The first trick: listen to the English weather forecast.

Some teaching tapes deliberately slow down the speaking speed in order to cooperate with beginners' learning, which is not enough for English listening training. If you listen to English at normal speed, beginners will feel at a loss. Although English weather forecast is fast, its vocabulary is simple and fixed, its content is simple, it is likely to be repeated, and it can be confirmed at any time in life. It is a good textbook for listening comprehension.

The second trick: Listen to the English broadcast of Radio China International.

China Radio International has an hour-long English program every morning from 7: 00 to 8: 00, at noon1till 12. The content includes domestic and foreign news, newspaper clippings and various series of special reports. In addition to domestic announcers who are fluent in English, there are also recorded interviews with foreigners or visitors on a certain topic. The content is extensive, but the vocabulary is simple and the speech speed is moderate, which can be used to train or improve English listening.

The third key: make good use of tapes to exercise listening and speaking ability.

Some learners are always used to listening to tapes while reading, and use tapes as an auxiliary tool for reading, which can't achieve the purpose of practicing listening. Tapes should be based on the training of listening and speaking ability. Learners should choose listening tapes suitable for their abilities, and don't rush to achieve success, so as not to be frustrated. Listen to the tape again and again first. At first, just grab the outline. Listen to it a few times, and you will know more and more details. People with poor hearing can read the text first, and then concentrate on understanding the meaning of each paragraph and sentence. This kind of practice helps to cultivate your concentration in listening and make your listening progress quickly.

The fourth measure: Only by listening to English at a normal speed can we speed up the progress of listening.

Many teaching materials of broadcasting and listening always deliberately slow down their speech in order to match the level of listeners or learners. Although this is an understandable alternative, it will also have some bad side effects. For example: 1. Accustomed to slow-paced English, it is difficult to adapt to or even understand the English they speak at normal speed in actual communication with foreigners. When you deliberately slow down, you usually read every word in a sentence clearly, but in normal conversation, there will be a lot of assimilation, reduction and linking. Therefore, listening to English at a normal speed is extremely important for listening and speaking.

The fifth key: learn English from TV and movies.

Watching English TV and movies can not only understand the culture and life of westerners, but also be a good opportunity to learn authentic English and improve English listening. It is best to choose a literary film or comedy film with modern life as the background. If you are good at listening, get into the habit of not reading subtitles. Don't force yourself if you are a little worse, or failing English will ruin your good mood of enjoying movies. In this case, you can read the subtitles first to understand the plot (if it is a TV program, record it first), and then watch it once or several times, so that your listening ability can be improved quickly with the increase of your understanding of the plot in a relaxed mood.

The sixth trick: act out the plot of the movie with friends.

In English learning, we often meet friends or classmates to talk in English to improve our English conversation ability, but we often feel that our language is poor and our content is limited. Now we might as well try this method: in line with the idea of "learning English from TV and movies" mentioned in the previous section, we should first choose one or more clips according to the plot of the movie, personally choose a role, then try to transcribe the lines into words and memorize them after the movie is familiar, and finally rehearse and perform. Doing this kind of exercise often is not only good for English conversation and listening, but also good for grammar and writing.

The seventh measure: reciting English poems.

Fluency in English depends on a correct grasp of rhythm. According to the stress of words and sentences, English is rhythmic. English poetry is one of the best materials for practicing English rhythm. For example, Worth's famous Narcissus: "I want to be lonely as a cloud/that flower.

In high valleys and hills ... "(I roam alone like a white cloud, drifting across valleys and mountains ...) is a typical weak and strong rhythm. After reading it, read it out loud, which will definitely benefit you a lot.

The eighth trick: learn English by singing.

Singing English songs is more effective than reciting English poems. Singing English songs can help you practice pronunciation, intonation and rhythm, and also help you remember many words and sentence patterns in a happy mood. It's killing two birds with one stone. Choose English songs with beautiful language and standard grammar. You can start with nursery rhymes and then gradually learn to sing lyric songs. Read the lyrics several times before learning to sing, and then learn to sing along with the tape. You can recite it better after singing.

The ninth trick: pay special attention to the pronunciation that English does not have.

Some pronunciations in English are not found in Chinese, and are also the most confusing pronunciations for English learners, such as the pronunciation of "th". Pay special attention to the correctness of the mouth shape when pronouncing this sound.

The tenth trick: recite the speeches of celebrities and find opportunities to repeat them.

A good speech is the best teaching material for practicing English expression, which requires not only elegant words, but also special attention to communication and persuasion. Learners don't have to recite the speech from beginning to end, just choose their favorite paragraphs or sentences to recite. For example, President Kennedy famously said, "Don't ask."

What your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. After reciting this kind of beautiful sentence, it will be helpful to speak and write.

