For those who are good at English, come in and talk about your learning methods~~

Zhu Kun (student at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, top scorer in liberal arts in the Henan Provincial College Entrance Examination):

It is a fact that English is not easy to learn well. After all, this is a new language that is very different from Chinese. Generally, beginners always like to transfer idioms from Chinese to English, which may result in a lot of jokes. There are generally two opinions on learning English well. One is to emphasize a large amount of memorization. It is believed that English is not very popular in China yet and lacks the soil for application. Therefore, it is advocated to memorize more and memorize more. Only by memorizing it can you improve your ability to use it. , this opinion is not unreasonable; the other does not pay attention to memory, but focuses on application, believing that only by application can one master it, and the purpose of learning a language is to apply it. This opinion is also reasonable. If these two approaches can be combined, it would be even better. Words in English, some common grammar, and common sentence patterns should be memorized. Once applied, the impression becomes even more profound. The English NMET test questions are just like the Chinese language college entrance examination, divided into three parts: basic knowledge, reading, and writing. I think the most important one is reading, which accounts for 70 points out of 150 points. Since there are many basic knowledge questions and the scores are small, it is generally not easy to widen the gap. As for the composition, you just need to write a few limited sentences, as long as there are as few or as few grammatical errors as possible, and generally the score will not be too big. Great disparity. This is not the case for reading questions. Students with good scores may reach more than 60 points or even full marks, while students with poor scores may only have scores in the teens or 20s. Moreover, the improvement of reading ability is by no means an overnight achievement, without a lot of practice. You will never get high marks in reading. Therefore, I suggest that candidates must put reading first when reviewing for the exam. Don't get discouraged and give up because it is not easy to achieve results. You must have self-confidence and you should do it all the time. I feel that my reading ability will definitely improve, and so will my English scores. Do more reading questions, try to read every sentence thoroughly, and understand the subtle and hidden things in it; don't look up the dictionary easily when you encounter unfamiliar words, so as not to develop a lazy habit.

Wang Long (student of the Department of Computer Science and Technology of Peking University, top scorer in science in Jiangxi College Entrance Examination):

To review English, I think you should read the book carefully and write down some language phenomena. I copied the notes with the teacher so carefully that I remembered every word and phrase. The English college entrance examination has a large number of questions and the score is very light. It often doesn't matter if you miss one or two multiple-choice questions. But it is the accumulation of one point here and two points there that makes the total score 150. As the saying goes, no river can become a sea without accumulating small streams. If you don't pay attention to every grammatical point, word and phrase, it will be difficult to do well in English. Therefore the foundation is particularly important here. A person's foundation is stable, so his English scores are relatively stable. It is difficult to improve for a while, but it is not easy to decline. This does not mean that you should not review English, because intensive training can make you proficient and improve your test-taking ability.

Hu Zhanzhi (student at the School of Life Sciences at Peking University, top scorer in science in the College Entrance Examination in Guizhou Province):

English review may be the subject that everyone devotes the most time to. Like Chinese, it requires daily accumulation. If you do well at the beginning until you graduate from junior high school, it will be much easier when you get to high school. If you owe a "debt" in your English homework, don't be anxious. You should improve it step by step according to the rules of accumulation. The specific methods are as follows:

First, make a detailed review of the important content and example sentences that the teacher reviewed in class. Take your notes, often take time to read them, and memorize typical examples.

Secondly, systematically organize the phrases, common phrases, important sentence patterns, and collocations of key words in books from junior high school to high school, especially the usage of verbs and adjectives. The workload of this job is relatively large, but don't be afraid of the difficulty, because it is a very effective means to improve your English ability, including test-taking ability. After sorting them out, you must read them well. It will be better if you can memorize them.

Third, recite all the texts from junior high school to high school.

It sounds scary, but since you have already learned, read, and recited most of it, the workload is not too heavy. The purpose of reciting is to cultivate the ability to respond to foreign languages, that is, "language sense." Once a preliminary sense of language is formed, it will be easier to do the questions and the accuracy will be more stable. This is an effective quick method for everyone's reference.

In addition, it is recommended that you take half an hour every day (preferably in the morning) to read and memorize texts, phrases, idioms, etc. You may not see the effect in the short term, but if you persist, you will have a clear experience. .

