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英语（二）大概是自学考试所有非英语专业的课程中最难通过的一门课程。许多考生连续多次参加考试，成绩都不理想。而且最让人左右为难、欲罢不能的就是每次考试都是50多分。努力学习了半年，结果考试成绩比上次不是相差无几、就是甚至还低几分。这真是让人伤透脑筋。笔者认为要学好英语（二），需处理好以下几个方面的关系问题：一、应该处理好英语（二）这门课的学习任务与考试要求的关系问题按照现行的公共英语自学考试大纲的规定，英语（二）的教学目的是让学生能比较熟练地掌握英语基础知识，初步具备阅读一般性的英语专业书刊和资料的能力。具体要求如下：1、语音：能拼读国际音标和比较流利地朗读课文，语音语调基本准确。在考试中，虽然不考语音题，但具备一定的语音基础知识却是学好英语（二）的基础。实际学习过程中，学生可以不要求发音准确，不要求英国音还是美国音的区别，不要求读或说的流畅动听，但会读会说却是必不可少的。否则，整个学习将是十分艰难的，也是十分枯燥乏味的，学习成绩也必将大打折扣。因此自考学生在语音学习方面应该做到会读单词和课文，并能说出自己的想法（理想的结果和标准类似于中央电视4台的专题采访中那些专家学者的英语：发音不准，但能顺利表达自己的想法）。但笔者不提倡学生在英语（二）的学习中从听录音或者练习口语人手，相反，应该按照教学大纲，从朗读课文入手。将语音放在课文学习中提高。2、词汇：英语（二）包括英语单词约3800个（其中中学阶段所学词汇1600个），词组约750个，阅读量为50000余词。要求能流利地读出并说出词的语法特征（词类和形态变化），而且要能说出汉语词义，对比较常用的词要能英汉互译，拼写正确并记住固定搭配。此外，还要了解基本的构词规则，记住常用前缀、后缀的意义并能根据他们猜测词性和词义。这个任务说起来并不难，但是由于自考学生工作任务重、家庭责任大、学习时间少等原因，要完成这样的词汇量，几乎是难于上青天。 首先，应该认真学习课文，使词汇学习有一个基本的系统性。应该把单词的记忆放在一定的有意义的情景中，尤其是课文中进行记忆可能是英语学习最迅捷、经济、有效的办法。特别是某些难以记忆的单词，如diabetes，anaesthetica，toxicity等词，单独记忆很难，也没有多少意义，因为它们使用率很低，就更应该放在课文的具体语境中理解；要把记忆生词和学习课文结合起来，在课文中记单词，而且要使记单词为学课文服务，而不是相反。离开课文记单词很难记住，记住了也容易忘记，而且还不会用。外面许多单词记忆法几乎都具有这个问题。其次，应该通过做基础语法练习和阅读练习来巩固和加强基本词汇和常用词组的练习。再次，在单词记忆中运用各种方法（一切单词记忆方法，如词缀联想法、语境联想法、以及市面上各种名目繁多的记忆法，其实质都在于通过各种联想，有些甚至是人为的、“虚假的”联想来增强词汇的系统性，从而达到比较快地记忆单词的目的）。最后，要在考试题的练习中巩固和提高词汇的应用能力（考题练习不是目的，甚至也不是重要手段，但对于学好这门课既通过考试来说，却是必要的手段）。3、语法：英语（二）的学习要求学生对英语语法的整个体系（词法和句法）有比较清晰的概念，掌握词形变化规则，了解词和词组在句子中的作用、句子和分句的结构和功能并能在阅读和汉译英中实际运用。其实质在于一个系统性。在自考学生这一点就显得尤其重要。有了系统性，各种零乱的知识点反而会变得简单起来，也容易记忆了。达到这一点的前提条件有三个：一是教师讲得清晰明了。语法知识仅仅靠学生自学是比较困难的，但讲得太多似乎也没有必要，而且学生也难以接受。二是学生的理解要在头脑中形成一个比较完整的概念，这是不言而语的。三是要有相应的配套练习。仅仅靠书本上的练习是不够的，而且难度似乎也和考试有距离，学生接受起来也比较困难。由于英语（二）课文的难度较大，而且考试为学业考试，笔者在教学中直接采用课文中的原句子做语法练习，取得了较好的效果。同时，语法和词汇应该是互相促进的，不可偏废。学习语法应该是为了增强词汇的运用能力，而词汇的学习和记忆又反过来促进着语法的理解和应用。4、阅读能力：大纲要求学生掌握初步的阅读技能，能读懂与所学教材最后一册课文难易程度相当的一般性材料。阅读生词不超过总词数3％的材料，阅读速度要达到70词／分钟，理解正确率在70％以上。对于英语（二）考生来说，单词常常是阅读中的一大拦路虎。然而这个问题常常是个“伪问题”。首先，如果对一些基础的单词不理解，那才是真正的单词不懂，不过这也就使得学习英语（二）成为不可能。然而基础单词的积累不能完全靠英语（二）的学习来解决。其次，专业词汇如果不认识，那是正常的，因为有些专业名词对于本民族语言阅读者来说也一样是不熟悉的，只不过本民族语言的形式更加容易接受一点罢了。同时，如果是汉语的专业词汇，那么由于汉字的象形结构或形声结构等，则使得理解方便一点，但依然是模棱两可的。例如，英美人士理解thalidomide和我们没有什么两样；同样，我们理解“萨立多胺”也仅仅是知道怎么念而已。再者，比较难的单词在上下文中会有相应的解释，或者我们可以通过上下文来猜测其大概的意义，至少可以判断其词性、褒贬、肯定与否定等等意义。有些词你不认识它，但并不影响你对整个文章段落的理解，有什么紧要呢？5、翻译能力：大纲要求学生能借助词典将与所学教材最后一册课文难易程度相当的材料译成汉语，译文正确通顺，同时能把结构不太复杂的句子译成英语。对于英语（二）考生来说，英译汉就相对容易，因为只要将意思基本弄通之后，就可以“自由创作”了。而汉译英就比较难了，因为“单词不认识”。其实，这很可能也是个“伪问题”。 第一、汉译英的内容主要考书本上的内容，而且多数是带有重要短语的句子，只要在课文学习过程中将这类句子加以重视，应该不成问题。第二、汉译英的句子可以用考生自己的话说，只要结构正确，同样可以得满分。不一定非要按课本原文翻译。第三、对于考试来说，翻译评分的重点在于结构。只要结构正确，尤其是重要短语和语法点正确，个别单词的错误对评分影响不是很大。上述五个方面，除了语音暂时不进行考试之外，其他都属于考试范围；但核心依然一言以蔽之：基础。二、应该处理好课本上下册之间的关系问题英语（二）的考试内容覆盖上下两本书，在学习中不可偏废。上册更偏重于基础语法知识的复习和巩固，下册则更偏重于运用能力的培养和检验，两者应该结合起来才能满足英语（二）的考试要求，没有偏重哪一本之说。所谓英语（一）和英语（二）的划分也是相对的，只有大致的难度之分。三、应该处理好公共课和专业课的关系问题英语（二）是门公共课，其特点是实践性很强，检验学习好坏的标准是应用能力。自学者不能满足于对语言现象的书面理解。必须通过大量的、反复的实践，尤其是针对考试的综合性练习，达到熟练掌握的目的。限于篇幅，在此不便展开论述。 四、应该处理好学业考试和水平考试之间的关系问题水平考试按照设定的标准考察应试者的语言能力，从而决定其是否适应将来某一任务，不管他们从前学过没有或学了多少，也不考虑是如何学的，其命题不以某一教材为依据。和英语（二）对等的水平考试是公共英语等级考试PETS——3或大学英语等级考试CETS—4、学业课的学习和考试都是围绕着课本进行的，它是用来考察学习者完成某一教学大纲或教材的情况，因此考试命题都是以教学大纲或教材为依据的。英语（二）课程考试也基本上属于学业考试。具体说来，占卷面总分一半的试题所用的句子是根据教材中出现的句子编写的。其余的试题所用句子虽然不是引自教材，但他们的选择也是严格按照考试大纲的要求和教材的范围进行的。因此，英语（二）的学习和准备工作应始终围绕教材进行，认真学习一遍教材，通过考试则不会成很大问题。相反，总是离开教材搞复习资料，搞所谓突击复习，则往往事倍功半。但是，由于考生基础水平差，所以，在教师指导下，选择一套精心准备的辅导材料并进行认真的练习是通过考试必不或缺的。 五、应该处理好自学与社会助学的关系问题英语（二）是一门实践性极强的课程，除非基础很好，否则完全靠自学要通过考试是比较难的。对于大多数考生来说，选择一家良好的社会助学机构，选择一个有经验的老师，是学好英语（二）并通过考试的必要条件。但是学生自己的努力是内因，是根本条件。外因只能通过内因起作用。相比较而言，英语（二）要比其它课程难于通过。因此，考生在学习和复习过程中必须相对地集中精力和时间，做好充分准备，打一场突击仗、歼灭仗。
