Vocabulary Learning Strategies for Language Students

1. 字彙與片語應用 梁淑芳 教授 正修科技大學應用外語系

2. Outline • Introduction • Unit 1: What Time Is It? Unit 2: Tree or Human? • Unit 3: My Dear Brother Unit 4: A Love Story • Unit 5: London Underground Unit 6: Platform 9¾ • Unit 7: The Sightseeing Buss Unit 8: Dream House • Unit 9: I Am the Boss Unit 10: Who Is on Duty? • Unit 11: William Shakespeare Unit 12: Contents • Unit 13: Afternoon Tea Unit 14: Car Boot Sale • Unit 15: Post Boxes Unit 16: Stamps • Unit 17:The Alice Shop Unit 18: The Mask • Unit 19: Rosslyn Chapel Unit 20: No Smoking • Unit 21: Talk More, Pay Less Unit 22: London Eye • Unit 23: Peter Rabbit Unit 24: The RSPCA • Unit 25: The Fountain Unit 26: Look After Your Teeth! • Unit 27: Sleeping Soundly Unit 28: The Parthenon • Unit 29: The Edinburgh Tattoo Unit 30: Hallelujah, Handel

3. Introduction "Most students find that they memorize words better if they do something with them. Even better is to try and learn the word in a typical combination with other words." ․How to learn vocabulary 1. Which words to learn 2. Learning vocabulary by reading 3. Things to know about the words you learn 4. Collocation

4. Unit 1: What Time Is It? p. 2 far away (from) wake up have one’s breakfast take a shower read email/the newspaper answer the phone take a (one hour / ten minute) break in the morning/afternoon on weekends at noon on Saturday evening go to the movies once a month p. 3 go out p. 4 earn money / one million dollars break the window p.5 revision course to be designed for work for to be looking for p. 5 sleep late p. 6 meet friends for afternoon tea enjoy oneself at the party go abroad celebrate one’s birthday on the twentieth of December p. 7 take a trip (to) in a library half an hour arrive at have a break

5. Unit 2: Tree or Human? p. 10 a street artist in public from morning to evening most of the time not at all look like catch one’s attention so . . . that put into put on one’s costume put up with suit for at least to be equal to take notice of in a department store have something/nothing to do with p. 11 play the part of to be going to = will p. 12 play . . . With run into in the act p. 12 he can make it dress in p. 13 wear a dress / a T-shirt wear make-up/glasses stand still for a long time didn’t take any notice lots of = a lot of It is difficult to follow a healthy diet. p. 14 to be equal to to treat as equals make a wish neither . . . Nor p. 15 steal money tell a lie too . . . to

6. Unit 3: My Dear Brother p. 18 in several ways to be different from more than in addition take a walk after dinner / school / work stay at home watch television take / have a bath as . . . as stay at home p. 19 surf the Internet make a mistake / mistakes look like get a sore throat / a runny nose come from keep slim p. 20 take a shower in the next few days ride a bicycle p. 21 fried onions take . . . out p. 23 do exercise brush one’s teeth in order to

7. Unit 4: A Love Story p. 26 fell / be in love with all day long couldn’t live without in fact in Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter to be interested in p. 27 by the end of fall down the stairs p. 28 knock on the door turn off ↔ turn on to be full of = fill with p. 29 in the world = all over the world come from speak to to be about to go to sleep the same . . . as p. 30 the be worried about financial crisis worry about p. 30 talk about have a great interest in work together p. 31 to be good at to be angry with p. 32 spend time / money each other What’s happened to . . . ?

8. Unit 5: London Underground p. 33 next to between A and B tell the truth p. 34 on business ↔ on vacation for a short vacation ask . . . for help live in for the past ten years work in a travel agency get off ↔ get on come out of turn left ↔ turn right walk down on one’s left / right go straight local people get lost show sb. around give sb. a call p. 34 across the road close to p. 36 ask sb. A favor p. 37 stand up take a walk see the movie to draw a straight line p. 38 make a long-distance call to rush hour go into the tunnel give sb. a call = phone sb. have a wonderful time p. 39 online shopping had better on the way to p. 40 find one’s way to

9. Unit 6: Platform 9¾ p. 41 It takes . . . . to take train p. 42 on of the most students = most of the students take sb. to for the first time of course from A to B take photos in order to in front of go through make sure p. 43 on the train / on the buss /on the street in the car / in the taxi sign . . . on leave from cut into p. 44 by jet / bus / train / plane p. 44 put . . . on wait and see the only survivor from the war p. 45 carry the luggage in the supermarket place . . . on take a look at The original novelist, J. K. Rowling. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter

10. Unit 7: The Sightseeing Bus p. 49 on and off en route to be valid for to be available to bus stop credit card p. 50 would like to take the one day tour around as one can see for example in other words an many times as p. 51 to be mentioned by a round-trip ticket have a discount p. 52 save money in charge of It takes . . . . leave for p. 53 at first at home p. 54 to be bad for ↔ to be good for used to to be used to make use of p. 55 for hours

11. Unit 8: Dream House p. 57 in France p. 58 would like to on the first floor in front of in the study room hang from the ceiling in the basement sit at a small desk work at one’s computer apply to in the mountains p. 59 win the lottery turn off ↔ turn on p. 60 to be allowed to the key to p. 62 for sale in the art museum

12. Unit 9: I Am the Boss p. 64 at the (this) moment look after different types of not only . . . but also . . . not to jump on people on the table rest . . . on p. 65 run a coffee shop sports car p. 66 type 60 words in one minute heat up in summer p. 67 go for a two-mile run knock things over knock on the head p. 68 go wrong take the blame p. 69 up and down on the corner (of) take a rest get up

13. Unit 10: Who Is on Duty? p. 71 sleep well stop . . . from V+ing have enough time What’s up? p. 72 take course for a long time deal with to be sent to take medicine to be bored with put out a fire p. 73 to be looking for give Sb. a ride p. 74 to be born on to learn by heart p. 75 walk along have respect for to start a fight with to be fighting for p. 76 gallop through throw trash on the street fall off get hurt p. 77 stay at home keep order each other a sign of good manners fire fighter taxi driver police officer

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