不要以完全同样的方式对待所有的生词。你可曾因为简直无法记住所学的所有生词而抱怨自己的记忆力太差？其实，责任并不在你的记忆力。如果你一下子把太多的生词塞进头脑，必定有一些生词会被挤出来。你需要做的是根据生词日常使用的频率以不同的方式对待它们。积极词汇需要经常联系，有用的词汇必须牢记，而在日常情况下不经常出现的词只需要见到时认识即可。你会发现把注意力集中于积极有用的词上是扩大词汇量最有效的途径。
好多年过去了。他放弃了飞行，开始航海。他领略到航海的巨大乐趣。奇切斯特在首届横渡大西洋单人航海比赛中夺魁时，已经五十八岁。他周游世界的宿愿重又被唤起，不过这一次他是要驾船环游。由于他患有肺癌，朋友们和医生们都认为他不该去，但奇切斯特决意实施自己的计划。1966年8月，在他快满六十五岁的时候——很多人在这个年龄已经退休——他开始了一生中最了不起的一次航海。不久，他就驾着那艘16米长的新船吉普赛•莫思号启程出海了。
他给了她四封信。三封没封口，是老朋友寄来的生日卡。第四封是封口的，上面的字迹出自迈拉之手。失望的痛楚攫住了老太太的心。她几乎是带几分勉强之意撕开了信封。只见生日卡里夹着一张折叠起来的纸。卡上印有“生日快乐”字样，下面写着一句附言——拿这张支票给自己买样称心的东西吧——迈拉和哈罗德。支票像只断了翅膀的小鸟似地飘落到地板上。老太太慢慢地弯下腰，把支票从地上捡了起来。她的礼物，她的可爱的礼物！她用颤抖的手指把支票撕了个粉碎。
让我们认真而通情达理地看一下，如果这一建议被采纳的话，会有什么样的结果。千家万户也许会利用这段时间真正地团聚一番。没有电视机的干扰，他们晚饭后也许会围坐在一起，当真交谈起来。众所周知，我们的许多问题——事实上是所有的问题，从代沟、高离婚率到某些精神病——至少部分地是由于没能交流思想而引起的。我们谁也不把自己心头的烦恼告诉别人，结果感情上变产生了这样那样的问题。利用这安静的、全家聚在一起的时刻来讨论我们的各种问题，我们相互之间也许会更加了解，更加相爱。
人们问我读过什么大学，有什么学位，有什么资历成为一个作家。我的回答是什么都没有。我只是写。我不是天才，我没有天赋，写作是野路子。我也没受过什么训练，而且在孩子和朋友身上花的时间比写作还多。直到四年前我才有了一本同类词汇编，我一直用一本89美分买的韦氏小词典。我用的电动打字机是六年前花129美元买的。我从未使用过文字处理机。我们一家六口，烧饭、洗衣、打扫卫生全是我一个人做，只能见缝插针地抽空写那么几分钟。我是跟四个孩子坐在沙发上边吃匹萨饼边看电视时以手写的方式写东西的。书写完后，再把它打出来寄给出版商。
我来到厂里，花了一个星期左右的时间一边到处看，一边做些笔记。说真的，我对看到的情况不胜惊讶。最为奇怪的是，厂里竟然没有任何质量控制。没有人检验工厂生产的成品。结果，有些装箱待运的衬衫不是缺了一两粒纽扣，就是少了衣领，有时甚至还会短只袖子。工厂的生产条件很差。工作台很高，工人坐在旁边很不舒服。除了中午吃饭的半个小时外，全天没有别的休息时间来调剂一下令人厌倦的工作。厂里也不播放音乐。工厂间的墙壁全是一片暗灰色。使我感到惊奇的是，工人们竟然没有罢工。
这位老先生衣着虽然破旧，但却十分整洁。他接过调羹，便开始急切地一只接一只地品尝起来，只是偶尔停下来，用一方大的破手绢擦擦他的红眼睛。有一点自始至终很明显：他真诚地相信自己最终也许会买一只布丁；而我也确信，他一点也不觉得自己是在欺骗商店。可怜的老头儿！很可能他已经家道败落。从前他是有钱来选购他最喜爱的布丁的，而今却只能这样来品尝一下布丁的味道了。
这一发现让我深为感动，然而想到这样闯进他的卧室，从而剥夺了她在圣诞节那天见到我又惊又喜时的欢乐，我又感到厌恶。我本不想知道她这个可爱的秘密；但像这样偶然地发现了它仍然使我觉得好像重重地打击了她的欢乐一样。我从她的卧室退了出来，把钥匙放回原处，认真考虑着该怎么办才好。我决定，在现在和圣诞节之间的这段时间里，我必须不动声色，绝对不可露出一点蛛丝马迹暗示我已令人讨厌地知道了此事。我必须谨言慎行，不能让她知道我已掌握了她的秘密。必须想尽一切办法让她在圣诞节那天享受到看见我极为惊讶时的快乐。
Do not treat all new words in exactly the same way.Have you ever complained about your memory because you find it simply impoible to memorize all the new words you are learning? But, in fact, it is not your memory that is a fault.If you cram your head with too many new words at a time, some of them are bound to be crowded out.What you need to do is to deal with new words in different ways according to how frequently they occur in everyday use.While active words demand constant practice and useful words must be committed to memory, words that do not often occur in everyday situations require just a nodding acquaintance.You will find concentrating on active and useful words the most effective route to enlarge your vocabulary.
