如何記住英語單詞的中文意思

石遠金

詞匯是語言的基石，但不少同學害怕記詞匯，也不知如何下手？感覺記單詞太難了，特別是記住英語單詞的中文意思就更難。下面我以Book 1 Unit 1為例，談談我是如何指導我的學生記詞匯的。

記單詞最基本的方法是按音節記，并掌握基本的構詞法知識。在此基礎之上，筆者認為，通過語篇（本文借用林潤南老師編寫的短文）來記憶單詞的中文意思是很好的方法。在課堂上采用以下五個步驟來幫助考生復習鞏固一個單元的單詞和詞組。

第一步，閱讀兩遍。

B1 U 1? Fall in Love with English

Hiding behind the loose dusty curtain， a teenager packed up his overcoat into the suitcase. He planned to leave home at dusk though there was thunder and lightning outdoors. He had got to do this because he was tired of his parentsnagging about his English study and did not want to go through it any longer. He couldnt get along well with English and disliked joining in English classes because he thought his teacher ignored him on purpose. As a result，his score in each exam never added up to over 60.

愛上英語

有個少年躲在積滿灰塵的松散窗簾后把大衣裝入手提箱。盡管外面正打雷閃電，他仍計劃在黃昏時離家出走。他不得不這樣做是因為厭倦了父母對他英語學習的嘮叨，不想再忍受下去了。他的英語學習總是無法取得進展，而且不喜歡參加英語課的學習，因為他以為老師有意忽視他。結果，他每次考試的分數合計從未超過60。

His partner was concerned about him very much. She understood exactly what he was suffering from，but entirely disagreed with his idea. In order to calm him down and settle his problem， she talked with him face to face and swapped a series of learning tips with him. The items she set down helped him find the highway to studying English well.

The teenager was grateful and got great power from his friends words. Now，he has recovered from being upset and has fallen in love with English.

他的搭檔很關心他，也確切地理解他遭受的折磨，但卻完全不同意他的想法。為了使他冷靜下來好好解決問題，她和他面對面地交談，并交換了一系列的學習心得技巧。她寫下來的條款幫助他找到了學好英語的最佳捷徑。

這個少年非常感激，并從朋友的話里獲得極大的動力。現在，他已經從沮喪中恢復過來，真正愛上了英語

第二步，回顧中文。

學生讀了以上短文二遍后，我會叫學生在括號內寫出黑體單詞的中文意思。

Hiding behind the loose（???????? ） dusty （??????? ） curtain（?????????? ???），a teenager packed up （????????? ）? his overcoat into the suitcase? （??????????? ）. He planned to leave home at dusk（???????????? ） though there was thunder and lightning （???? ????）outdoors. He had got to do this because he was tired of （????????? ）his parentsnagging about his English study and did not want to go through （????????? ）? it any longer. He couldnt get along well with English and disliked （????????? ） joining in English classes because he thought his teacher ignored（????????? ）? him on purpose（?????? ）. As a result，his score in each exam never added up to over 60.

His partner was concerned about （ ）? him very much. She understood exactly what he was suffering from（），but entirely （）? disagreed with his idea. In order tocalm him down? （ ） and settle （ ）? his problem，she talked with him face to face and swapped（）a series of learning tips with him. The items （）? she set down? （???????）? helped him find the highway to studying English well.

The teenager was grateful （???）? and got great power（）? from his friends words. Now，he has recovered from（ ?? ）? being upset （ ?? ）? and has fallen in love with（??????? ）? English.

通過檢測，大多數學生都能把本單元單詞的中文記住。

第三步，學以致用。

先將下面幾個句子翻譯成英語，然后連成一篇小短文。

1. 志愿者李華第一次離開父母來到了梅州。

2. 在安頓下來之后，他發現這兒和他所了解的完全不一樣。

3. 他在日常生活中經歷了許多痛苦，父母非常擔心他。

4. 他積極地和當地人一起為孩子們的教育事業而努力。

5. 他發現和這兒的孩子相處得十分愉快。

6. 他融入了新的環境。

參考答案：

That was the first time that Li Hua，a volunteer，had left his parents to go to Meizhou. After he settled down，he found it completely disagreed with what he had known of. He had gone through much trouble in the daily life; as a result，his parents were very concerned about him. Later，he actively joined the local people in educating the children and found it pleasant to get along with the children here. Gradually，he settled in the new environment.

第四步，詞組串記。

首先，請同學們學習以下含本單元主要詞組的短文。

Mr. Shi，with whom we get along very well，is crazy about his work and is very concerned about us Senior Three students. Once I read a novel that has nothing to do with my study in class，which he happened to find. After class he talked to me face to face，and he didnt get tired of telling me how to learn English well in order to make me fall in love with English. he also encouraged me to keep a diary in English to set down what I thought. With the help of him，I have made great progress in English，so I am not afraid of it any longer.

石老師是一個工作狂，我們跟他相處非常融洽，他對我們高三學生非常關心，我英語不好，曾有一次課堂上看與學習無關的小說，他碰巧發現了，他找我面對面地談心，為了讓我喜歡上英語，他不厭其煩地告訴我如何學好英語，他鼓勵我用英語寫日記，記下我的想法，在他的幫助下，英語方面我取得了很大的進步，因此我不再害怕英語了。

然后，請同學們在下面的短文中填上一個恰當的介詞、副詞或冠詞。

Mr. Shi，with whom we get along very well，is crazy _________ his work and is very concerned about us students. Once I read a book that has nothing to do????????? my study in class，which he happened?? to? find. After class he talked to me face _____ face，and he didnt get tired _____ telling me how to learn English well in order to make me fall ____ love with English. he also encouraged me to keep ____diary in English to set ______ what I saw and what I thought. ______ the help of him，I have made great progress _____ English，so I am not afraid?????????? it any longer.

第五步，單句鞏固。

通過單句填空來檢測學生是否掌握本課的重點詞匯。

1. He is such a clever man that he always holds everything in his ________（能力）.

2. ________（青少年）up to 16 years old have some right of the adult.

3. Dont worry. You will? ________（痊愈）in a few weeks.

4. The boy ________（不喜歡）apples，which is bad for his health.

5. I think that it is hard for him to ________（解決）the problem by himself.

6. They ________（不同意）to my proposal at the beginning， but I persuaded them finally.

7. My friends and I meet so often as to ________（交換;交流）our love stories.

8. Dont wear long， ________（寬松的）clothes when you are doing exercise.

9. I would be very ________（感激的）for information about entry to your college.

10. The rain prevented us from eating ________（在戶外）.

參考答案：1. power? 2. Teenagers? 3. recover? 4. dislikes? 5. settle? 6. disagreed? 7. swap? 8. loose? 9. grateful? 10. outdoors

總之，筆者認為孤立地記單詞，我們是很難記住的，只有結合單詞的音、形、義，運用構詞法，同義、反義等多種手段，在句子中、語篇中多操練，記住詞匯也并非難事。

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