Eleventh trick: use English tongue twisters to overcome the shortcomings of pronunciation.

Tongue twisters often put together sounds that are easily confused or mispronounced. But because they often appear in the form of ballads or rhymes, they will feel smooth and pleasant after reading them. Therefore, English tongue twisters can be used as an auxiliary teaching material to practice English pronunciation and conversation.

Twelfth trick: remember more humorous jokes and be ready to use at any time.

It is human nature to laugh. Inserting a few jokes at any time in social situations can make the atmosphere relaxed and lively, and it is easier to win friendship. When you use English, you can use jokes to eliminate your discomfort and enhance your confidence in English conversation ability.

The benefits of listening, speaking and learning English jokes go far beyond these. More importantly, you can increase your understanding of western culture and society through simple words or language in humor or jokes. Look at the following two examples:

1. teenager: "I'm going to the party."

Boy: "I'm going to the party". )

Father: "Well, have fun."

(Father: "Have fun." )

Teenager: "Look, Dad, don't tell me what to do!" "

Boy: "Hey, Dad, don't tell me what to do." )

Ironically, some teenagers in the United States put too much emphasis on independent and uncontrolled personalities. )

The policeman stopped the driver and said, "I'm afraid your wife fell off your car about one kilometer ago."

"Thank God," said the driver, "I thought I was dead." The policeman stopped the driver and said to him, "I'm afraid your wife has fallen off your car for one kilometer." "Thank God," said the driver. "I thought I was deaf." . ) satirize the nagging of American wives.

Thirteenth trick: when listening to English, repeat it in your mouth.

When listening to English speeches and watching English TV movies, you should listen with your ears and repeat with your mouth. This not only helps to concentrate and improve the understanding of the content, but also can imitate the pronunciation and intonation of native speakers. When doing this exercise, if the sentence is long and complicated and difficult to repeat, you don't have to force it. You can start with a shorter or simpler sentence. Practice more and you will form a habit. Another useful exercise is to explain sentence by sentence. Translating the heard sentences into Chinese sentence by sentence is also a good exercise for listening, correct understanding and reaction ability.

Fourteenth secret: practicing reading aloud has many benefits.

English learners usually don't pay much attention to reading aloud. In fact, reading aloud is very useful! 1. Exercise English pronunciation, intonation and rhythm; 2. Make the oral pronunciation flexible and improve the fluency of speaking English; 3. Make the ears have more opportunities to listen to English, thus improving English listening; 4. Make full use of four aspects of reading: eyes, mouth, ears and heart-you can remember the textbooks you have read better than when reading silently. We can also say that reading aloud is the basic practice of conversation, and it is difficult for people who have no habit of reading aloud to learn a conversation.

Fifteenth key: when practicing reading aloud, you should deduce from the back to the front.

When practicing reading aloud, we sometimes find it difficult to read a long sentence fluently. For example, President Reagan's second inaugural address: "Therefore, we continue to move forward today, and this country is still young and strong, with firm goals." So we are going to move forward today. Our country is still strong because it is young and has clear goals. In this case, we suggest that you start with the last word and add one word forward at a time. For example: "... purpose", ... this is the purpose ",... in its purpose" and "has power in its purpose". This back-to-front reading contact method is to help you master the correct intonation. We know that the rise and fall of intonation is most obvious at the end of the sentence. This kind of exercise can make you pay attention to the correct intonation every time you read aloud.

Sixteenth key: when reading long sentences, you can pause between "phrases"

Another problem that may arise in reading aloud is sentence breaking. Because the sentence is long, it can't be read in one breath, and there is often a rush or incoherence, which makes it unnatural to read the sentence in pieces. Some people pause in the sentence at will, or pause in the wrong place, so that it is not smooth and pleasant to read, and the listener will feel unintelligible. For example, President Reagan's second inaugural address: "We must do what we know is right and try our best to do it." We must do what we know is right and go all out. ) Never understand it as "we/must/do what we/know/do right and try our best to do it."

It is natural to have a short pause in a long sentence to reconcile breathing, but the pause must be just right. Usually at: 1. Where there are punctuation marks; 2. Between phrases or thought units. Phrases, clauses and other thinking units must be a unit, but there can be a short pause between them. For example, "We must do it/we know it is right/and try our best to do it." Slant lines indicate where you can pause a little.

Seventeenth trick: read for interest.

The learning method of studying hard at a cold window is not only boring, but also often ineffective. If you study for interest or even "recreation", you will be full of interest and make progress invisibly. For example, people who like jazz can read English books and periodicals about jazz much more efficiently than reading English textbooks. Similarly, people who like cars read English books and periodicals about cars, and people who like cooking read English books and periodicals about cars, which can not only satisfy their hobbies, but also improve their English ability, killing two birds with one stone.