The years paed.He gave up flying and began sailing.He enjoyed it greatly.Chichester was already 58 years old when he won the first solo transatlantic race.His old dream of going around the world came true, but this time he would sail.His friends and doctors did not think he could do it, as he had lung cancer.But Chichester was determined to carry out his plan.In August, 1966, at the age of nearly sixty-five, an age when many men retire, he began the greatest voyage of his life.Soon, he was away in his new 16-meter boat, Gispsy Moth.
*He gave her four envelopes.Three were unsealed cards from old friends.The fourth was sealed, in Myra\'s writing.The old lady felt a pang of disappointment.Almost reluctantly she tore the envelope open.Folded in the card was a piece of paper.Written on the card was a meage under the printed Happy Birthday-Buy yourself something nice with the cheque, Myra and Harold.The cheque fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing.Slowly the old lady stooped to pick it up.Her present, her lovely present.With trembling fingers she tore it into little bits.
Let us take a serious, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a proposal were accepted.Families might use the time for a real family hour.Without the distraction of TV, they might sit around together after dinner and actually talk to one another.It is well known that many of our problems-everything, in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of mental illne-are caused at least in part by failure to communicate.By using the quiet family hour to discu our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better.
People ask what college I attended, what degree I have, and what qualifications I have to be a writer.The answer is none.I just write.I\'m not a genius, I\'m not gifted and don\'t write right.I\'m not disciplined, either, and spend more time with my children and friends than I do writing.I didn\'t own thesaurus until four years and I use a small Webster’s dictionary that I bought for 89 cents.I use an electric typewriter that I paid-$129 for six years ago.I have never used a word proceor.I do all the cooking, cleaning and laundry for a family of six and fit my in a few minutes here and there.I write everything in longhand while sitting on the sofa with my four kinds, eating pizza and watching TV.When the book is finished, I type it and mail it to the publisher.
I went to the plant and spent about a week looking around and making notes.I was really amazed at what I saw.Most curious of all, there was no quality control whatsoever.No one inspected the final products of the factory.As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were miing one or two buttons, the collar, even a sleeve sometimes! The working conditions were poor.The tables where the workers sat were very high and uncomfortable.Except for a half hour at lunchtime, there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work.I was amazed that the workers hadn\'t gone on strike.
*The elderly gentleman, who was poorly but neatly dreed, accepted the spoon and began eagerly to sample one after another of the puddings, only breaking off occasionally to wipe his red eyes with a large torn handkerchief.All the time it was evident that he sincerely believed that he might eventually buy one of these puddings, and I am positive that he did not for a moment feel that he was in any way cheating the store.Poor old chap! Probably he had come down in the world, and this sampling all that was left him from the time when he could afford to come and select his favorite pudding.
I was deeply moved by the discovery and yet sickened by the knowledge that, bursting into her room like this, I had robbed her of the pleasure of seeing me astonished and delighted on Christmas day.I hadn\'t wanted to know her lovely secret ; still coming upon it like this made me feel as though I\'d struck a blow against her happine.I backed out, put the key back in its hiding place, and thought over what to do.I decided that between now and Christmas I must do nothing, absolutely nothing, to reveal the slightest hint of my terrible knowledge.I must avoid the least word that might reveal my poeion of her secret.Nothing must deny her the happine of seeing me completely amazed on Christmas day.史密斯太太对我抱怨说，她经常发现与自己十六岁的女儿简直无法沟通
Mrs.Smith complained to me that she often found it simply impoible to communicate with her 16-year-old daughter 我坚信，阅读简写的英文小说是扩大我们词汇量的一种轻松愉快的方法
