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For example, you have the root "-ject", so you learn inject, eject, object, subject, all the different words that come from the root,
舉個例子來說，你們看到了一個詞根"-ject"，然后就可以學到這些單詞：inject, eject, object, subject，這些不同的單詞都是來自同一個詞根，
so many people only study the word or the root "-ject" and think that it will help them understand all the words with this root.
于是很多人就只學習這個單詞或詞根"-ject"，他們覺得這樣就能弄懂所有由這個詞根組成的單詞。
It's a good idea if you have the patience.
想法不錯，但是你們得有這個耐心。
I think most people who are studying English don't like to study roots, because it's like studying another language.
我覺得大部分學英語的人都不喜歡學習詞根，因為這就像在學另一門語言一樣。
If it works for you, do it, if it doesn't, don't, okay.
如果這個方法對你們有用的話就照著做，如果沒用就不要做。
And now another thing you can do--listen.
現在我們來講講你們能做的另一件事——聽。
Listen to any spoken English that you can.
聽任何你們能找到的英語口語。
I think some of you may have heard of Ted.com, it's a good website, people give talks and lectures about different topics.
我想你們中一些人也許聽說過Ted.com，那是個很好的網站，在那上面人們會發表關于不同話題的講話和演講。
Listen, listen carefully.
聽一聽他們的講話，認真聽。
Anytime you hear a word that you don't recognize, write it down.
任何時候你們聽到了不認識的單詞都要把它寫下來。
If you don't know the spelling, no problem, write it phonetically.
如果你們不知道這個單詞怎么寫也沒關系，按照讀音把它寫下來。
Write the word just like it sounds, then if you have access to a transcript, means all the words that were spoken written down, check the transcript and find your word.
根據它聽起來的樣子把這個單詞寫下來，然后如果你們能看到文本的話，也就是被記錄下來的演講的全部內容，如果能看到的話，請核對一下文本，找到你們不認識的那個單詞。
If you can't, if you don't have a transcript, go to a dictionary.
如果找不到，如果你們沒有文本的話，那就用字典。
Now some of you have asked me to recommend a dictionary, very simple, and online you can get the paper one, or the online one.
你們中有些人叫我推薦一部字典，這非常簡單，從網上你們能找到紙質版的，也能找到電子版的。
Merriam Webster's, m-w.com, American English, oxford dictionaries.com, British English, okay?
你們可以在m-w.com上找到韋氏字典，那是一部美式英語的字典，然后在oxford dictionaries.com上能找到英式英語的字典。
Now I know I've seen a lot of students use like their electronic dictionaries, they go from like English to Korean, English to Japanese, English to Spanish, don't do that anymore, okay?
我看見過很多學生使用他們的電子詞典，他們用的是像英韓詞典、英日詞典和英西詞典之類的，不要再這么做了好嗎？
English to English, this way you're learning more words as you're learning one word.
使用英英詞典，這樣你們在學習一個單詞的時候能學到更多的單詞。
I don't know this word, I look at the definition, in the definition I might be... I might be learning other words, okay?
比如我不認識這個單詞，我去看了看釋義，在釋義里我也許會學到其他的單詞。
You will maximize how many words you learn by using an English to English dictionary.
通過使用英英詞典，你們學到的單詞數量會達到最大化。
