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As we are at the start of the course, this seems a good moment to offer some advice on how to make the task of learning English easier.
課程開始之際，就如何使學習英語的任務更容易提出一些建議似乎正當其時。
Some Strategies for Learning English
學習英語的幾種策略
Learning English is by no means easy. It takes great diligence and prolonged effort.
學習英語絕非易事。它需要刻苦和長期努力。
Nevertheless, while you cannot expect to gain a good command of English without sustained hard work, there are various helpful learning strategies you can employ to make the task easier. Here are some of them.
雖然不經過持續的刻苦努力便不能期望精通英語，然而還是有各種有用的學習策略可以用來使這一任務變得容易一些。以下便是其中的幾種。
1. Do not treat all new words in exactly the same way. Have you ever complained about your memory because you find it simply impossible to memorize all the new words you are learning? But, in fact, it is not your memory that is at fault. If you cram your head with too many new words at a time, some of them are bound to be crowded out. What you need to do is to deal with new words in different ways according to how frequently they occur in everyday use. While active words demand constant practice and useful words must be committed to memory, words that do not often occur in everyday situations require just a nodding acquaintance. You will find concentrating on active and useful words the most effective route to enlarging your vocabulary.
1. 不要以完全同樣的方式對待所有的生詞。你可曾因為簡直無法記住所學的所有生詞而抱怨自己的記憶力太差？其實，責任并不在你的記憶力。如果你一下子把太多的生詞塞進頭腦，必定有一些生詞會被擠出來。你需要做的是根據生詞日常使用的頻率以不同的方式對待它們。積極詞匯需要經常練習，有用的詞匯必須牢記，而在日常情況下不常出現的詞只需見到時認識即可。你會發現把注意力集中于積極有用的詞上是擴大詞匯量最有效的途徑。
2. Watch out for idiomatic ways of saying things. Have you ever wondered why we say, "I am interested in English", but "I am good at French"? And have you ever asked yourself why native English speakers say, "learn the news or secret", but "learn of someone's success or arrival "? These are all examples of idiomatic usage. In learning English, you must pay attention not only to the meaning of a word, but also to the way native speakers use it in their daily lives.
2. 密切注意地道的表達方式。你可曾納悶過，為什么我們說 “我對英語感興趣”是“I'm interested in English”，而說“我精于法語"則是“I'm good at French”？你可曾問過自己，為什么以英語為母語的人說“獲悉消息或秘密”是“learn the news or secret”，而“獲悉某人的成功或到來”卻是“learn of someone's success or arrival”？這些都是慣用法的例子。在學習英語時，你不僅必須注意詞義，還必須注意以英語為母語的人在日常生活中如何使用它。
