"如何增進英語字彙（1）"

學習新語言相當困難。在能理解對話前，覺得被一堆要背的單字給壓得喘不過氣是正常的。學習沒有捷徑，但有些方法能讓學習變簡單。

當需要處理大量訊息時，人們首先會做甚麼事？會先試著以自己能理解的方式組織整理。背單字也是一樣的道理。有些人會畫單字樹，這對於將相關單字歸類相當有用。例如，可以用work這個字當開頭，然後畫一條分枝，納入工作上會遇到的人的單字，（雇主、員工、同事），然後，另一條分枝則可以列出各種不同工作（主管、業務、工友）。

看英語電影DVD也是增進英文字彙的好方法。不過，看電影和從中學習是兩回事。專家建議，可以先從電影中挑一幕出來專注練習。之後，把不懂的字抄在一張紙上。在翻字典找意思之前，應該想想此景發生的事，藉以試著猜猜看這個字的意思。

(Education) How to Improve Your English Vocabulary (1)

It is difficult to learn a new language. Its normal to feel overwhelmed by the number of words one needs to memorize before being able to understand a conversation. There is no shortcut to doing this but there are some methods that a person can use to make it easier.

What is the first thing people usually do when they need to deal with a lot of information? They try to organize it in a way that they can understand it. Its the same way with vocabulary. Some people make use of vocabulary trees which are useful in grouping related words together. For example, the tree can start with the word work and then one branch can include words related to people at work (employer, employee, coworker) and another can list down different types of jobs (supervisor, salesperson, janitor).

Watching English movie DVDs is also a great way to improve ones vocabulary. However, watching a movie is different from trying to learn from one. Experts recommend that the person should first choose a scene from the movie to concentrate on. After that, they need to write down the words they dont understand on a piece of paper. But before checking the dictionary for the definitions, they should try to guess what the words mean by thinking of what was happening in the scene.

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