九年级｜U1 03 Section A 3a

How I Learned to Learn English​

Last year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke so quickly that I did not understand her most of the time. I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation. I just hid behind my textbook and never said anything.

Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love with this exciting and funny movie! So I began to watch other English movies, too. Although I could not understand everything the characters said, their body language and the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I could get the meaning by listening for just the key words. My pronunciation improved as well by listening to the conversations in English movies. I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning. I also learned useful sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” or “It serves you right”. I did not understand these sentences at first. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked them up in a dictionary.

Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and more grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies.

参考译文

《我是如何学会学习英语的》

去年，我并不喜欢英语课。每一节课都像一场噩梦。老师说话太快了，大多数时候我都听不懂她在讲什么。因为我的发音不好，所以我不敢提问。我只是躲在课本后面，从来不说一句话。

后来有一天，我看了一部名叫《玩具总动员》的英语电影。我一下子就爱上了这部刺激又有趣的电影！于是我也开始看其他的英语电影。虽然我不能完全听懂角色们说的每一句话，但他们的肢体语言和脸上的表情帮助我理解了意思。我还意识到，只听关键词也能明白含义。通过听英语电影里的对话，我的发音也得到了提高。我发现，听自己感兴趣的内容是语言学习的秘诀。我还学到了一些有用的句子，比如 “这太容易了”（It’s a piece of cake）或者 “你活该”（It serves you right）。一开始我并不理解这些句子，但因为我想看懂故事情节，就去查了字典。

现在我真的很喜欢英语课了。我想学习新的单词和更多语法，这样我就能更好地理解英语电影了。

小龙故事
确实，英语学习过程中，找到一些自己感兴趣的领域，会能够更主动的去学习英语。我上初中的时候，受我们英语老师的影响，喜欢听英文歌，像那会儿非常流行的后街男孩，艾薇儿，等等。听歌过程中，我会主动查歌词的含义，并在不断循环播放中，巩固词汇。

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Self-Test

“学习重要，复习更重要，练习最重要“