通过实践提高英语水平

【内容提示】

|当你学了两三年英语后就不知道如何进一步提高学习水平了。请你按下列要点写一篇短文，讲一讲提高英语学习水平的方法。

①讲英语时不要将汉语翻译成英语；

②要练习用英语进行思维；

③培养英语的语感能力；

④抓住任何机会来练习口语；

⑤语法要在练习中掌握；

⑥尽量开口讲英语，不要怕出错。

【作文示范】

Improv Your nglish Through Practic

Aftr2 or3 yars＇ nglish larning, you will probably wondr how to furthr improv your nglish. Whn you spak, do not translat what you want to say from Chins into nglish.If you do, you＇ll gt mixd up in som usags①. You＇ll considr“wait”as a transitiv ② vrb, for instanc. You＇ll nvr add “to”aftr“listn”,but you might writ “shps” for th plural form, though you know thy＇r wrong whn th mistaks ar pointd out.

Thrfor, to improv your nglish,you nd to practis your spokn nglish, and think in nglish. That is to say, you should build up your sns of th nglish languag.

Grasp any chanc to spak nglish. Whn you s a dsk, for xampl, hav th word in your mind; say“What＇s th tim? It＇s….”whn you s a clock. In this way, you＇ll b abl to larn with as and us with frdom. For xampl, you＇ll b abl to tll that“Kora Lis to th ast of China.”but“Guangzhou Liks in th south of China.”without hard thinking.

W＇r larning nglish as a forign Languag. It is tru that w cannot larn it without any grammatical ruls. But, your sns of grammatical ruls coms from constant③ us of languag. It＇s unncssary to rcit th ruls and apply④ th ruls in spaking. In a word, you will improv your nglish only by opning your mouth to practis. Practic maks prfct.

“What if I mak mistaks in spaking nglish?”Do not worry. You ndn＇t b afraid of making mistaks. vn whn popl spak thir nativ languag, thy may mak various kinds of mistaks! Furthr, many kinds of mistaks will b rubbd off in th procss of larning through practic.

（选自1986年12月16日《上海学生英文报》）

【词语解释】

①usag [＇ju:ziDN] n．用法；使用

②transitiv[＇tr$nsitiv]a．及物的

③constant[＇k&nst+nt] a．经常的；不断的

④apply [+＇plai] v．应用；运用

【写法指要】

这是一篇指导性方法说明文，所以通篇使用第二人称，从实质上讲，含有这种第二人称的句子是祈使句。文中第二段的主题句在段尾，我们把它叫做段尾主题句。第三段的主题句是第一句，叫段首主题句。文章末尾的“larning through practic”是换一种说法与文章标题相照应。