在英語課堂活動(dòng)中,很多學(xué)生要么不敢開口,要么一開口便是“My English is very poor.(我的口語很差)”。影響口語表達(dá)的原因很多,其中之一便是對(duì)常用詞的用法不太熟悉。以英語為母語的本土人也不見得有多大的詞匯量。所以,英語口語的提升,不在于量,而在于用。如下便是是幾個(gè)常見詞的不常見用法。
Example one: run (常見用法:跑步)
A run(一連串好運(yùn)) of good luck
A run on the dollar(搶購美元)
A chicken run(養(yǎng)雞場)
Shall I run you home? (我開車送你回家好嗎?)
He was very different from the general run of American movie stars.(他和一般美國影星有很大的區(qū)別。)
In the normal run (正常情況下,他的惟一運(yùn)動(dòng)就是上下出租車。)of things, the only exercise he gets is climbing in and out of taxis.
Example two: Take(常用作:拿走)
Take(12減5,剩7.) 5 from 12 and you‘re left with 7.
What size shoes do you take? (你穿多大號(hào)的鞋?)
How many subjects are you taking this year? (你今天修多少門課?)
I took to my new boss immediately. (我立刻對(duì)新老板產(chǎn)生了好感。)
Ok, so you had a bad day. Don’t take (好,這么說你今天遇上了很多倒霉事。可也別拿我當(dāng)出氣筒。)it out on me.
Example three: minute(常用意:分鐘)
37 degrees 30 minutes (37度30分)
Who is going to take the minutes? (誰來做會(huì)議記錄?)
The kitchen on the boat is minute. (小船上的廚房小極了。)
A minute examination(細(xì)致的檢查)
I don’t think for a minute that she‘ll accept but you can ask her. (我認(rèn)為她絕不會(huì)接受,但你可以問問她。)
Example four: leave 常用作:離開某地)(
Leave the door open, please. (請(qǐng)把門開著吧。)
Don’t leave any of your belongings behind.(別忘了帶上自己的隨身物品。)
Leave go of my arm—you‘re hurting me! (放開我的手臂—你把我弄痛了。)
To take a month’s paid leave(帶薪休假一個(gè)月)
We will never agree, so let’s just leave it at that. (咱們不可能意見一致,所以這事就這樣吧。)
英語口語的好壞直接影響課堂活動(dòng)的質(zhì)量,從而直接影響正常的教學(xué)流程,所以,同學(xué)們應(yīng)該平時(shí)留意常見詞的其他用法,并堅(jiān)持多聽多練。
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