Finally, English and Chinese require a considerable number of questions. English questions are also relatively easy to repeat, and a large number of questions are required to adapt to various question types. Among them, most of the cloze and essay correction can be solved by using the above method of language sense combined with inference. Many students find it difficult to find new word-filling questions. In fact, this is mainly a matter of familiarity with the words. The texts and sentence patterns you have memorized will fully demonstrate their value here.

English composition is a question type that is easier to score, accounting for 30 points. If you want to improve your English composition level, on the one hand, you can memorize the text, and on the other hand, you can start with sentence making, gradually construct complex sentences, and then progress to writing paragraphs and chapters. There is another method called Free Writing. Take 10 minutes every day to write some random words and sentences. Don’t think too much about smoothness and coherence. The only requirement is to keep writing words. This method is quick and effective. Try it. Be sure to avoid using the "translation method" to write essays, that is, first writing a Chinese manuscript and then translating it into English. This is not only time-consuming, but also does not help improve your English level. Let me introduce to you two tips on memorizing words. One is to avoid the "letter spelling" method of memorizing words, but try to memorize them in combination with pronunciation rules and phonetic symbols. The other is to memorize words in sentences and chapters. Wait for the specific language environment to memorize it. The former method is to memorize the spelling of the word, and the latter method is to memorize the meaning of the word. At the same time, you must be aware of the phonetic symbols of the parts of speech, etc.

Liu Yang (student of Peking University Law Department, top liberal arts student in Heilongjiang Province College Entrance Examination):

Foreign language, I think, is a subject that is interesting to learn and affordable to use. By learning a foreign language, you not only master a language, but you also get in touch with the culture of a nation, which benefits you a lot. Learning a foreign language is like making soup, it is a slow and careful work. I insist that foreign languages ??must be read and written every day. If your review plan is based on one day or two days, then I advise you to change it for the foreign language, because in that case, although you have one or two days a week, Two days of concentrated learning of a foreign language is almost the same as the accumulated time of spreading it out every day, but the effect may be far different. By the way, I think it is appropriate to carry out the daily review in an all-round way for the five subjects and select the key points of the day to focus on. Foreign languages ??are very particular about the environment. When memorizing words, don’t memorize them in isolation. You can put them into specific contexts (such as text or example sentences given by the teacher). This will make it easier to remember and help deepen your memory; for words and phrases Be proficient in it and use it flexibly. After class, you might as well get together and chat with a few people in a foreign language to improve your word usage. Especially some positive phrases or idioms, you must have a firm grasp of them. This will make your language fluent and authentic. Another important step is to do more reading questions and read aloud more, so that you can become familiar with the usage of words and develop your sense of language. Here, I repeatedly emphasize the sense of language, because I believe that language perception is crucial to foreign languages ??and Chinese. Its cultivation depends on daily reading and writing, and don't learn to be dumb in foreign languages. In a word, learning a foreign language is inseparable from the word "diligence", and success will come naturally.

Liang Zhen (student at the School of Economics at Peking University, top scorer in liberal arts in the Tianjin College Entrance Examination):

Now with the reform and opening up, English plays an increasingly important role in our daily lives. Information highways and satellite transmission systems have turned the earth into a "global village." Therefore, parents are paying more and more attention to their children's English learning, and we ourselves are feeling the pressure. However, since we are learning a foreign language, many aspects are different from learning other courses, so some students can never get to the door. Let me introduce my English learning below.

When I was in high school, a good teacher I met was Mr. Liang Yaoxing, a young and promising go-getter from Tianjin No. 1 Middle School. Teacher Liang has a high level of English and a very good character. When he went abroad for further study, some people abroad tried to persuade him to stay, but Teacher Liang resolutely returned to China to teach, which reflected the character of a Communist Party member. So before I learned "skills" from Mr. Liang, his "morality" had already deeply moved me. It convinced me that as long as I followed him, I would be right.

