阅读; V# r1 j7 p7 Y+ A
High frequency content: 找你使用频率高的内容5 w6 k8 X9 _% S+ `- |) M8 o1 C
Even work-related topics could be fun to read: 即使工作类的内容,只要对你有用,也是好的资源
Current affairs/events: 时事; U( x. ^$ `7 o/ ?: Q) Y
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听美国播客
I learn a lot of new words from listening to podcasts: 我很多新词都是听美国播客学的
I'd write down new words every day:每天接触的新词会记下来
I'd also write down the sentence where the new word was used: 也会记下新词出现的句子