大学应该是一个用英语战斗的时代:用英文获得专业最新信息;直接阅读英美主要杂志(非常难懂);用英语参与国际会议和谈判;用英语发表论文;用英语介绍中国产品(包括写说明书、广告词等)和中国文化;用英语进行国际政治、经济、商业和文化交流等等.那么如何做到这一步呢?下面是一些简单的建议:

    大学英语学习一:扩充英语单词

特别是六星级名词、动词、副词和形容词.

    Many people are sensitive to the odor of onions, and whenever they cut onions, the people's eyes secrete tears.

    (许多人对洋葱的气味很敏感,当他们切洋葱的时候,就会流眼泪/他们的眼睛就会分泌眼泪)

    Since the couple could not reconcile their differences, they decided to get a divorce.

    (由于这对夫妇之间的分歧无法得到和解,所以他们决定离婚.)

    Are you positive he's the man you saw yesterday?

    (你能确定他就是你昨天见到的那这人吗?)

    She said she didn't like it, but personally I thought it was very good.

    (她说她不喜欢这个,但我个人认为它非常好.)

    The present system is considerably more efficient than the old one.

    (现在的方法比旧方法有效的多.)

    Movement can be painful when you've hurt your back.

    (如果你的背受了伤,一动就会痛.)

    I noticed a sudden movement behind the curtain.

    (我发现幕布后面突然有动静.)

    He'd made a bad mistake, but tried to minimize its seriousness. (= treat it as if it were not serious)

    (他犯了一个很严重的错误,但他试图把它的严重性说成很小/却想办法缩小其严重性.)

    In most counties, the taxes that people pay are regulated by law. People pay a certain percentage of their income, and they also pay a certain percentage of tax on merchandise they buy.

    (在大多数国家,人们纳税是由法律所规定的.人们要交纳他们收入的一部分/一定百分比作为所得税,而且他们还要对所购买的商品交纳一定百分比的税/消费税.)

    He's very old, and his movements are getting slower and slower.

    (他年纪很大,动作越来越慢了.)

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