Teacher Liang once said to us: When we learn foreign languages, we do not have a pure foreign language environment. We have little stimulation in listening, speaking, reading and writing, and lack a sense of language. We mostly memorize by rote. So it's very difficult. I think so too, so don’t be afraid of difficulties in English, the focus is on practicing. Not only practice answering questions, but also the whole activity of "singing, reciting, doing, typing, and translating" is indispensable for solving a large number of questions. Teacher Liang has done all the in-class and extra-curricular questions for us beforehand, and carefully selected them before giving them to us to practice, which is less but more precise. When correcting and answering questions in class, I carefully corrected each wrong question with a red pen, and marked the relevant knowledge points, reasons for the error, and areas that should be paid attention to on the side. These "red letters" become the focus of future review.

Furthermore, the vocabulary of college entrance examination English is strictly limited, and there are basically no unknown words. Even if some words are not included in the textbook, it may be the exchange of different parts of speech of a certain word. Memorizing every word is the most basic requirement for taking the English test. So I think that for the college entrance examination, a larger vocabulary is not as good as a high-quality vocabulary, which is not many but accurate. Of course, capable students should still memorize more words. When memorizing words, you should check the dictionary frequently, don't take it for granted, and be sure to "refer to the dictionary" for words that you are not sure of. For example: What kind of prefix should be added to the negative forms of the words "comfort" and "comfortable"? Students who are not sure should not guess. The answer is "discomfort" and "uncomfortable". So I suggest high school students to buy an Oxford Dictionary or a Longman Dictionary. The contents of these two dictionaries are slightly different, but both are authoritative and large in capacity. I prefer Oxford Dictionary because the current Longman dictionary is in semi-traditional Chinese. When doing homework or doing extracurricular reading, keep a dictionary at hand and look it up when you encounter a word you don't understand. Not only look at the phonetic symbols and annotations, but also look at examples. Know exactly how the word is used. And another reason why I encourage senior students to buy Oxford or Longman dual-interpret dictionaries is to help students learn to read English annotations. Explaining in English is certainly clearer than explaining in Chinese. If some students are not sure about the difference between over and above, it will be clear after reading the English comments. If you don’t believe me, give it a try. Furthermore, English has many idioms, which are similar to our idioms and idiomatic expressions. We were also exposed to these things in high school. When encountering such a phrase, don't just guess based on the text. You still have to look it up in a dictionary.

Let’s talk about English reading comprehension again. This turned out to be a headache for me too. One is that I can’t finish it, and the other is that I can’t make the right choice. Regarding reading speed, the college entrance examination requirements are not very high. With the help of teachers, students can definitely achieve it. But I feel that we cannot stay at this level and need to increase the speed. There are two purposes: A. Make time to read the questions carefully. If you are not sure, you can come back and check. B. Make time to do the following questions and give more time to the composition to improve accuracy. Students may wish to divide reading into extensive reading and intensive reading, just like college English learning, that is, extensive reading and intensive reading. Extensive reading is used to train speed. Get an article and read it as fast as you can. It will be enough if you can answer 60 to 70 of the questions attached at the end; or you can retell the main idea and remember one or two The position of a number or key sentence will meet the requirements. Intensive reading can be done in two steps: the first step is to read extensively and calculate the time; the second step is to read the words carefully and understand the meaning of each word. This requires the accuracy rate to be above 90%.

The above are countermeasures for reading speed, so what should you do if you cannot choose the answer correctly? Students can try the following methods: A. Read the following questions as quickly as possible to understand the requirements of each question, such as when, what time, and what time. Who is it, what is the adjective, and then the most appropriate summary or title. B. Read more in a targeted manner to find out the answer. This may greatly improve accuracy. Students may wish to give it a try.

Let’s talk about composition again. I think there are two main points in writing a composition: A. Write in all the expressions required by the question. B. Accurate. For the first requirement, students may wish to use a pencil to cross out an item on the paper after writing a draft to prevent missing items. For the second requirement, the countermeasure is simpler, that is, never write words or sentences that you are not sure about, and do not show your proficiency in the exam. Try to use simple sentence patterns and commonly used familiar words.

During the college entrance examination (1995), some areas tested oral English, while others did not. But I don’t think you should be eager for quick success in learning English, so you should pay attention to oral English in high school. During the oral English class, I actively raised my hands, talked with teachers and classmates in less proficient English, and also participated in English corner activities. Later, slowly, my spoken language improved greatly. Then, improving your oral proficiency and gaining a sense of language will also be of great help to your English writing.

