余庆农

词汇记忆是英语学习中的重要环节。尽管记忆的方法很多，但找到助记规律及适合自己的方法才是最重要的。本文集单词的音与形，结合单词的义辅以语境助你高效地掌握词汇。

一、开音节闭音节助记

掌握元音字母在开音节和闭音节中的读音，高考词汇中近四分之一的单音节词记忆起来就容易多了。

1. 元音字母在开音节和闭音节中的读音

2. 开音节和闭音节对比

3. 元音字母a 在开音节中

语境记忆

☆ I work in a bakery. Every morning my boss shakes me awake early and tells me to make and bake bread and then take some to a hotel near a lake. But today I was woken up not by my boss， but by an earthquake. 我在一家面包店干活。每天早上，老板早早地把我摇醒，叫我做面包、烤面包，然后送面包到一家湖边旅馆。不过今天早上，我不是被老板摇醒，而是被地震震醒的。

☆ As a driver， you cant make mistakes with your brakes， especially on roads that snake among the mountains. 作为司机，你不能犯刹车错误，特别是当你行驶在蜿蜒的山路上。

4. 元音字母e 在开音节中

语境记忆

☆ Many athletes competed， but some didnt complete the competition. So their names were deleted from the list.很多运动员参加了比赛，但有些人没有坚持到底，所以，他们的名字被删除了。

☆Tom felt supremely confident that the theme of the scene he came up with was extremely concrete， but I had my opinion that it was too abstract.汤姆极其自信地认为他所构想的场景主题非常具体，但我认为太抽象了。

语境记忆

☆Besides the bride and bridegroom， a lot of guests took a ride to the seaside. While I was lying on my side enjoying the blue sea， a boy beside me took me aside and told me that a lady was wearing her swimsuit inside out.除新娘新郎外，很多客人也乘车去了海边。我正侧卧着欣赏蓝色大海，一个小男孩将我拉到一旁，说一位女士的游泳衣穿反了。

☆ As the guide couldnt provide us with good guidance， we decided to divide ourselves into groups and travel on our own， which made the girl hide her face in her hands and then slide away. We travelled far and wide. 因为导游不能提供良好的引导，我们决定分成小组自行观光。女导游羞得掩面而去。我们四处游玩。

☆His windows are wide open. 他的窗户大开。

English is widely used. 英语使用范围很广。

6. 元音字母o 在开音节中

语境记忆

☆Rose， a close friend of mine， was seen to put a rose close to her nose and lose herself in the smell. 有人看见我的好友露茜闻着玫瑰，陶醉在玫瑰的芬芳里。

☆ I suggest closing the school. ... . What ？ You hold the opposite opinions. I suppose you shouldnt oppose me on purpose. 我建议关闭这所学校…。什么？你持反对意见。我想你不能故意反对我。

☆ If I were in your position，I would expose the whole affair in my composition. 如果我處在你的位置，我会在作文里揭露整个事件。

7. 元音字母u 在开音节中

语境记忆

☆ Bruce（布鲁斯） used to make excuses for being late. Now he is not what he used to be. He is used to being on time for everything.布鲁斯以前老为迟到找借口。如今，他不再是以前的样子。他已习惯准时。

☆ I felt confused that Tomre refused to accuse Rose of abusing the power to turn the museum into an amusement center. 我感到迷惑，汤姆竟然拒绝控告露茜滥用职权将博物馆改成娱乐中心。

8. 元音字母a 在闭音节中

语境记忆

☆ What surprised me most was that at night in a flat， a fat cat and a fat rat sat on a mat， chatting about how to lose fat and that a fat bat was listening by. 最使我感到惊奇的是，夜晚，在一房间里，一只胖猫和一只胖鼠坐在垫子上谈论着如何减肥。一只胖蝙蝠在旁边听着。

9. 元音字母e 在闭音节中

语境记忆

☆ In the end， my girl friend agreed to lend me a hand to mend my shirt. After she finished mending it， I bent my head and kissed her hand.最后，我的女友终于同意帮我补衬衫。在她补完后，我低头吻了吻她的手。

☆ My friend recommended me to spend time learning how to defend myself， sending me some books. 我朋友推荐我花些时间学习如何保护自己，并送了些书给我。

☆ Young people tend to depend on their first impression to follow a new trend. 年青人往往依靠第一感觉去跟所有的潮流。

☆ I intended to attend her birthday party， but pretended not to. 我想参加她的生日宴会，但假装不想去。

10. 元音字母i 在闭音节中

语境记忆

☆ The news of Bills being killed in a hillside car crash filled his family with deep sorrow. 比尔在汽车事故中丧生的消息使得他的家人非常悲伤。

