好人一生平安!
Howdoyouacquireconfidence?SpeakEnglishwithfriendsfirstbecausewith
themyoucanspeakfreelywithoutfeelingshy.
Thentryyourability
withyourteachersandwithforeignersifyouhaveanopportunitytomeetthem.
Don’tbeafraidofmistakes.Nobodyisabovemistakes;anddon’tbeafraidto
askquestionsaboutthingsyoudon’tknow.Thisisthewaytoacquireknowledge.
NotuntilyoubegintothinkinEnglishratherthanChinesecanyoube
saidtoknowthelanguage.Thisisnotasuperhumanachievement—onlyaquestion
ofpractice.ThinkinginEnglishwillhelpyoutotrulyunderstandhowthe
languageisspoken.
Readnovelstobuildvocabulary,thusgaining
confidence.Startwithsmallvolumesof30to40pages.Writedownanynewword
youdiscoverandlookitupinyourdictionary.Learnhowtousethenewwordby
makingsentenceswithit.Bringthewordtoyourteachertohaveitexplained
morefully.
Don’tbeangrywhenyoulearnanewwordtodayandforget
ittomorrow.Toforgetisanaturalprocess;torememberisunnaturaland
requireseffort.Of10newwordslearntinaday,onlytwoorthreewillremain
inthememory.Theothersyouwillforgetandhavetorelearn.
When
learningthemforthesecondtime,theywillcomemoreeasily,andthistimeyou
probablywillremembernearlyallofthem.Asmallminority,however,mayelude
youagain,andhavetobelearntforathirdtime.Constantrepetitionis
necessary.
(1).Youcangain
confidencebyspeakingEnglishwiththefollowingpeoplebut______?
(A)foreigners
(B)familymembers
(C)friends
(D)teachers
(2).Whencanyoube
saidtoknowEnglish?
(A)WhenyoucanthinkinEnglish.
(B)Whenyouhavebuiltvocabulary.
(C)Whenyouarenotafraidtoaskquestions.
(D)WhenyouhaveconfidencewithEnglish.
(3).Wecanbuild
vocabularyinthefollowingwaysexcept______.
(A)lookingupthenewwordsinadictionary,making
sentences