13.How Do You Improve Your English
你怎樣提高英語
A: Do you mind if I ask you a question?
我問你個問題你介意嗎?
B: No, not at all. Go ahead.
不介意。問吧。
A: What do you do in order to improve your English?
你怎樣提高你的英語?
B: I go to movies; I go to lectures; I listen to the radio; I do lots of things. Most importantly, I practice every chance I get.
我看電影,聽演講,聽廣播,方法很多。最重要的是,我抓住每一個可以練英語的機會。
A: It’s a good idea to have a radio, isn’t it?
有收音機倒是學英語的好辦法,對不對?
B: Sure. It’s like understanding on the telephone——you can’t see the speaker! It’s great for improving listening comprehension.
對。就好像是接電話一樣,你看不到對方!這對提高聽力很有幫助。
A: It takes a long time to learn a language, doesn’t it?
學語言要很長的時間,對不對?
B: It certainly does. But if you practice speaking every spare minute and learn useful sentences every day you can make big progress.
當然是了。但如果你每天都利用零碎時間苦練說,而且說實用的句子,那你會進步很快。
額外成就感
in order to 為了;以便
* I decide to go to England in order to improve my English.
為了提高我的英語,我決定去英國。