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Learning vocabulary doesn’t have to be boring

Many students have problems with vocabulary when preparing for tests like the SATs. Last week, TEENS offered advice on how to memorize new words. If you’re now familiar with those methods, why not try moving on to the next stage by using the following tips to build up your English vocabulary.

Repeated encounters (反复遇见)

The usual way of “memorizing” new material is through repeating it while it’s still in your mind. However, simply repeating a word seems to have little long-term effect.

But one kind of repetition is effective: repetition of encounters with a word. Words stand a good chance of being remembered if they’ve been met at least seven times in your reading, at intervals (相隔一段时间). So, read English magazines, newspapers, and websites regularly.

Spacing and review

It’s better to distribute (分配) memory work over a period of time rather than do it in a single session (一段时间). This is known as the “principle of distributed practice”, where new vocabulary introduced in one lesson is reviewed in the next, and then in later lessons.

Use it or lose it

Putting words to use in interesting ways helps add them to your long-term memory. In a study of vocabulary learning, students who made up their own sentences with new words and read them aloud remembered them better than those who learned the words separately and silently. Best of all, students were given the task of silently imagining a picture in their minds to go with a new word. So it might help if learners link words with a mental image.

Mix it up

Let’s face it — learning words can be really boring, but it doesn’t have to be. Thanks to the Internet, there are more interesting ways to get the job done. Try watching videos from English-speaking social media celebrities and copying the way they speak. You could even upload your own videos and try becoming a star yourself.

1.According to the passage, a good way of memorizing new words is ________.

A. simply repeating them

B. learning the words silently

C. reviewing them in one lesson

D. reading English magazines regularly

2.To make learning words more interesting, we can ________.

A. try to become a famous star

B. read new words on websites

C. make and upload our own English videos

D. draw a picture on the paper with a new word

3.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Where to use new words.    B. How to memorize new words.

C. When to learn new words.    D. What to write with new words.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

【解析】

本文通过许多学生在准备SAT考试时都会遇到词汇问题这一现象，简单介绍了几条增长词汇量的方法。

1.句意：根据这篇文章，记忆新单词的好方法是有规律地阅读英文杂志。原文中“So, read English magazines, newspapers, and websites regularly.”（所以，要定期阅读英文杂志，报纸和网站。）这是一种记单词的好办法（Repeated encounters (反复遇见)）。故选D。

2.句意：为了让学习单词变得更有趣，我们可以制作并且上传我们自己的英语录像。原文“try watching videos from English-speaking social media celebrities and copying the way they speak. You could even upload your own videos and try becoming a star yourself.”（尝试观看英语社交媒体名人的视频并复制该视频中他们说话的方式。您甚至可以上传自己的视频并尝试自己成为明星。）故选C。

3.句意：这篇文章主要讨论的是什么？如何记忆新单词。文章开头部分“If you’re now familiar with those methods, why not try moving on to the next stage by using the following tips to build up your English vocabulary.”（如果您现在熟悉这些方法，那么为什么不尝试通过使用以下小技巧来提高您的英语词汇量进入下一个阶段。），文章后半部分便是介绍了这几个小贴士。所以文章的主题就是如何记忆新单词。故选B。