He Xin (student of the Chinese Department of Peking University, second in liberal arts in the Gansu Province College Entrance Examination):

English is a subject that gives many students a headache, but according to my experience, learning English mainly requires efforts in two aspects: vocabulary and language habits, and both of these aspects are inseparable from reading texts. When it comes to vocabulary, the first thing that bears the brunt is naturally the vocabulary in textbooks. The stupidest way to memorize words is to memorize them by rote. Because the purpose of learning words is to apply them in various language environments. Without the language environment, the words are "dead", and no matter how many they are remembered, they are of little use. The text is the first language environment we come into contact with, so you should read the text more so that every sentence in the text leaves an impression in your mind, and you will master the usage of new words; in addition to the text, you should also look for Read some short English articles to increase your vocabulary. As a language, English does not have very logical definitions and universal rules like mathematics. Although it also has grammatical rules to follow, many of them are very trivial and have a large number of special cases and idioms, especially prepositions, adverbs and some active verbs such as do, take, get, make, have, etc. These single words Relying on rote memorization will not work. Therefore, we must start with the text first, read more texts, and have more grammatical phenomena in our mind. Once we are familiar with it, we will have "experience" and a "sense of language", and we will master these idioms and special usages invisibly. There are rules to follow when encountering similar situations. Among the objective questions of the college entrance examination, cloze and reading comprehension are more difficult to grasp. When I was doing these two questions, I mastered a principle, that is, from thorough reading to intensive reading, first read the full text to grasp the emotional tone, tense, character relationship, etc. of the article, then intensively read the places where I need to fill in the blanks or answer questions, and finally compare Answer, make your choice. When practicing through reading, you should try your best to cultivate your ability to infer the meaning of words, and avoid looking up the dictionary whenever you encounter new words. Correction questions are also more difficult questions. My general procedure when answering this question is: read the whole text, check the obvious errors such as tense and person, various "consistent" relationships, the antecedents of various clauses, fixed collocations, and word spelling. After going through this process, basically there will be no more “fish that slipped through the net”. Regarding composition, you should pay attention to practicing "substitution" in daily life, because you often encounter words or sentence patterns that you don't know when writing compositions. In this case, you need to substitute similar words or collocations. When answering the question, first list the requirements and content in the question one by one, then write down the sentence patterns and keywords needed to write each content, and finally use connectives to connect the sentences together so that the requirements are not missed. and cause confusion. In addition, when writing essays, you should use simple sentences more often, with the primary purpose of explaining things clearly. Do not use some difficult sentence patterns to write long sentences in pursuit of rhetorical splendor, otherwise it is easy to make grammatical errors and the gain will not be worth the loss.

Geng Dejian (student of Peking University School of Economics, second place in liberal arts in Anhui Province College Entrance Examination):

I summarize the foreign language learning process into four steps: "vocabulary-grammar-reading-practice" . Words are the cornerstone of foreign language learning and must be memorized first. I think the best and fastest way to memorize words is the card memory method, which is to put difficult words on small cards and carry them with you to read and memorize them. The effect is excellent. Grammar is valuable in daily accumulation. Listen carefully in class and read some books outside class. Be careful to eliminate interference from your mother tongue. For foreign language learning, a lot of reading is necessary. It can not only improve reading comprehension skills, but also improve problem-solving abilities of almost all types of questions simultaneously. As for good reading materials, I think volumes two and three of "New Concept English" are good. English practice also needs to be refined rather than too much. You can also adopt special training methods based on your own weaknesses, so I won’t go into details here.

