Lesson23

13．How Do You Improve Your English
你怎样提高英语

A: Do you mind if I ask you a question?
我问你个问题你介意吗？

B: No, not at all. Go ahead.
不介意。问吧。

A: What do you do in order to improve your English?
你怎样提高你的英语？

B: I go to movies; I go to lectures; I listen to the radio; I do lots of things. Most importantly, I practice every chance I get.
我看电影，听演讲，听广播，方法很多。最重要的是，我抓住每一个可以练英语的机会。

A: It’s a good idea to have a radio, isn’t it?
有收音机倒是学英语的好办法，对不对？

B: Sure. It’s like understanding on the telephone——you can’t see the speaker! It’s great for improving listening comprehension.
对。就好像是接电话一样，你看不到对方！这对提高听力很有帮助。

A: It takes a long time to learn a language, doesn’t it?
学语言要很长的时间，对不对？

B: It certainly does. But if you practice speaking every spare minute and learn useful sentences every day you can make big progress.
当然是了。但如果你每天都利用零碎时间苦练说，而且说实用的句子，那你会进步很快。

额外成就感

in order to 为了；以便
* I decide to go to England in order to improve my English.
为了提高我的英语，我决定去英国。