Transcript 英语阅读策略之单词攻略

Enriching Word Power
The increase of vocabulary is
embodied not only in quantity
but also in quality.
Warm-up: Two puzzles
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We can’t memorize the new words.
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What methods do we use?
Why aren’t they effective?
What words can’t we memorize?
Is it necessary to learn the words?
We often refer to the dictionary.
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Why do we often refer to the dictionary?
When should we use the dictionary?
How do we use the dictionary?
How should we use the dictionary?
OUTLINE
1.
What are new?
2.
What to memorize?
3.
How to remember?
4.
How to use a dictionary?
No use talking about enhancing word power
without extensive reading.
1. What are new?
filter, cramp, sprawl, flick, itinerant, etc.
 Completely new word forms
pound, horse around, consumed with, etc.
 New meanings of familiar word forms
depression: 忧郁症, 萧条, 低压带, 俯角
 Technical use of familiar word forms
talk with your head, wrestle with himself
 Figurative use of familiar word
forms
get the better of, under the table, a bear hug
 Idiomatic use of familiar word forms
2. What to memorize?
A word has 3 components: sound, form, meaning.
• In listening, we need to recognize the sound and
meaning.
• In reading, we need to recognize the form and
meaning.
Not all words are equally important.
• What we should commit to memory are words we
meet frequently in different contexts.
3. How to remember?
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Pronunciation: principle, principal
b)
Formation: export import transport…
c)
Classification: Sunday…Monday, student…teacher
d)
Synonymy: bare bald empty, admit confess
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Antonymy: hate-love, similar-different
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Collocation: phrases (v. + n. / prep.)
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Contextualization: sayings, texts, songs, movies, etc
Any other ways?
4. How to use a dictionary?
 A dictionary should be used as a tool
instead of a crutch.
 The meaning of a word is its use in the
language.
 An all-English dictionary is advised.
 Familiarize yourself with the dictionary.