Chen Xiaoling (student of the English Department of Peking University, second place in the foreign language category of the Hubei Provincial College Entrance Examination):

Learning English well is not something that can be achieved overnight. It requires long-term accumulation over time. I think the key to learning English well is to master the sense of language. Once you master the sense of language, it will feel natural to take multiple choice questions and fill in the blanks. You can choose the right answer even if you can't make sense. How can we develop a good sense of language? First of all, we must read aloud frequently, "keep fists in hands, music never leave mouth." Take 20 minutes to half an hour every day to read texts or other reading materials aloud along with the tape. Not only can your pronunciation be more accurate, And I can memorize the text without realizing it, so memorizing the text is not a torture, but a natural thing, and it is not easy to forget. Since most of the college entrance examination questions still come from texts, it is natural to answer the questions with ease after memorizing the texts. The second is to read more English materials, expand vocabulary, improve language sense, and master the cultural background of major English-speaking countries. I have been reading extracurricular readings since the second grade of junior high school, such as the Simple English Classics Series, "English Pictorial", "Learning English" newspapers, etc. I insist on taking about an hour every day to read English. I adopt the two-pass reading method. In the first pass, I only need to swallow the information wholeheartedly, grasp the general idea, and develop my reading ability without the help of a dictionary. This will be very helpful for cloze filling and reading comprehension in the future. You can also exercise your logical thinking ability by trying to figure out the meaning of the article. Look up new words for the second time, highlight important phrases or language points, and recall the deeper meaning of the article. This time you will consolidate the knowledge you have learned and master some new usages. Over time, your vocabulary will be greatly increased. I don't agree with the practice of relying on dictionaries to expand vocabulary. This method is no fun, because it is memorized by rote and cannot be remembered well. Someone has calculated that to truly remember a word, you must see it 16 times on different occasions, and this is only possible by reading a lot. The third way to develop a sense of language is more fun, that is by watching English movies and listening to English songs. Although this is difficult for middle school students, you can still hear something after repeated listening and matching the situation. English movies also provide a lot of The language and cultural background of English-speaking countries is of great benefit to understanding the customs, lifestyles, and special sense of humor of countries such as Britain and the United States.

The above are all experiences in learning English. There is not so much time in the review stage, so you should still focus on the text. First of all, we should sort out the grammar from the first year of junior high school to the third year of high school, and pay attention to the changes in various tenses, and pay attention to the induction and differentiation. Then review the text, focusing on phrases and idioms, because these are the most vital and most error-prone. The main verbs and different prepositions have different meanings, which can be summarized by yourself. For example, the combinations with get include get on, get out, get in, get off, get up, get over, get across, etc. Prepositions and articles are not found in Chinese and are very easy to confuse. Prepositions have no reason to say, but there are rules to follow. For example, across and through both mean to pass, but across mostly refers to passing sideways, or across, while through refers to passing straight, or passing through it, so a ship passing through a bridge means passing. Use across, and when a train passes through a bridge, use through. When reviewing, you can find test papers or exercises that you have done before and look at your previous mistakes to avoid making them again.

During the review stage, most schools use the question-based tactic, which I think is unnecessary. Rather than simply expanding the number of questions, it is better to improve the efficiency and quality of each question. Every time I finish a set of questions, I have to carefully analyze and summarize, not only looking at what I did wrong, but also looking at what I did right, and analyzing the reasons. For cloze and reading comprehension, I mostly think over and over again to prepare for the next question. Accumulate experience and lessons. In this way, every time you do a set of questions, you will get a set of results. Next time, you can draw inferences from one example and get twice the result with half the effort. I trust my intuition more when doing questions and rarely change them again and again, because I find that sometimes the first impression is more accurate when it comes to language.

Wang Jintao (student of the Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University, second in science in the Hebei Province College Entrance Examination):

Vocabulary is the basis for English review. English is also a subject that is accumulated through daily study. It is impossible to make a leap in performance through a sudden burst before the test. Relatively speaking, abnormal performance in the English test in the college entrance examination is relatively rare. Therefore, the review of English must start with the most basic vocabulary and grammar. The scope of the English vocabulary test is strictly limited in the test syllabus, and those vocabulary must be thoroughly understood. English review also requires a certain amount of practice to coordinate. I think I divided my English practice into two stages during review: the first stage of practice is to follow the teacher's review progress. During the practice, I find gaps in my learning and review for these gaps; The second stage is to conduct comprehensive exercises after you have a general understanding of all the knowledge. You can do some mock test questions or past college entrance examination questions. This will help consolidate the review results of the first stage and adapt to the question types and questions of the college entrance examination. The amount of questions gradually enters the mental state before the exam.

