资源描述:
《The importance of learning English》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、TheimportanceoflearningEnglishEnglishisthemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworld.Therefore,havinggreatEnglishskillswillhavenumerousadvantages.Luckily,IhaverealizedtheimportanceoflearningEnglishandworkedhardonitsinceIwasachild.However,13yearsoflearningEnglishexperiencedidn’tleadmetosuccess,butbeingaper
2、sonwhocanhardlycommunicateinEnglishanddefinitelyunabletowriteanessay.OnceIcametotheUSA,IknewthatIhadmadetoomanymistakesinlearningEnglish.ThosemistakesaretranslatingEnglishintodifferentlanguages,don’tlearnvocabularyasmuchasIcan,anddon’treadandwriteenough.Firstofall,everylanguageisunique.Theyusual
3、lyhavedifferentgrammaranduseofvocabulary,whichmeanslearningEnglishbytranslatingitintodifferentlanguageswillleadtoaninevitabledefeat.Forexample,IhaveworkedhardonlearningalotofvocabularybytranslatingthemintoChinese.Ithoughtitwasagoodideatobuildupmyvocabularyinordertoreadandwritebetter.However,thos
4、etranslationprocesseswerehugelydisappointing.Atthattime,Ifailedtoexpressmyideaaccuratelybythosetranslatedvocabulary.Asaconsequence,goodgradeandimprovementseemeduntouchable.Also,whenIeitherwroteorread,IhadtouseChinesetothinkaboutthepassage.Asaresult,Ididn’tdoitwellanddiditveryslowly.WhenIcametoth
5、eUSA,Idesperatelyandcompletelystoppedtranslation.Justayearoftime,myEnglishwasobviouslyandgenerallyimproved.Iattributemysuccesstothestopoftranslation.Second,IwouldliketoshowabouthowbestwecanutilizeourEnglishskillsbylearningmorevocabulary.WhenIcamehere,IboughtabookabouttheSecondWorldWar.Thebookisv
6、erythickandhastoomanynewwordsforme.WhileIstartedreading,Icouldonlyread5pagesperhalfanhour.However,Ihadneverbeenfrustrated.Whereas,Iworkedhardonitandlearned10newwordsfromiteveryday.Subsequently,Icanprobablyread12pagesperhalfanhour.Ontheotherhand,thevocabularycanalsohelpmeindifferentaspects.Whenev
7、erIreadanewspaper,amagazineorotherbooks,theyhelpmetounderstandmoreaboutthecontext.Inaddition,theyalsoworkwhenIwrite.Theyenablemetowriteinvariouswaysforthesamemeaningandprovidemewithmorewordchoicestowriteaccurately.Somyessayi