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你运气好啊.完整版的.考试作文几乎不会超出以下内容.希望对你有所帮助.L1 P14 Why does the author tell s not to be afraid to ask stupid questions？ The author thinks that many apparently naive inquiries like why grass is green， or why the sn is round， or why we need 55，000 unclear weapons in the world ——are really deep questions. He says when you try to get the answers， you will gain deep understanding of the things. Its also important to know， as well as you can， what it is that you dont know， and asking questions is the way. He also tell us to ask stupid questions requires courage on the part of the asker and knowledge and patience on the part of the answers. And dont confine your learning to schoolwork. Discuss ideas in depth with friends. Its much brave to ask questions even when theres a prospect of ridicule than to suppress your questions and become deadened to the world around you. L2 Icons P30 What are the factors to shift the hero-worship to the celebrity-worship？ The new forms of media——photography， moving pictures， radio and television are the main factors. The reproduction of photos in newspapers turned famous people into celebrities whose dress， appearance， and personal habits were widely commented upon. Slowly， the focus of public attention began to shift away from knowing what such people did to knowing what looked like. The shift was accelerated by the arrival of moving pictures. Between 1901 and 1914， 74 percent of the magazine articles about famous people were about political leaders，inventors， inventors， professionals， and businessmen. After 1922， however， most articles were about movie stars. With the arrival of television， the faces of the stars became as familiar as those we saw across the breakfast table. We came to know more about the lives of the celebrities than we did about most of the people we know personally. Less than seventy years after the appearance of the first movimg pictures， the shift from hero-worship to celebrity-worship was complete. L3 GO-GO AMERICAN P46 What is the Americans attitude towards time？Give necessary examples. In the United States， many people keenly feel the shortness of each lifetime. They are aware that once a day in their life is gone， it will never come back. And Americans believe no one stands still .If you are not moving ahead， you are falling behind. So they value time and want every minte to count. This attitde towards time is shown in the fast pace of life in the country. Whatever they do they always seem to be in a rush. You find people hurrying to get where they are going. They hurry to eating places for a mea and finish it as quickly as possible. Also Americans do what they can to save time. They produce a lot of labour-saving devices such as clothes-and dish-washers； they rapidly communicate through phone calls， telex and e-mail and cut down on personal contacts. L4 Take Over，Bosn！ P62 Can you imagine what did Barret think of when he heard Snyders whisper Take over，bosn？ Becase of thirst，Barret was almost out of mind. He rose several times and was a constant threat. But when he heard Snyder said“Take over， bosn， he had a strange feeling suddenly. He came to realize he would and must take over the task and be responsible for the rest. As long as he stopped others from the little water， they would always have hopes and wouldnt die soon. So he picked Snyders gun up and decided to hold off the other from the water until night when a ship saved them. L5 Are You Giving Your Kids Too Much？ P78 Why parents overindulge their children？ There are several reasons to explain why parents overindulge their children. One fairly common reason is that parents overindulge their chidren out of a sense of guilt. Parents who both hold down full-time jops may feel guilty about the amount of time they spend away from their children and may attempt to compensate by showering them with material possessions. Other parents overindulge because they want their children to have everything they had while growing up， along with those things the parents yearned for but didnt get. Still others are afraid to say no to their childrens denless requests for toys for fear that their children will feel unloved or will be ridiculed if thy dont have the same playthings their friends have. L6 Culture Shock P94 What are four stages that people go through when they experience situations that are very different from those to which they are accustomed？ Stage one is a honeymoon phase， during which the new experience is perceived to be interesting， picturesque， entertaining， and charming. You may notice several superficial differences such as music， food， and clothing， and the fresh apeal of the new experience keeps you feeling interested and positive. When you stay in a new envirnment for a while， you move to stage two-the crisis stage-in which the shine wears off and day-to-day realities sink in. In relationship， you notie annoying habits；in a new country， you find barriers to establishing connections or to learning the language beyond a few polite phrases. If you stick with the experience and try to deal with it realistically， you will probably move to the third phase：recovery. In recovery， you learn the systems， procedures， language or nonverbal behaviors of the new environment so that you can cope with it on the basis of some mastery， competence， and comfort. Finally，when you feel that you function well and almost automatically in the new culture， you will move to the fourth phase：adjustment. L7 The Model Millionaire（I） P108 Suppose you are the millionaire.Explain how you get to know Hughie Erskine and what you do in return for the pound he gave you when you first met. I am Baron Hausberg. I have enough money to buy the whole of London. One day， on a whim I asked my artist friend Alan Trevor to pain me as a beggar. Alan had almost finished the picture when a very charming young man walked into his studio.I suppose he must have been very sympathetic with me， for when Alan was away a minute， the young man quickly put a pound into my hat. I was startled for a moment， but I was pleased when I realized that he took me for a real begger. Later I learned from Alan all about this young man：he was poor， and could not marry the girl he loved because her father wouldnt let them unless he had 10，000 pounds.Touched by the young mans spirit of kindness， I decided to help him. The next day I had a cheque for 10，000 pounds delivered to him as a wedding gift. L8 The Model Millionaire（II） P123 Retell the story The Model Millionaire in about 150 words， concluding your retelling with a one-sentence comment. Hughie Erskine was a charming young man who was in love with a nice girl called Laura Merton.Lauras father made it clear to Hughie that he would not marry his daughter to him until Hughie had ten thousand pounds. One day，Hughie went to see his artist friend Alan Trevor in his studio. There he found his friend painting a beggar， who was an old man in rags.Hughie felt so sorry for the poor model that he gave him the only pound he had. The old model was actually a millionaire.When he heard all about Hughie and Laura， and their problem， he had a cheque for ten thousand pounds delivered to him the very next day.The couple were happily married，and the beggar attended their wedding. The story shows that a genuine millionaire is not one who has， but who give. L9 Only Three More Days P139 The author got a solution finally. What was the solution？ Was it risky？ He laid out the diaries in two big steel suitcases. Over them he palced a number of his broadcast scripts， each page of which had been stamped by the military and civilian censors as passed for broadcast. On top he put a few General Staff maps he had picked up from friends. Then he phoned the Gestapo Headquarters to say he had a couple of suicases full of his dispatches， broadcasts and notes that he wanted to take out of the country. As he was flying off early the next day， there would be no time for Gestapo official at the airfield to go over the contents. Could they take a look now，if he brought them over；and if they approved， put a Gestapo seal on the suitcases so he wouldnt be held up at the airport？ Yes，it was risky. He thought life in the Third Reich had always been risky. It was worth a try L10 The Washwoman P155 Describe the situation that“I”saw the old washwoman for last time. One evening， while Mother was sitting near the oil lamp mending a shirt， the door opened and a small puff of steam， followed by a gigantic bag， entered the room. I ran toward the old woman and helped her unload her bag. She was even thinner now， more bent. Her head shook from side to side as though she were saying no. She could not utter a clear word， but mumbled something with her sunken mouth and pale lips. After the old woman had recovered somewhat， she told us that she had been ill badly. But as soon as she was able to stand on her feet once more， she began her washing. She said “I could not rest easy in my bed because of the wash. The wash would not let me die.……I dont want to be a burden on anyone！” L11 How I Served My Apprenticeship 170 Why was Andrew Carnegie so pround of the one dollor and twenty cents——the first pay he brought home？ Carnegie was very pround of the one dollar and twenty cents he earned for the first time in his life when he was only twelve. The money， though small in amount， meant a great deal. First， when he got his first pay he felt that he had grown up. He was no longer a boy who had to depend on his parents； he had become a man who was able to help support the family， a contributing member. This was important because at that time life was hard for the family and it was difficult for his parents to manage alone. Also he though the money was the direct reward of honest manual labor. It represented a week of very hard work. This money gave him the greatest satisfaction of being rewarded for what he had done. L12 A Friend of the Environment P185 Why did Rachel Carson write the Silent Spring？ Whats the content of it？ Because she felt that the wonders of Nature are precious and permanent， and much of Nature was forever beyond the destruction of man. But then she discovered she was wrong. She learned with sadness that little in Nature is truly beyond the tampering reach of man. Then， She wrote the book Silent Spring to sound a startling warming to mankind and the book showed quite clearly that man was endangering himself and everything else on this planet by his indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides. As her title suggests， Miss Carson was saying that there might come a springtime that would indeed be silent because the birds， as well as other creatures， and plants would have been destroyed by the man-made poisons used to kill crop-threateding insects. L13 Who Shall Dwell？ P201 In the story Who shall Dwell？， how did the fatners attitude towards the neighbours change？ What brought about the change？ When the bomb alert came， the father was clear that he had built the shelter for his own family， and that he would not let anybody else in. So when his neighbours came and asked to share the shelter he rejected them flatly. When a monther begged him to take her little girl in ， he did not know what to do. At that monent his wife dashed outside and pushed the girl in. her act set him thinking hard. Just a moment before the first bomb struck he made a big decision. After giving his elder son a few instructions， he stepped out and shoved two children into the shelter. He stood beside his wife， ready to spend the last minute with her. His change seemed sudden， but was actually quite natural. He loved his children， so he was greatly affected by the monthers plea and gave the chance of surival to the two children. Also his love for his wife led him to follow her example. L14 Cipher in the Snow P218 Describe Cliff Evans life before his sudden death. Cliff Evans lived with his mother， stepfather and five younger half brothers and sisters. His stepfather had never legally adopted him， nor did he show any affection for him. At home Cliff didnt talk much and had never told his family about his problems. When he began school， he was timid but eager to learn. And his IQ was pretty good. Then in the third grade a teacher wrote in the school record that he was uncooperative and slow. Since then he had never got any encouragement from his teachers. Gradually， the child had no more confidence left. He never smiled nor talked much. He had no friends； he had never belonged to a club， never played on a team and never held an office. He came to school by himself and left by himself. In class， he would sit back in the last seat. Finally he became silent and lonely. He became nothing. L15 Bribery——An Inevitable Evil？ P232 What are the major forms of bribery？ Bribery can be classified into three broad categories. The first category consisits of large amounts of money paid for political purposes or to secre major contracts. For example， a certain American company offered big sums of money to support a U.S. presidential candidate when it was nder investigation. Also in order to get big contracts， such payments are often made to ruling families or their close advisers. The second category covers payments made to obtain quicker official approval of some project. In such cases， the money is often paid to key goverment officials concerned. The third category involves payments made in certain countries to make a business deal easy to get approved. For instance， a foreign company may pay to get permission to import equipment. A common type of this category is the facilitating payment to clear cargoes. These are smaller sums of money paid to customs officials. L16 A Social Event P250 What do you know about Randy and Carle in A Social Even？ Why are they anxious to get invited to Scottys funeral？ Randy and Carole are a young Hollywood couple. They have been married only a short time. Both have achieved a certain degree of success in pictures， but their careers in the show business are still in the promising stage. Scotty Woodrow， a world-famous movie star has just died， and Randy and Carole are anxious to go to his funeral， which will be a gathering of celebrities and is regarded as a big social event. It is said that flowers have come from the U.S. President and the British Queen. Randy and Carole think it is extremely important for their career to be seen there with a lot of big shots. But they havet got an invitation while some of their Hollywood friends， also young actors and actresses like themselves， have been invited. Thats why they are worried and are trying hard to find ways of getting themselves invited in the last minute.
