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　　1. How do you memorize new words?

　　New words should be mastered in several ways. First,pronunciation, if you want to pronounce the word correctly, you'dbetter listen to it first and practice it again and again by imitation.Second, spelling, if you want to memorize the word how to spell, you'dbetter learn some knowledge for word building and pronunciation rules.Third, meaning and use, if you want to know the exact meaning and useof the word, you'd better learn it through context and reading.Finally, you should work hard on it.

　　2. How do you improve your reading?

　　First, look at the title of the passage if there is. You can getthe general idea of it. Then you pay attention to the first and lastsentence of very paragraph of the passage. You can get the main idea ofthe paragraph. Third, through the context(上下文), you guess the new wordsthat you come across. Finally, note the style and tone in order to thewriter's implication in meaning.

　　3. How do you improve your speaking?

　　You can improve your speaking only through practice. Firstly,don't think of too much grammar, when you speak. You try to speak thekey words, if you cannot speak the whole sentence, but you must speakthe key words clearly and correctly. Secondly, pay attention to thedifferent rhythms (節(jié)奏)between English and Chinese. We Chinese tend tostress the words equally, while the English words in the sentence tendto be stressed quite differently. The words with important informationare normally stressed. Lastly, try to use your gestures and your facialexpressions to go with your verbal communication.

　　4. How do you learn English grammar?

　　The purpose of learning grammar is to help learners to have abetter understanding of the language. It is no use remembering grammarrules by rote because there are no rules without exceptions. It issensible to use English grammar as a tool to help you to understand andmaster English. You learn grammar only through language phenomena(現(xiàn)象)because it comes from it. So you learn those rules and do someexercises to practise them.

　　5. How do you improve your listening?

　　You can improve your listening only through listening a great dealand there is no shortcut. First, you should have the rightpronunciation of the words in your mind so learn to pronounce themcorrectly. Then, you try to catch the meaning of the sentence but notthe separate meanings of the words, that is, do not concentrate onwords too much but on the meaning as a whole. Third, pay attention tothe liaison, (連讀) loss of explosion and assimilation(同化) of the words.Lastly, pay attention to the stressed words and guess the meaningthrough the intonation.

6. How do you start to learn English?

　　First, you must have your purpose of learning English in yourmind. Do you want to improve your oral English or written English orfor the purpose of tests? Second, what level are you at? Are yourEnglish intermediate? Lower or upper? Third, choose the way to learnEnglish according to your time and finance. Do you want to learnEnglish by self-study, English class, English courses on the radio,English learning software or even online courses on the Internet?Finally, you must study hard and insist on learning continuously for ayear or two.

　　7. How do you improve your translation?

　　First, learn some basic rules for translation. Then you must havea good master of both English and Chinese. Finally, you must practise,practise and once more practise. You can refer to some bilingualmagazines English world for example. You practise translation fromChinese to English and vice versa(反過來). Then you have some comparisonwith their translation. After some period of practice, you will makegreat progress. Practise makes perfect.

　　8. How do you tell the differences of English synonyms?

　　There are no synonyms which are exactly the same. You should thinkof the synonyms in these ways. The style is different. Formal orinformal?. The meaning is different. General or specific? It isdifferent in grammar. Different collocations and different sentencepatterns.

　　9. How do you learn English verb tense?

　　First, pay attention to the adverbial of time, if there is one, inthe sentence. Different adverbials of time indicate the use ofdifferent tense. Second, the meaning of predicate verb, Some verbs tendto be used a certain tense. For example, I like music The word liketends to be used in simple present tense. Third, note the context, itwill give you hints to use a certain tense. Finally, you'd better dosome exercises in order that you have some consciousness(意識) of usingEnglish tense.

　　10. How do you buy English dictionary?

　　Nowadays, there are so many different kinds of dictionaries. Findthe kind of dictionary that you are looking for. Then you 'd betterfind out who is the publisher? Is it a well-known publisher? How manycopies has it been published? The more, the better. What do you thinkof the printing quality of the dictionary.