2011年湖北成人学位英语考试真题及答案解析
Part IV Translation From English into Chinese (20 points)
根据下面资料，回答下面试题
"I' m not 100% convinced that memorizing the dictionary is the best way of improving your vocabulary. " says the character played by Hugh Grant in Woody Allen' s film Small Time Crooks.Yet why not? If you could memorize the dictionary-or even the 5,000 most common words in that dictionary wouldn' t that give you a huge advantage? ( 51 ) Researchers estimate that a core vocabulary of between 2,000 and 3,600 high-frequency words is probably enough to push learners over the intermediate plateau(停滞阶段). So why don't we insist on them memorizing these words,
from day one, and as quickly as possible?
(52) As an example, a New Zealand friend of mine who studied Maori (毛利语)asked me recently what I, as a language teacher, would make of his teacher' s method:" We just do masses of words around a theme, for example, family or food, We have to learn these words before the next lesson, then we come back and have a conversation about family or food etc, using these words.The teacher feeds in the grammar that we need to stick the words together. " He added that he thought the method worked a treat.
Nevertheless, (53)for most teachers and learners the sheer spadework involved in memorizing fists of words doesn' t make for very exciting teaching. More importantly, knowing a word involves much more than simply .having memorized it. Is it readily accessible? Is it there when you
need to say it? As Hotspur says( in response to Glendower' s boast that he "can call spirits from the vasty deep"), "Why, so can I, or so can any man; but will they come when you do call for them?"
(54) Memorization of words without frequent opportunities to access them is probably time misspent.
Yet memory is important-perhaps the most important task facing the learner. (55) And there fore knowing how memory works, and how to make it work to the learner' s advantage, is a major responsibility for teachers. So how does memory work, and what implications might these workings have on the teaching of vocabulary?
第51题 Researchers estimate that a core vocabulary of between 2,000 and 3,600 high-frequency words is probably enough to push learners over the intermediate plateau(停滞阶段).
答案：研究人员估计，学习者掌握2000-3600高频词的核心词汇就足以渡过学习中间的停滞阶段。。
第52题 As an example, a New Zealand friend of mine who studied Maori (毛利语)asked me recently what I, as a language teacher, would make of his teacher' s method:"
答案：例如，近我的一位学习毛利语的新西兰朋友问身为语言教师的我，如何评价他老师的教学方法。
第53题 For most teachers and learners the sheer spadework involved in memorizing fists of words doesn' t make for very exciting teaching.
答案：对于大多数老师和学生来说，费力地记单词有碍于使教学出神人化。
第54题 Memorization of words without frequent opportunities to access them is probably time misspent.
答案：如果只是死记单词，却很少有机会使用它们，那很可能是浪费时间。
第55题 And there fore knowing how memory works, and how to make it work to the learner' s advantage, is a major responsibility for teachers.
答案：所以，教师的一项主要任务是了解记忆是如何运作并使其有利于学生学习。
Writing Directions: For this part, you are required to write a composition on the topic
第56题 For this part, you are required to write a composition on the topic" "Good Study Habits".You should write at least 120 words, and your composition should be based on the outline given in Chinese below and write your composition on the Answer sheet.
1.应当培养良好的学习习惯;
2.一些基本的学习方法;
3.在交流中学习。
答案：Good Study Habits
Study habits play a important role in the effect of learning. Therefore, we should form a good habit when we study.
According to study advisers, there are some basic ways for learning well. We should preview the books, so that we can understand the teacher easily next day. And when we finished the lessons, we should also review the books. Remember, don' t do the homework and listen to music at the same time. It will cause you careless.
Besides, there is another way of learning-learning through communicating. Learning will be more efficient if you put what you have learned into practice. That' s why in recent years "Communicative Method" has been strongly recommended in schools in China.
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