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Many students feel it hard to learn new English words. Here are some tips for you.

许多学生觉得学英语新词很难。这里有一些建议给你们。

★Learn English Through Reading

▲通过阅读学习英语

Read English texts as often as you can. This could be the news， short stories or novels1， texts from your textbook or the Internet. Pick an interesting text that is not too difficult for you.

尽可能多读英语文章，可以是新闻、短篇小说或长篇小说，课本里的或互联网上的文章。要选对你来说不太难的文章。

Dont look up every word which is new to you. Even without a dictionary you will understand a lot. Just concentrate2 on what you do understand and try to find out the rest by guessing3. That works rather well， especially4 if you are interested in the topic. If you are a football fanatic5， you probably wont have problems understanding an English text about football. But someone who is better in English than you but not interested in football will have more problems understanding the same text.

不要查每一個你不认识的单词，即使没有字典你也能理解很多。只需专注于你所理解的东西，然后试着猜出其余内容的意思。这很有效，特别是如果你对这个话题感兴趣的话。如果你是一个足球迷，理解一篇关于足球的英文文章可能不会有问题，但英语比你好却对足球不感兴趣的人，在理解同一篇文章时会遇到更多的问题。

Do also watch the news in your native6 language and try to find English news on some of the topics. Even if you dont understand every word in the English text， you will get the message as you already know what the text is about.

要看母语新闻，试着找到与某些主题相关的英语新闻。即使不能理解英语文章中的每一个单词，你也会明白文章大意，因为你已经知道文章是关于什么内容的了。

★Learn EnglishThrough Songs

▲通过歌曲学习英语

Vocabulary needs to be revised7 again and again. Well， what could be better than studying vocabulary by listening to your favourite songs？

词汇需要反复温习。那么，有什么方法能比听你最喜欢的歌来学习词汇更好的呢？

Read the lyrics8 first and try to understand them. You dont have to translate9 the lyrics word by word， just try to find out what the song is all about.

先读歌词，再试着理解它们。你不必逐字翻译歌词，只要理解这首歌的大意就行了。 Pick some words or phrases from the song that you would like to learn. If necessary10， look up their exact11 meaning in a dictionary. A dictionary might also be useful to find other interesting phrases with the word.

从歌曲中挑选你想学的单词或短语。如有必要，在字典里查一下它们的确切意思。字典也可能有助于找到有关这个词其他有趣的短语。

Now， to learn the vocabulary， all you have to do is listening to the song again and again （that shouldnt be a problem if its one of your favourite songs）.

现在，要学习词汇，你所要做的就是一遍又一遍地听这首歌（如果这首歌是你最喜欢的歌之一，那就不成问题了）。

★Learn English Through Movies

▲通过电影学习英语

Pick your favourite movie—youve watched that movie many times and probably12 know all the dialogues by heart in your native language. So following the story will be easy for you.

选择你最喜欢的电影，因为你已经看了很多遍了，很有可能在心里已经把所有的对话译成了中文，所以对你来说，跟上故事内容很容易。

Have paper and pen ready as you may want to write down useful words or phrases that you what to learn. English subtitles13 might be useful for that （although they might be different from what is really about）.

准备好纸和笔，因为你可能想记下你想学的有用的单词或短语。英文字幕可能会有用（尽管它们可能与实际内容有所不同）。

If you are not used to watching movies in English， pick a only few episodes14—at the beginning it isnt easy to concentrate on listening to a foreign language for a long time.

如果你不习惯看英语电影，那就只选几集吧。在开始的时候，集中精力听很长时间的外语是不容易的。

（英语原文选自：www.ego4u.com）