关于词汇问题(Vocabu1ary) 3. 利用文章中对词的定义猜测词义 Example: Such experiences are not unusual for the amateur conchologists, people who collect shells. Conchologists的意思可以根据该词后面的同位解释people who collect shells 理解为收集贝壳的人或贝壳收藏家。 Example : Jack is now a florist, who keeps a shop for selling flowers in our district. florist 的意思就是其后定语从句who keeps a shop for selling flowers 所描述的拥有一家专门卖花的商店的人,即花店主.。 4. 利用文章中对词的举例及解释猜测词义 Example : Today young couples who are just starting their households often spend lots of their money on appliances ,for instance ,washing machines , refrigerators and color TVs. 通过所举的例子(washing machines ,refrigerators and color TVs) 可以看出,appliances 应是这些名词的总称,即家用电器。 Example : Finally the enemy surrendered. They threw down their weapons and walked out of the home with their hands over their heads. 通过后一句对surrendered的解释:扔掉武器(throw down their weapons ),举起双手(with their hands over heads )可知其意是投降。 5. 利用构词法知识(前缀和后缀)猜测词义 Example : They overestimate the interviewee’s ability and asked him many difficult questions. estimate是估计的意思,over-是前缀,意为过分,过度,超过等,因此overestimate就是高估的意思。 Example : We were told that ours was the most spacious room in the hotel. That was why we had to pay so much for it. spacious是由space(名词,空间)+-ious(形容词后缀)变化而来的,因此,可猜测其词义为宽敞。 各种各样的前、后缀可以构成名词、形容词、动词、副词等,这些词缀需要平时不断地积累和记忆。掌握构词法知识是扩大词汇量和猜测生词词义的最佳办法。转贴于 考试大 http://www.examda.com
|