I firmly believe that reading simplified English hovers is an easy and enjoyable way of enlarging our vocabulary 我认为我再保护环境不受污染方面还做的不够
I don’t think we’re doing enough to protect our environment from pollution 经常看电影不仅会提高你的听力，而且还会帮助你培养说的技能
Seeing english movies on a regular basis will not only improve your ear, but will also help you build your speaking skills 如果你们对这些学习策略有什么问题，请随便问我。我将更详细地进行讲解If you have any questions about these learning strategies, please feel free to ask me, and I’ll explain them in greater detail 幸好附近有家医院，我们立刻把他送到了那里
Fortunately there was a hospital nearby and we took him there at once 玛丽觉得单靠自己的力量执行她的计划是困难的
Mary thought it difficult to carry out her plan all by herself 他决心继续他的实验，不过他将用另一种方法来做
He is determined to continue his experiment but this time he’ll do it another way她在读这部小说时，不禁想起了她在农村度过的那五年
When she read the novel, she couldn’t help thinking of the five years she had spent in the countryside 我们认为他不能在一刻钟内走完那段路程，但他成功地做到这一点
We didn’t think he could cover the distance in a quarter of an hour, but he succeeded in doing it 那位名演员似乎很乐意在剧中扮演一次次要的角色
The famous actor seemed content to play a minor part in the play 她十分勉强地同意让一位年轻的医生为她动手术
She agreed very reluctantly to be operated on by a young doctor 老人读完信后失望之极，竟用颤抖的手把它撕的粉碎
After reading the letter the old man was so disappointed that he tore it into little bits with trembling fingers
即使他的祖母不能来参加他的生日宴会，她也会寄给他一件可爱的礼物
Even if his grandmother could not come to his birthday party, she would send him a lovely present.他们已安排好让我们明天去游览长城，我相信我们在那里一定会玩的很开心。They’ve arranged for us to visit the great wall tomorrow, I’m sure we’ll have a good time there 我真希望你能拿出一个比这更好的解决办法来
I do hope that you can come up with a better solution than this one 众所周知，肺癌至少部分的由于吸烟过多而引起的
It is well known that lung cancer is caused at least in part by smoking too much 接受这份工作就得经常在周末上班，但约翰并不在意
To take this job would involve working on weekends frequently but john didn’t mind 我提议咱们会后马上去办公室找史密斯教授，邀请他参加我们的英文晚会
I propose that we go to find prof.Smith in his office right after the meeting and invite him to our English evening 咋一看，这幅画并不要，但经过仔细的观察，我们才发现它的确是一幅杰作At first glance the picture didn’t look wary good, but after examining it carefully, we found that it was indeed a masterpiece 简从书架上拿了一本杂志，开始东一页西一页地随便翻阅
Jane picked up a magazine from the book shelf and started reading here and there at random 他们老师对她说他有数学天才，她感到很不好意思
She was embarraed when they kept telling her she had a genius for mathematics 我随信附上这篇故事的几张插图 With this letter I enclose some illustrations for the story 他见了个故事来说明为什么在详细查看条款之前决不要在任何合同上签字He told a story to illustrate why you should never sign any contract before you have examined its provisions in detail 格林大夫忙着研制一种治艾滋病的药物，但从下月起他能安排时间在星期一上午看二十个左右的病人了
Dr.Green is busy working on a care for aids, but from next month on he’ll be able to fit in twenty patients or so on Monday morning 据报道，那条铁路曾因洪水而停止修建
It was reported that the building of the railway had been held up by a flood 我很想买这本英文字典，遗憾的是我身上带的钱不够
I’d like wary much to buy the English dictionary unfortunately I haven’t got enough money on me 一个科学家要跟上本领域的发展，你认为必须做些什么
What do you think a scientist must do in order to keep up with the latest developments in his field? 如果优秀工人经常得到加薪和提拔，他们就会有更大的生产积极性
If excellent workers get frequent pay increases and promotions, they will have greater incentive to produce 他经常利用她缺乏生意头脑而欺骗她
He often took advantage of her lack of busine sense to cheat her 萨姆买不起他想好的那种照相机，因为那相机太贵了。
Sam could not afford the camera he longed for because it was too expensive 整个上午他都在忙于写那篇故事，只是偶尔停下来喝杯茶
He was busy writing the story all the wotting only breaking off occasionally to have some cap of tea 他们肯定没有打算把他培养成一名工程师，我猜想他们永远也不会这样做
Undoubtedly they do not have the intention of making an engineer of him, and I suspect they never will 我怀疑这家工厂什么质量控制都没有。经过一周的观察，我发现情况果然如此I suspected there was no quality control whatsoever in the factory after making observations for a week I found this was indeed the case 我很幸运，我在年轻的时候就学会了系队不用的技能
I am lucky to have acquired a wide range of skills when I was young 这些画价值在五千万美元左右，决不能直接暴露在阳光之下
These drawings which are worth something like 50 million dollars, must not be exposed to direct sunlight 由于流感在社区传播，她用暖和的动议将自己过气来，以防传染上这种疾病、As the fly was spreading in the community, she wrapped herself in warm winter clothing to avoid catching the disease 被告否认他曾经向政府官员付钱以获得合同
The defendant denied that he had ever made any payment to the government official to get a contract 当他渐渐获得了信心的时候，他的语调便得自然了，说起话来也就自然脱口而出了As the gradually acquired confidence, his tone became natural and his works came out spontaneously
