阿Wing趣味托福单词讲义.ppt

TOEFLVocabularyDecidedtotakeTOEFL?

Youwon’tbegoingtoofarwithoutareasonablylargerangeofvocabularies.

Sohowfaris“toofar”,howmanyvocabsdoIneed?For高考,youwillneedabout4,500.

For4级,youwillneedabout4,000.(forsomemysteriousreason)

For6级,youwillneedabout5,500.

ForIELTS,youwillneedabout7,000.

SowhataboutTOEFL…Theansweris…unfortunately…10,000.

Ifyoumaster10,000words,then:
80分是没问题的
90分是有可能的
100分也不是不可能的
110分也是可追求的Andjustinafewyearstime,youwillbedoingGMATorGRE,whichmeans…Yes!20,000vocabulariesatleast!!WhatdoIdoifIknowalotofwordsbutdamn,theoneinthequestionisn’toneofthem?如果我已经背了很多单词,很了不起了,但是,damn,考试问题里面的那个单词我还是不会,那该怎么办呢?Guessit!!HowthehellamIsupposedtoguessthemeaningofastrangeword?

Thereareonlythreeways:
Pureluck.(althoughextremelyunlikely)
Wordformation.(somewhathelpful)
Context.(mosthelpfulandinmanycases,it’syouronlychance)Andyes,everywordhasaroot,oranorigin.Evenlettershavetheirorigins…

LetterA–whyisitthefirstletter??Unfortunately,Idon’tknowanythingabouttheother25letters…T_T|||

That’sokey!Youarenotrequiredtoknowallthewordsandroots.(butyesyoudoneedtoknowalltheletters)

Youareonlyrequiredtoknow……asmanyasyoucan.

WhatevertipsortechniquesItellyouinthisclass,theymayormaynotbehelpful,itreallydepends.

Exceptforthistip:keeppracticing,keepdigging,everyday!!

Thebadnewsis,memorizingisnotenough.YouneedtoKNOWtheword.背单词三步曲:
Pronounceit
Checkitsmeanings
SpellitPronouncingitisn’talwaysaseasyasyouthought.
Equilibriume-qu-i-li-b-ri-um
Miscellaneousmi-scel-la-ne-ou-s
Throughoutth-rough-ou-t

Youneedtopronouncingeveryletter.
Gaing-a-in

Exceptforsilentletters
Exhibitione-xi-bi-tion(silenth)Wordsmispronounced
ARCHITECTDonotpronouncethe"ch"likethe"ch"in"church".Itispronouncedlike"k",asifthewordwerewritten"ARKITECT".

CIRCUITThe"uit"hereispronouncedasifitwere"it".Pronouncethewordasifitwere"CIRKIT",notasifitwere"circute"or"cirquit".CLIMBPronounceasifitwere"clime";the"b"issilent.Likewise,"lamb"ispronouncedasifitwere"lam","comb"asifitwere"coam,"bomb"asifitwere"bom",and"plumber"asifitwere