学习英语的7个秘密

1、Secret #1: Learn about WORD STRESS/了骈禄笫杳解单词的重音Word Stressis golden key number One for speaking and understanding English.Word Stress isvery important. You can try to learn about Word Stress.This is one of thebestways for you to understand spoken English—especiallyEnglish spoken fast.What is Word Stress?Take 3 words: photograph, photographer, photographic,for example. Do they sound the same when spoken? No! They sound very different, becauseone syllable in each word is "stressed" (stronger than the others).PHOtographphoTOgrapherphotoGRAPHicThis happens inallwords with two or more syllables:TEACHer, JaPAN, CHINa, aBOVE, converSAtion, INteresting, imPORtant,deMAND, etCETeraThe syllables that are not stressed are "weak" or "small" or "quiet".Native speakers of English listen for the stressed syllables, not the weak syllables. If you useWord Stress in your speech, you will instantly and automatically improve yourpronunciation andyour comprehension.If you have an English teacher, ask him or her to help you understand WordStress. Try to hear the stress in words each time you listen to English—on theradio, or in films for example. Your first step is tohearand recognise it.After that, you can use it!

2、Secret #2: SENTENCE STRESS/句子的重音Sentence Stress is golden key number two for speakingand understandingEnglish. With Sentence Stress, somewordsin a sentence are "stressed" (loud)and otherwords are weak (quiet). Look at the following sentence:We want to go.Do we say every word with the same stress or force? No!We make theimportant wordsBIGand the unimportantwordssmall. What are theimportant words in thissentence? Yes, you're right: WANT and GOWe WANT to GO.We WANT to GO to WORK.We DON'T WANT to GO to WORK.We DON'T WANT to GO to WORK at NIGHT.It's impossible to explain everything about SentenceStress in this article. Theimportant thing for you isthat you know it exists and try to learn about it.Sentence Stress isvery important!

3、Secret #3: LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN!/听罕铙杪痱真的很重要！Students sometimes say多唉捋胝: 'I don't listen to the BBC newson the radio because it'stoo fast for me and I can'tunderstand it.' That's a pity! When it's too fast foryou, when you can't understand it, that is exactly when you NEED to listen to it!!!How can you improve if you don't listen and practise?When you were a baby, did you understand your ownlanguage? When you were 3 weeks old, or 2 months, or 1year, did you understand everything? Of coursenot! Butyoulearnedto understand bylistening. Think aboutit. You learned tounderstand your own language by listening, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. After that,you learned to speak. Then you learned to read. And thenyou learned towrite. Butlistening came first!

4、Secret #4: DON'T LISTEN!/不要听！（用潜意识去听）In the last secret I said LISTEN! LISTE绿覆冗猩N! LISTEN!Now I say DON'T LISTEN! Whatdo I mean?!Do you know the difference between the verbs TO LISTEN and TO HEAR?TO LISTEN is active. TO HEAR is passive.Sometimes you can LISTEN too hard.Sometimes you can TRYtoo hard. Sometimes it is better only to HEAR. Let theradio play. Let the cassette play. But DON'T listen.Just HEAR. Your subconscious will listen for you. Andyou will still learn. If you listen and try tounderstand, you may block on one word and get frustrated. Don't worry! Just HEAR! Believe me,you willstill be learning. The important thing is to let theradio or cassette ortelevision or record PLAY. Let itplay. And you - you do nothing. Your brain willHEAR,your subconscious will LISTEN and you will LEARN!

5、Secret #5: IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY WITH 5 WORDS A DAY/每天5个单词提高你的词汇量Vocabulary is easy! How many days in a year are there?365, normally(on Earth).If you learn only 5 new words a day, you will learn 5 x365 = 1,825 new words in a year. ONE THOUSAND, EIGHTHUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE WORDS. That is alot of newwords. And we are not counting all the other words youwill learn inother ways - reading, conversation etc. Buy a notebook and write in 5 new words EACH day, EVERYday. Learn them! You will soon have an excellentvocabulary.

6、Secret #6: 30 MINUTES A DAY BETTER THAN 3.5 HOURS A WEEK/每天30分钟比每周3.5小时好In fact, 30 minutes of English study once a day isbetter than 5 *hours*once a week! Study regularly.Study often.LITTLE + OFTEN is better than LOT + SOMETIMES.It's easier, too. You can easily find 30 minutes eachday. How? You canget up 30 minutes earlier. Or have ashorter lunch break. Fix a particulartime every day -and keep it!

7、Secret #7: REVISE! REVISE! REVISE!/复习值得拥有If you revise, you'll improve your learning by 100%.What does "to revise" mean? It means "to read again".You should besystematic about this. When you learnsomething, you should note it.Then you shouldlook atit again, 3 times:- after 1 day- after 1 week- after 1 monthEach time you revise, test yourself.Learn, revise, test.Revise, test.Revise, test.NOTE:revise (BrE): read again to improve one's knowledgerevise (BrE & AmE): read and correct; update