外,有大多数的意思,如果让你写一本书的介绍,你可以说:The book is intended for the general readers ,not for the specialists."usual"相对来说比较容易,在此不举例了。通过这样的比较,一方面可以加深对词义的理解,另一方面在我们自己写作文时可以避免类似的错误。不失为一个一举两得的好办法。
二、阅读。一般考生在复习时做的最多的我想是阅读。中国有句古语:读书破万卷,下笔如有神。所以说做大量的阅读练习对写作的提高是最有帮助的了。在阅读过程中获得的信息可以丰富写作的素材,更有很多名言警句等着你去发现去"漂亮"(名词动用)你的句子。阅读的时间要保持连贯,最好根据个人习惯有所安排,不要挤在一个时间段内做,也不要把时间间隔得太长。阅读是提高英语水平最基本也是最重要的途径,当你的阅读量积累到一定的程度,启然会由量变到质变使你的英语水平上一个档次。这是我大一时一个英语老师告诉我的,我一直铭记在心。除了平时上课时的精读,平时我也看一些英语读物。你尽可以挑你喜欢看的,茶余饭后翻看一下,当做消遣。很多英语故事是很有趣的,可以积累日后写作的相关背景知识,也可以在不知不觉中make you speak and write like a native。
其实每次做题时都有四篇阅读可供练习,不要对完了答案就算了。好句子和段落不能放过,大声读一两遍,留些印象在脑子里,对写作会有帮助的。我经常看的东西有《21世纪》报,那里边的一些文章和学生生活很贴近,没准就碰上了考试要写的题材。还有我最喜欢的一本小说是《Daddy Long Legs》,里面所写的大学生活一定会让你在其中发现自己的影子,而且用语幽默。下面就是其中的一些精彩段落,你会发现阅读中真有无穷宝藏!
1) It isn’t the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh I really think that requires spirit.
2) College is a very satisfying sort of life; the books and study and regular classes keep you alive mentally, and then when your mind gets fired, you have the gymnasium and outdoor athletics, and always plenty of congenial friends who are thinking about the things you are.
3) Not to be forever regretting the past, or anticipating the future; but to get the most that you can out of this very instant.
4) Most people don’ t live; they just race. They are trying to reach some goal far away on the horizon, and in the heat of the going they get so breathless, and panting that they lose all sight of the beautiful, tranquil country they are passing through; and then the first thing they know, they are old and worn out, and it doesn’t make any difference whether they have reached the goal or not.