余慶農(nóng)
詞匯記憶是英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)中的重要環(huán)節(jié)。盡管記憶的方法很多,但找到助記規(guī)律及適合自己的方法才是最重要的。本文集單詞的音與形,結(jié)合單詞的義輔以語(yǔ)境助你高效地掌握詞匯。
一、開(kāi)音節(jié)閉音節(jié)助記
掌握元音字母在開(kāi)音節(jié)和閉音節(jié)中的讀音,高考詞匯中近四分之一的單音節(jié)詞記憶起來(lái)就容易多了。
1. 元音字母在開(kāi)音節(jié)和閉音節(jié)中的讀音
2. 開(kāi)音節(jié)和閉音節(jié)對(duì)比
3. 元音字母a 在開(kāi)音節(jié)中
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆ I work in a bakery. Every morning my boss shakes me awake early and tells me to make and bake bread and then take some to a hotel near a lake. But today I was woken up not by my boss, but by an earthquake. 我在一家面包店干活。每天早上,老板早早地把我搖醒,叫我做面包、烤面包,然后送面包到一家湖邊旅館。不過(guò)今天早上,我不是被老板搖醒,而是被地震震醒的。
☆ As a driver, you cant make mistakes with your brakes, especially on roads that snake among the mountains. 作為司機(jī),你不能犯剎車(chē)錯(cuò)誤,特別是當(dāng)你行駛在蜿蜒的山路上。
4. 元音字母e 在開(kāi)音節(jié)中
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆ Many athletes competed, but some didnt complete the competition. So their names were deleted from the list.很多運(yùn)動(dòng)員參加了比賽,但有些人沒(méi)有堅(jiān)持到底,所以,他們的名字被刪除了。
☆Tom felt supremely confident that the theme of the scene he came up with was extremely concrete, but I had my opinion that it was too abstract.湯姆極其自信地認(rèn)為他所構(gòu)想的場(chǎng)景主題非常具體,但我認(rèn)為太抽象了。
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆Besides the bride and bridegroom, a lot of guests took a ride to the seaside. While I was lying on my side enjoying the blue sea, a boy beside me took me aside and told me that a lady was wearing her swimsuit inside out.除新娘新郎外,很多客人也乘車(chē)去了海邊。我正側(cè)臥著欣賞藍(lán)色大海,一個(gè)小男孩將我拉到一旁,說(shuō)一位女士的游泳衣穿反了。
☆ As the guide couldnt provide us with good guidance, we decided to divide ourselves into groups and travel on our own, which made the girl hide her face in her hands and then slide away. We travelled far and wide. 因?yàn)閷?dǎo)游不能提供良好的引導(dǎo),我們決定分成小組自行觀光。女導(dǎo)游羞得掩面而去。我們四處游玩。
☆His windows are wide open. 他的窗戶大開(kāi)。
English is widely used. 英語(yǔ)使用范圍很廣。
6. 元音字母o 在開(kāi)音節(jié)中
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆Rose, a close friend of mine, was seen to put a rose close to her nose and lose herself in the smell. 有人看見(jiàn)我的好友露茜聞著玫瑰,陶醉在玫瑰的芬芳里。
☆ I suggest closing the school. ... . What ? You hold the opposite opinions. I suppose you shouldnt oppose me on purpose. 我建議關(guān)閉這所學(xué)?!J裁??你持反對(duì)意見(jiàn)。我想你不能故意反對(duì)我。
☆ If I were in your position,I would expose the whole affair in my composition. 如果我處在你的位置,我會(huì)在作文里揭露整個(gè)事件。
7. 元音字母u 在開(kāi)音節(jié)中
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆ Bruce(布魯斯) used to make excuses for being late. Now he is not what he used to be. He is used to being on time for everything.布魯斯以前老為遲到找借口。如今,他不再是以前的樣子。他已習(xí)慣準(zhǔn)時(shí)。
☆ I felt confused that Tomre refused to accuse Rose of abusing the power to turn the museum into an amusement center. 我感到迷惑,湯姆竟然拒絕控告露茜濫用職權(quán)將博物館改成娛樂(lè)中心。
8. 元音字母a 在閉音節(jié)中
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆ What surprised me most was that at night in a flat, a fat cat and a fat rat sat on a mat, chatting about how to lose fat and that a fat bat was listening by. 最使我感到驚奇的是,夜晚,在一房間里,一只胖貓和一只胖鼠坐在墊子上談?wù)撝绾螠p肥。一只胖蝙蝠在旁邊聽(tīng)著。
9. 元音字母e 在閉音節(jié)中
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆ In the end, my girl friend agreed to lend me a hand to mend my shirt. After she finished mending it, I bent my head and kissed her hand.最后,我的女友終于同意幫我補(bǔ)襯衫。在她補(bǔ)完后,我低頭吻了吻她的手。
☆ My friend recommended me to spend time learning how to defend myself, sending me some books. 我朋友推薦我花些時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí)如何保護(hù)自己,并送了些書(shū)給我。
☆ Young people tend to depend on their first impression to follow a new trend. 年青人往往依靠第一感覺(jué)去跟所有的潮流。
☆ I intended to attend her birthday party, but pretended not to. 我想?yún)⒓铀纳昭鐣?huì),但假裝不想去。
10. 元音字母i 在閉音節(jié)中
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆ The news of Bills being killed in a hillside car crash filled his family with deep sorrow. 比爾在汽車(chē)事故中喪生的消息使得他的家人非常悲傷。