In the process of English review, I used a learning method that I saw in a reference book - the "four-pass reading method" to fill in the blanks. I personally feel that this method It is very practical and effective, so now I would like to introduce this method of "borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha" to everyone. I hope it will be helpful to everyone's English review.

English cloze is to dig out 25 words from an English passage, and there are four choices for candidates to choose from in each blank place. In addition to testing the basic knowledge of English such as words, phrases, and grammar, cloze also requires candidates to be able to grasp the overall meaning of the article, understand the central idea of ??an article, and use their own sense of language when answering certain questions in the cloze. , but there is no English-speaking external environment around us, so it is not easy to cultivate a sense of language. Therefore, when I was doing cloze, I applied the following "four-pass reading method" to consciously cultivate my sense of language.

First pass: When you get a cloze exercise question, first read the article and try your best to find out the general meaning of the article. If the general meaning cannot be read, then also read the general direction of the article: whether it is expository, argumentative or narrative; whether the author's attitude is positive or negative; whether it is clear or vague; whether it is positive or negative. Generally speaking, I have a certain understanding of the content of the article.

Second time: When reading the passage for the second time, don’t rush to see the options in the passage. Instead, every time you read a blank, analyze it yourself. The words to fill in the blank are generally What does a word mean? Is it a noun, a verb, or another part of speech? Is it a predicate verb or a non-predicate verb? Does the context have any fixed collocations, such as: So...that..., It's...that..., not...more than or conjunction collocations? It is a collocation of phrases such as talk about and go over. Use your own pen to write each analyzed word in the blank space. There are always 1 or 2 questions in the cloze that can be answered through such analysis.

The third time: When reading for the third time, compare the given choices with the words you analyzed, and choose the choice with the closest meaning between the two.

The fourth time: Substitute each word you choose into the blank space in the passage, read the entire text, and use a critical eye to examine whether the meaning of each word is accurate and whether the grammar is correct. If you find something inappropriate, you should go back to the selection and make a new judgment.

Through this "four-pass reading method" practice, you can gradually develop a sense of language when doing cloze. Of course, this method is used during practice. During the exam, you don’t have to read through it four times, but you can combine the second and third times together. If time is particularly tight, you can skip even the fourth pass. I usually read it four times during exercises to develop my sense of language, and read it three times during exams to save time.

The day before each English test, I take out the notebook where I usually record wrong questions and read them again carefully, so as to avoid making the same mistakes in the next day's test. Some students work hard on the questions or memorize the exam the day before the exam. I think this is not advisable, because doing a lot of questions or memorizing will not only exhaust themselves, but also affect their mood during the exam the next day. , the result was counterproductive.

The famous British poet Kirkland once said a passage about reading. The poet once divided readers into four categories: the first category of readers is like an hourglass, and reading is like sand that goes in and leaks out. , in the end no trace was left. The second type of readers are like sponges, absorbing everything. If they are squeezed, what comes out remains intact, or even a little dirty. The third type of readers are like bags for filtering soy milk. All the soy milk flows away, leaving only bean dregs. The fourth type of reader is like a drudge in a gem mine, leaving behind the slag and only looking for pure gems.

Jiao Pengpeng (student of the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University, third place in the science subject of the College Entrance Examination in Anhui Province):

In English, you should pay attention to memorizing, remembering and practicing more. I do not advocate that "Learn by rote", but I agree with "memorize by rote". Vocabulary is the foundation of English. Without vocabulary accumulation, no matter how much grammar you know, it is just a castle in the air and will collapse sooner or later. Therefore, you should pay enough attention to vocabulary and set aside a fixed time to memorize words every day; don't memorize them blindly. Find new words from the text and memorize them to get twice the result with half the effort.

The mastery of grammar should not just stay in theory, but should be mastered in practice. Grammar is dead, but people are alive and must be used flexibly according to different contexts. Then practicing your writing more will also be of great help in improving your writing skills.

As for reading, only by reading more, watching more, and practicing more can you improve your reading comprehension ability. When reading, pay attention to grasp the key sentences, especially the first paragraph of the article and the first sentence of each paragraph. These sentences are often worth a thousand pounds, and the answers to many questions are contained in these sentences.