☆Will， coming from a hill village， was a skilled driller. He worked very hard， drilling from morning till night. One day he got ill， but he still worked， unwilling to stop until he was sent to a hospital. In hospital， he took many pills and had a lot of bills under his pillow， but he was still dying. He made his will that ... . 維尔来自山村，是个熟练的钻井工。他工作非常勤奋，从早忙到晚。有一天，他病了，但他仍坚持工作，不愿意停下，直到被送往医院。在医院，他吃了很多药，枕头下尽是帐单，但还是在死去。他立下遗嘱…

☆ The children were thrilled to see their father get out the grill. 孩子们看到父亲搬出烤架很兴奋。

11. 元音字母o 在闭音节中

语境记忆

☆ Several boats dotted the quiet lake， making it more beautiful.几艘小船点缀在静静的湖面上，使得它显得更美。

☆ It was boiling hot. Lots of parrots fighting wildly for some rotten carrots near the airport， a lot of retired pilots got to the spot and got them off with shots. 天气炎热。许多鹦鹉在机场附近疯狂地争食一堆烂胡萝卜，一些退休的飞行员到达现场用枪声将它们赶走。

☆ Visiting the historic spot， Scott spotted an ancient pot. 参观古迹时，斯科特发现了一个古代的罐。

☆ The exciting plot of the film interested lots of pilots. 电影精彩的情节引起了很多飞行员的兴趣。

12. 元音字母u 在闭音节中

语境记忆

☆What they have done to you is disgusting. But you can trust August， who is a just judge. He must give you justice. 他们对你所做的一切相当恶劣。但是你可以相信奥古斯特。他是位正直的法官。他一定会给你公正。

☆He has just adjusted（himself） to thenew surroundings， with the sky dusty blue and roads and roofs covered with dust. 他刚适应新的环境，天空土灰蓝，道路和屋顶布满灰尘。

二、元音字母组合的魅力

语境记忆

☆ I had a dream last night. I joined the gymnastic team and danced on a beam over a steaming stream. Suddenly I stepped on some ice-cream and fell off， screaming to wake up. 昨晚我做了一个梦。我参加了体操队，在平衡木上翩翩起舞。这平衡木横在水汽弥漫的小溪上。忽然，我踩到冰琪淋，滑下平衡木，吓得尖叫着醒来。

☆Mr Bean likes beans very much. He is a funny or stupid person. Wherever he goes，he takes an air cleaner and tries every means to clean the air. In the meanwhile he himself is in dirty old jeans. No one knows what his real meaning is. But I think he means no harm.憨豆先生非常喜欢豆子和豆腐。他是个可笑蠢笨的人。不管走到哪，他总是带着空气清新剂并设法清新空气。而同时他自己却穿着一条肮脏破旧的牛仔裤。没有人知道他的意思。不过我认为他没有恶意。

语境记忆

☆Our kind headmistress died last night. News of her death quickly spread wide and became a newspaper headline. As a leader，she was steady and ready to put heads together. As a teacher， she told us to look ahead and often took time to lead us to read aloud. We enjoyed her giving us reading classes but today another teacher taught us instead（of her）. We miss our headmistress.我们慈祥的女校长昨晚去世了。消息迅速传开，成了报刊头条。作为校长，她踏实，乐于集思广益。作为老师，她教导我们向前看并经常领我们朗读。我们都喜欢她给我们上阅读课。然而今天，另一个老师给我们上阅读课。我们想念女校长。

三、长单词分解记忆

1. 前后缀助记

语境记忆

☆The heavy traffic ruined his appointment. When he arrived， the hands of his watch pointed to eight， yet their appointed time was seven thirty. He was disappointed that his girl had left. 拥挤的交通警毁了他的约会。等他到达时，时针已指向八点，而他们的约会时间是七点半。他很失望，女朋友走了。

☆ Mr Page， at the age of 30， was our manager. He was discouraged not to have managed his garage well. Hearing that， his mother， an average woman of courage， came and managed to encourage him up.我們的经理今年三十岁。他因为没有经营好修车行感到气馁。听到这消息，他的母亲，一位勇敢的普通女性，匆忙赶来并没法鼓起了他的勇气。

☆ Unlike his father， Mike， who is like his father， doesnt like riding a bike. 迈克长得像父亲，但他不像他父亲那样喜欢骑自行车。

☆ ——How do you like the working conditions of the bike factory？你认为那家自行车厂的工作环境如何？

——Very bad. The workers dislike them and are likely to（go on） strike.非常差。工人们不满意，很可能要罢工。

2. 熟悉的短词汇

四、元音长短对比记忆。

元音有长短之分，掌握它，你就能读得标准，让人听得懂，当然也让你听懂他人。记忆单词时，注意观察元音字母组合的发音。