☆Will, coming from a hill village, was a skilled driller. He worked very hard, drilling from morning till night. One day he got ill, but he still worked, unwilling to stop until he was sent to a hospital. In hospital, he took many pills and had a lot of bills under his pillow, but he was still dying. He made his will that ... . 維爾來(lái)自山村,是個(gè)熟練的鉆井工。他工作非常勤奮,從早忙到晚。有一天,他病了,但他仍堅(jiān)持工作,不愿意停下,直到被送往醫(yī)院。在醫(yī)院,他吃了很多藥,枕頭下盡是帳單,但還是在死去。他立下遺囑…
☆ The children were thrilled to see their father get out the grill. 孩子們看到父親搬出烤架很興奮。
11. 元音字母o 在閉音節(jié)中
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆ Several boats dotted the quiet lake, making it more beautiful.幾艘小船點(diǎn)綴在靜靜的湖面上,使得它顯得更美。
☆ It was boiling hot. Lots of parrots fighting wildly for some rotten carrots near the airport, a lot of retired pilots got to the spot and got them off with shots. 天氣炎熱。許多鸚鵡在機(jī)場(chǎng)附近瘋狂地爭(zhēng)食一堆爛胡蘿卜,一些退休的飛行員到達(dá)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)用槍聲將它們趕走。
☆ Visiting the historic spot, Scott spotted an ancient pot. 參觀古跡時(shí),斯科特發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)古代的罐。
☆ The exciting plot of the film interested lots of pilots. 電影精彩的情節(jié)引起了很多飛行員的興趣。
12. 元音字母u 在閉音節(jié)中
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆What they have done to you is disgusting. But you can trust August, who is a just judge. He must give you justice. 他們對(duì)你所做的一切相當(dāng)惡劣。但是你可以相信奧古斯特。他是位正直的法官。他一定會(huì)給你公正。
☆He has just adjusted(himself) to thenew surroundings, with the sky dusty blue and roads and roofs covered with dust. 他剛適應(yīng)新的環(huán)境,天空土灰藍(lán),道路和屋頂布滿灰塵。
二、元音字母組合的魅力
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆ I had a dream last night. I joined the gymnastic team and danced on a beam over a steaming stream. Suddenly I stepped on some ice-cream and fell off, screaming to wake up. 昨晚我做了一個(gè)夢(mèng)。我參加了體操隊(duì),在平衡木上翩翩起舞。這平衡木橫在水汽彌漫的小溪上。忽然,我踩到冰琪淋,滑下平衡木,嚇得尖叫著醒來(lái)。
☆Mr Bean likes beans very much. He is a funny or stupid person. Wherever he goes,he takes an air cleaner and tries every means to clean the air. In the meanwhile he himself is in dirty old jeans. No one knows what his real meaning is. But I think he means no harm.憨豆先生非常喜歡豆子和豆腐。他是個(gè)可笑蠢笨的人。不管走到哪,他總是帶著空氣清新劑并設(shè)法清新空氣。而同時(shí)他自己卻穿著一條骯臟破舊的牛仔褲。沒(méi)有人知道他的意思。不過(guò)我認(rèn)為他沒(méi)有惡意。
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆Our kind headmistress died last night. News of her death quickly spread wide and became a newspaper headline. As a leader,she was steady and ready to put heads together. As a teacher, she told us to look ahead and often took time to lead us to read aloud. We enjoyed her giving us reading classes but today another teacher taught us instead(of her). We miss our headmistress.我們慈祥的女校長(zhǎng)昨晚去世了。消息迅速傳開(kāi),成了報(bào)刊頭條。作為校長(zhǎng),她踏實(shí),樂(lè)于集思廣益。作為老師,她教導(dǎo)我們向前看并經(jīng)常領(lǐng)我們朗讀。我們都喜歡她給我們上閱讀課。然而今天,另一個(gè)老師給我們上閱讀課。我們想念女校長(zhǎng)。
三、長(zhǎng)單詞分解記憶
1. 前后綴助記
語(yǔ)境記憶
☆The heavy traffic ruined his appointment. When he arrived, the hands of his watch pointed to eight, yet their appointed time was seven thirty. He was disappointed that his girl had left. 擁擠的交通警毀了他的約會(huì)。等他到達(dá)時(shí),時(shí)針已指向八點(diǎn),而他們的約會(huì)時(shí)間是七點(diǎn)半。他很失望,女朋友走了。
☆ Mr Page, at the age of 30, was our manager. He was discouraged not to have managed his garage well. Hearing that, his mother, an average woman of courage, came and managed to encourage him up.我們的經(jīng)理今年三十歲。他因?yàn)闆](méi)有經(jīng)營(yíng)好修車(chē)行感到氣餒。聽(tīng)到這消息,他的母親,一位勇敢的普通女性,匆忙趕來(lái)并沒(méi)法鼓起了他的勇氣。
☆ Unlike his father, Mike, who is like his father, doesnt like riding a bike. 邁克長(zhǎng)得像父親,但他不像他父親那樣喜歡騎自行車(chē)。
☆ ——How do you like the working conditions of the bike factory?你認(rèn)為那家自行車(chē)廠的工作環(huán)境如何?
——Very bad. The workers dislike them and are likely to(go on) strike.非常差。工人們不滿意,很可能要罷工。
2. 熟悉的短詞匯
四、元音長(zhǎng)短對(duì)比記憶。
元音有長(zhǎng)短之分,掌握它,你就能讀得標(biāo)準(zhǔn),讓人聽(tīng)得懂,當(dāng)然也讓你聽(tīng)懂他人。記憶單詞時(shí),注意觀察元音字母組合的發(fā)音。