If you are not particularly interested, you might as well read the story. Novels, especially detective novels, can make people concentrate more and have a sense of unity. This can be regarded as a pleasant learning method.

The eighteenth key: intensive reading and extensive reading go hand in hand.

You don't need greed to read materials intensively. It's best to choose short and pithy articles, explain the vocabulary and grammatical structure clearly, then read aloud, recite again, and finally write it silently for several times.

One way to combine intensive reading with extensive reading is to select some of the most beautiful and fluent sentences from the materials to be read back for intensive reading.

We should try our best to apply the recited paragraphs and sentences to dialogue or writing. Applications also help to understand and remember them.

Recommendation 19: read English newspapers and magazines.

The latest news published in newspapers and magazines uses the most modern and practical words. Reading English newspapers and magazines often can improve your English ability quickly through daily and practical study.

At present, the most common English newspapers in China are China Daily and 2 1 Century English. If the purpose of reading newspapers is to increase your vocabulary and improve your English reading ability, then don't limit yourself to the parts that interest you. It is best to read through every column and page of the newspaper. Including news, editorials and even advertisements. It is worth mentioning that English comic books published in newspapers can not only cultivate your sense of humor, but also let you know the cultural and social information of a country while smiling. People with poor English can read the Chinese newspaper of the day before reading the English newspaper, which is very helpful for understanding English newspapers.

In addition, you can also use newspapers to improve your writing ability. Choose an editorial (or one or more paragraphs) and translate it into Chinese to test your understanding of the editorial. Then translate this translation back into English, and then compare it with the original to find out what needs to be improved in grammar and rhetoric. Through such practice, you will certainly benefit a lot.

The twentieth trick: forget the dictionary for a while.

When reading English novels or newspapers, we will inevitably encounter some new words. If you always stop to look up the dictionary, it will be disappointing and your interest in reading will be stifled. Therefore, we suggest that you sometimes forget the dictionary temporarily.

First of all, the reading materials you choose should be equivalent to your English level and interesting to you. Just turn over a few pages and browse. If you can understand more than 80% of each page, you can conclude that this book is suitable for you.

Secondly, when you encounter new words in reading, don't look them up in the dictionary. It's enough to guess from the context first. After reading it from beginning to end, go to the dictionary for further study.

Read this kind of books, read more and read quickly. Students or friends might as well borrow from each other, which can not only save money, but also form the habit of fast reading.

Recommendation 2 1: You should guess before you look it up in the dictionary.

When learning a language, you must look it up in the dictionary, but you must pay attention to the method. Here are two points: first, don't blindly check; Second: don't check too fast; In other words, think and even guess before you look it up in the dictionary.

Many English learners, as soon as they see the new words in the article, look them up in the dictionary. As a result, they often look up every new word, but they can't understand the meaning of the whole sentence or paragraph. If you guess according to the meaning of the context before looking it up in the dictionary, you won't feel at a loss. For example, in the sentence (a): "Can this car go through that step?" Can this car climb over that steep mountain? ) and (b): "Sorry. Our bank does not circulate foreign checks. " Sorry, our bank doesn't exchange foreign checks. ), we can't choose the first definition "negotiation" given by most dictionaries. If you copy the definition of "negotiation" without thinking, you can't understand this sentence. Therefore, when you come across a new word, don't look it up in the dictionary. You should first consider its meaning by combining the context, the sentence before and after, and the whole paragraph, and then look it up in the dictionary for confirmation. Sometimes you don't even need to look it up in the dictionary. This method of looking up the dictionary has another advantage, because after the process of guessing and thinking, I have been deeply impressed by the observation and analysis of this new word, and it is easy to remember this word after looking up the dictionary.

Tip 22: Don't just look at the meaning in the dictionary.

Many people look up the dictionary just to understand the meaning of a word. At best, they can only understand the meaning of a new word in that sentence, and they can't take the initiative to master that word, let alone use it flexibly.

In addition to finding a suitable definition, we should also look up 1) pronunciation in the dictionary: only by reading the pronounced words can we firmly remember and use them freely. 2) Related definitions: A word may have several or dozens of definitions. Browse the relevant definitions to have a broader understanding of this word. 3) Usage and example sentences: You can know the correct usage of the word from the example sentences in the dictionary. 4) Changes in antonyms, synonyms and parts of speech. Only by looking up these aspects in the dictionary can we improve our understanding of new words and enhance our ability to remember and use them flexibly.

The twenty-third key: look up the dictionary more, confirm each other and complement each other.

As can be seen from the above tips, we should not only look at the meaning of words in the dictionary, but also pay attention to pronunciation, usage, example sentences, word class changes (derivatives), synonyms, antonyms, semantic discrimination and related vocabulary. , a small English and Chinese character.