Dong Xiaofeng (student of the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University, ranked seventh in the science subject of the Qinghai Provincial College Entrance Examination):

Many knowledge in the textbooks need to be memorized accurately, and memory must be grasped. Follow rules and scientific methods, memorizing by rote will only be a waste of time. Next, I will talk about memorizing methods by taking memorizing English words as an example. There are many ways to memorize words, such as enhanced memory, cyclic memory, serial comparison, associative memory, etc. However, the more scientific and concise method is to dissect glyphs, analyze word meanings, and study the structure of words. Word formation is a scientific method that helps us expand and consolidate vocabulary, understand the structure of words, and infer the meaning of words through known components, which is beneficial to our memory, understanding, and mastery of vocabulary. Rote memorization only obtains feelings and impressions from the "form" and "sound" of the words, without understanding the internal connection between their "meanings". After we are familiar with the word formation method, we can achieve the effect of "reading the text to understand the meaning" and "using the form to explain the text" based on judgment and reasoning. Not only can we remember many single root words, but we can also read and memorize a large number of words with the same root from one to the other and draw inferences. , rapidly expanding vocabulary in both quality and quantity. For example, president is composed of the prefix pre-"in front", the root word -sid "sitting" and the suffix -ent "person". The "person sitting in front" is the "president". Another example is abstract, which is composed of the prefix abs-"to break away" and the root word tract "to pull out". Its original meaning is "drawn out from the concrete", and abstract means "abstract; profound". The method of tracing back to the source is also helpful for deepening memory and understanding.

For example: the front part of museum means "Muse". Museum was originally a temple dedicated to the goddess of art "Muse". It later became a place for studying knowledge, and now it means "museum". Cross means "crossing over" and talk means "talking". The two people ask and answer questions and make a funny "cross talk", which is the original meaning of crosstalk. As long as you stick with it, you'll definitely make significant progress and have tons of fun.

Chu Jun (student of the Automation Department of Tsinghua University, fourth in the science subject of the Beijing College Entrance Examination):

The learning of English is different from other subjects. It requires the most hard work. This means no pain, no gain, no laziness, no opportunistic methods. You can only have perseverance and perseverance and move forward step by step. The results achieved are directly proportional to the effort expended. This requires seizing every moment to memorize words and grammar points. Only after mastering enough vocabulary and grammar points can you cope with the exam with ease.

Zhang Yali (student at the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University, fourth in the science subject of the Hunan Provincial College Entrance Examination):

English is similar to Chinese, and the focus is on cultivating language sense. Unlike Chinese, English is not our mother tongue, so it is relatively difficult to learn. In daily life, we hardly use English, which makes it difficult to cultivate language sense. In order to change this unfavorable situation, all we can do is listen more and speak more, that is, try to communicate in English as much as possible in our free time. It is best to form an English-speaking atmosphere among classmates. Try to Speak English, write in a diary or write letters in English. This will not only develop your English expression skills, but is also helpful for learning English. In addition, the size of vocabulary is also a key factor in determining English performance. Because you can only answer questions after you understand the meaning of the questions. Memorizing words may be a headache for most students. They always feel that they cannot be remembered for a long time and are easy to forget. In the end, it is still the same as not remembering. For memorizing words, I always use the circular memory method, that is, repeated memorization in cycles. First, you must estimate your memory cycle. You can memorize about 10 words that you have never seen before, and then watch yourself completely forget them after a few days. This period of time is roughly your memory cycle. In the future, every time you memorize a word, after 1/4 cycle, you need to memorize it again to strengthen your memory. Memorize it repeatedly in this way. After one cycle, check which words are still unmemorized and re-memorize them in the next cycle. If you repeat this, I believe your efficiency in memorizing words will quickly improve. Among the college entrance examination questions, grammar tests account for a large part, so proficiency and application of grammar are essential. I remember there is a book called "English Grammar for Middle School". The book has a comprehensive and detailed explanation of the grammar learned in middle school, and is supplemented by typical examples to explain the profound things in simple terms. It can be regarded as a good reference book. The English composition seems to be a very scary question, but in fact it is very easy to score. As long as your article has a clear narrative and basically no grammatical errors, you will probably get 80 or 90 points. Therefore, I hope that everyone will overcome their fear when composing, remain careful, and strive to get the points they deserve. Remember one sentence: "No