UnitOne

•BeclearaboutwhyyouwanttolearnEnglish.•BeclearabouthowgoodyouwantyourEnglishtobe.•Haveaclearimageofyourselfwhenyouhaveachievedtheproficiencythatyouwant.ListentotheradioWatchEnglishTVprogrammesTalktoyourselfinEnglishRecordyourownvoiceReadsomethingeverydayRecordvocabularyinapersonaldictionaryAlwayshaveanEnglish-EnglishdictionarynearbyReadattheappropriatelevelKeepadiary/journalYourattendancePreviewthelessonsbeforeyournextclassEnlargeyourvocabularyTakenotesDoexercisesGroupdiscussionsUnitOneLearningaLanguageSongJieclaim:Thecompanyclaimsthattheirproduct“makesyouthinwithoutdieting”.1.vt.statethatsth.istrue,eventhoughithasnotbeenproved战斗结束后,双方均宣称获胜。Afterthebattlebothsidesclaimedvictory.2.n.astatementthatsth.istrue,eventhoughithasnotbeenproved她对这块土地产权提出的要求最终得到法庭的认可。Herclaimtotheownershipofthelandwasfinallyrecognizedbythecourt.1.amentionofsth.reference:n.Knowingwhathadhappened,Iavoidedmakinganyreferencetoweddings.他最近出的书中提到了中东问题。HisrecentbookmakesreferencestotheissueoftheMideast.2.sth.thatshowsyouwhereelsetolookforinformation,forexamplethepagenumberofanotherplaceinabookareferencebook参考书，工具书areferencelibrary(不外借书的)参考书阅览室forreference作参考in/withreferenceto关于Collocation:efficiently:adv.efficient:adj.workingwell,quickly,andwithoutwasteanefficientsecretaryanefficientheatingsystem能干的秘书高效能的供暖系统effective&efficientSomethingthatiseffectiveworkswellandproducestheresultsthatwereintended.指积极有效，效率高，效果好，节省精力。指人时，强调其能干、熟练的技巧。Ifsomethingorsomeoneisefficient,theyareabletodotaskssuccessfully,withoutwastingtimeorenergy.强调产生实际的效果、效力或具有取得预期效果的能力，指人指物都适用。Directions:Fillintheblankswiththewordsabove.Changetheformwherenecessary.•1.Thelocalgovernmenthastakensomemeasurestoreduceunemployment.•2.Weneedsomeonereallywhocanorganizetheofficeandmakeitrunsmoothly.effectiveefficientargue:1.vi.disagreewithsomeoneinwords,ofteninanangryway我们听到邻居正在争吵。Wecouldheartheneighborsarguing.Collocation:arguedown驳倒Theyarguedhimdownfiercely.他们狠狠地驳得他哑口无言。personality:n.1.thewholenatureorcharacterofaparticularperson他是个个性很强的有抱负的人。Hewasanambitiousmanwithastrongpersonality.2.afamousperson费德勒是网球界最著名的人物之一。RogerFedererisoneofthebest-knownpersonalitiesintheworldoftennis.gotoextremes:acttooviolentlyorbehaveinanextremeway他们往往持极端观点。Theyoftengotoextremesintheirviews.Collocation:gofromoneextremetotheother从一个极端走向另一个极端bedriven/forcedtoextremes被迫走极端equivalent:•1.n.sth.thathasthesamevalue,purpose,function,etc.assth.else2.adj.havingthesameamount,value,purpose,qualities,etc.一些日语单词在英语中没有对应词。SomeJapanesewordshavenoEnglishequivalents.Wecouldgiveyouanequivalentamountincompanyshares.我们可以给你等值的公司股票。base:1.vt.placeorestablish;providewithabaseorcenter这个电影是以马克•吐温的小说为题材的。ThefilmisbasedonanovelbyMarkTwain.2.n.1)thelowestpartofsomething,esp.thepartonwhichsomethingstandsThereisadooratthebaseofthetower.amilitarybase军事基地anairbase空军基地2)aplacewherepeopleinamilitaryorganizationliveandworkListeningMainProblemsinListeningInternalfactors-AnxietyhasanegativeeffectonlisteningcomprehensionShortoflisteningskillsNeglectofbasictrainingApproachesofimprovinglisteningcomprehensionOvercominginternalfactorsPredictingskillsLaysolidfoundationPracticeforsounddiscrimination1.Trytocapturethemainideas;avoidtoomuchdetails2.TakedownonlytheimportantinformationEffectiveNote-takingSkillsEffectiveNote-takingSkills3.Usephrases,abbreviationstosavetimeOmita,the,andunimportantverbs,suchasformsoftobe.Eliminatefinallettersofwords;usejustthebeginningofthewordtoformarecognizableunit,e.g.,poli.,demo.,subj.,bio.,intro.,indiv.EffectiveNote-takingSkills4.Rephrasethespeakers’idease.g.1)Taketheirdogsforawalk→walktheirdogsEffectiveNote-takingSkillsUsesymbolsforcommontransitionalwords;e.g.,&(and),w/(with),w/o(without).EffectiveNote-takingSkillsUsesymbols;e.g.,∴therefore,thus,so∵because=isequalto,thesameas≠isnotequalto,notthesameas+plus,and,more－minus,lessgreaterthanlessthan≥equalto,orgreaterthan→leadsto,causes,resultsin←comesfrom,resultsfrom,developsfrom↑growth,increase,rising↓decrease,reduction,dropping,declining～variationLearningtoRephrase1.MostofthesubjectsoftheenquirythinkthatnearlyeverywordinEnglishhasjustonemeaning.--Mostsubj:1Eword,1meaningLearningtoRephrase2.Whileit’strue,ofcourse,thatmanywordsinEnglishdohaveonlyonemeaning,itcaneasilybeshownthatthemajorityhavemorethanone.--mostEwords:1meaningLearningtoRephrase3.Ifhecanincreasehisreadingspeedwithoutlossofcomprehension,thenhe’llhavebecomeamoreefficientreader.--increasespeedw/olossofcompreh.,moreefficientreaderLearningtoRephrase4.Unfortunately,whenmanystudentspickupabooktoreadtheytendtohavenoparticularpurposeinmindotherthansimplytoreadthebook.--manystudents:nopurposethanreadReadingSkills:Skimming&Scanning•Skimmingisreadingforthegeneralidea.•Anexampleofthisiswhenwereadthetitleofnewspaperstoknowwhathappenseveryday.Youshouldlookfor•Ageneraloverview,notadetailedknowledge•Thetopic,themainidea,themainpoints•Goodskimmersreadselectively,skippingoversomesentences,paragraphs,pages.•Readthetitle.•Readtheintroductionorthefirstparagraph.•Readthefirstsentenceofeac