如何增加英语词汇量

如何增加词汇量 Vocabulary Advice William from BBC 随着一天天、一年年地过去，你可能发觉你的词汇量越来越有限，以至于不足于达你 想要表达的想法。 这种情况一般发生在人们的英语达到中等水平、而英语词汇量却停滞不前的时候。那是 因为他们基本已经拥有了日常交流所需的全部单词和短语，但糟糕的沟通并不能促使他们去 学习更多。 缺少练习也会使你的英语日渐荒废。不过不必担心，你多年以来学过的单词和短语并不 会彻底消失。只要你重新开始练习英语，他们还是会回来的。 这里是我的一些建议： 一、阅读是增加词汇量最好的方法之一，因为讲英语的人在书面上所用到的词汇量比我 们说话时要丰富得多。实际上，很多讲英语的人在说话时只用到了很少的词汇量。 二、英语词汇比汉语词汇多得多。这意味着如果你仅仅依靠英汉词典，你就会发现很多 单词都有“相同”的意思。所以你需要买一本很好的英英词典。它会给你举出使用这些单词的 例句，让你看到这些单词之间的细微差别，而且，它还会给你列出同义词。 三、当你遇到新单词的时候，把它们记在笔记本里，同时，把用到该单词的句子也要记 下来。然后，通过字典和网络找到更多使用该单词的例句，也把它们都记下来。 四、按主题分组学习常常是效果最好的。特别要留意单词的固定搭配和介词匹配。正是 类似这样的东西才能让你的英语口语实现从优秀到更加自然的转变。（比如，“增加词汇量”要说expand vocabulary、“词汇量丰富”要说wide vocabulary、“词汇量少”要说narrow vocabulary，“记笔记”要用note down，“列出同义词”要用point towards synonyms。） 五、要记住新单词就要使用它。你的大脑是不会在它并不认为有用的语言上浪费能量的。 如果你在对话的短语中使用了这些单词，无论如何都会在你的大脑中产生关联，这些单词将 植入到你日常的用语中。所以，至少你要在学习这些单词的时候大声说出来。 六、如果你是因为无法表达你的观点和想法而沮丧的话，那就需要在学习单词和短语方 面多加努力来帮助你表达意见。比如，“I'm really think that ...”、“I'm just not sure that ...”、“In my opinion ...”等等。记住，在西方国家没有人会羞于表达他们的意见，所以，你只需 要准备好自己的观点去回应就好了。 希望这些对你有用。祝你在未来学习的路上吉运高照。 Vocabulary Advice Day after day, year to year, you may find that your vocabulary is more and more limited to express your thoughts and ideas you want to express. Very often what happens is that people get to an intermediate level and their English vocabulary plateaus. That's because they have all the words and phrases they need for everyday intercourse and aren't being pushed by frustrated communication to learn more. A lack of practice will also lead your English to go rusty. Don't worry though, the words and phrases you learned over the years won't disappear completely. If you start to practise English again, they will probably come back. Ok, so here are my tips. 1. One of the best ways to expand your vocabulary is to read, since English-speaking people have a much wider vocabulary on the page than we do when we talk. In fact, in conversation most English speakers have quite a narrow vocabulary. 2. English has a larger vocabulary than Chinese. This means that if you just rely on your English-Chinese dictionary you will find many words have the 'same' meaning. Invest in a really good English-English leaners' dictionary. This will give you example sentences using the vocabulary, allowing you to see the subtle differences between words. It will also point you towards synonyms. 3. When you come across new words, make a note of them in a notebook, and make a note of the sentence you see the word in too. Then use your dictionary and the internet to find more examples of that word in use and note those sentences down as well. 4. It is usually best to learn words in groups of topic. Take especial notice of collocations and how prepositions are used with words. It is things like this that can turn you from being a good English speaker to a more natural English speaker. [For example, looking at what I've written above, you will notice that 'expand' and 'wide' and 'narrow' all collocate with 'vocabulary'. I've used the preposition 'down' with 'note', and 'towards' with 'point'.] 5. In order to remember new words you need to use them. Your brain will not waste energy on language that it doesn't think is useful! If you use the words in phrases in conversation, however, linkages will be made in your brain and the words will become embedded in the language that you actually use. At the very least, speak the words out loud as you are learning them. 6. If you are frustrated that you can't express your opinions and ideas, it's worth making a particular effort to learn words and phrases that help you give your opinion, e.g. 'I really think that…' 'I'm just not sure that…' 'In my opinion…'. Remember that in the West no-one is ever shy of giving you their opinion so you need to be ready to respond with your own! I do hope that is useful. Good luck in your future studies!