新东方美语课程进入第三天

1、学习英语并不只是语言这么简单，我们需要了解西方的文化，以及和我们进行交流的人的背景，以更好地理解对方。The are 4 kinds of meanings.

• Conceptional meaning: the meaning a word can have on its own.
• Propositional meaning: the neaning a sentence can have on its own.
• Contextual meaning: the meaning a sentence can have only when in centext.
• Pragmatic meaning: the meaning a sentence has only as part of the interaction between writer and reader.

所以我们需要在理解单词、句子和上下文的基础上，更多地了解对方的思维对我们的理解很有帮助

 

2、学会灵活地表达。当我们使用英语对话和写作的过程中必定会感觉有很多语句难以使用英语表达，其实这时我们可以换一个角度来考虑。

• You can change the subject
• You can change the verb.
• You can use different words.
• You can change the sentence patterns.
• You can use body language.

据个例子：他篮球打得很好。

• He plays basketball very well.
• He is good at playing basketball.
• He is an expert at paying backetball.
• He is another Michael Jordan.
• Nobody can beat him in basketball.
• Playing basketball is a piece of cake for him.
• Few can play basketball better than him.
• (Body language)Two thumbs up.

这些都可以表示相近的意思，尽管程度上略有不同，但是都不会影响理解。

 

3、Be real people in real Cmmunication。在和别人交流的过程中还有一些需要注意的地方。

• Itonation
• Eye-Contact
• Gesture
• Facial expression

                                                                                                                          William at Wuchang