大学英语第一册Unit1TextWanttoknowhowtoimproveyourgradeswithouthavingtospendmoretimestudying?Soundstoogoodtobetrue?Well,readon.HowtoImproveYourStudyHabitsPerhapsyouareanaveragestudentwithaverageintelligence.Youdowellenoughinschool,butyouprobablythinkyouwillneverbeatopstudent.Thisisnotnecessarilythecase,however.Youcanreceivebettergradesifyouwantto.Yes,evenstudentsofaverageintelligencecanbetopstudentswithoutadditionalwork.Hereshow:1. Planyourtimecarefully.Makealistofyourweeklytasks.Thenmakeascheduleorchartofyourtime.Fillincommittedtimesuchaseating,sleeping,meetings,classes,etc.Thendecideongood,regulartimesforstudying.Besuretosetasideenoughtimetocompleteyournormalreadingandworkassignments.Ofcourse,studyingshouldntoccupyallofthefreetimeontheschedule.Itsimportanttosetasidetimeforrelaxation,hobbies,andentertainmentaswell.Thisweeklyschedulemaynotsolveallofyourproblems,butitwillmakeyoumoreawareofhowyouspendyourtime.Furthermore,itwillenableyoutoplanyouractivitiessothatyouhaveadequatetimeforbothworkandplay.2. Findagoodplacetostudy.Chooseoneplaceforyourstudyarea.Itmaybeadeskorachairathomeorintheschoollibrary,butitshouldbecomfortable,anditshouldnothavedistractions.Whenyoubegintowork,youshouldbeabletoconcentrateonthesubject.3. Skimbeforeyouread.Thismeanslookingoverapassagequicklybeforeyoubegintoreaditmorecarefully.Asyoupreviewthematerial,yougetsomeideaofthecontentandhowitisorganized.Laterwhenyoubegintoreadyouwillrecognizelessimportantmaterialandyoumayskipsomeoftheseportions.Skimminghelpsdoubleyourreadingspeedandimprovesyourcomprehensionaswell.4. Makegooduseofyourtimeinclass.Listeningtowhattheteachersaysinclassmeanslessworklater.Sitwhereyoucanseeandhearwell.Takenotestohelpyourememberwhattheteachersays.5. Studyregularly.Gooveryournotesassoonasyoucanafterclass.Reviewimportantpointsmentionedinclassaswellaspointsyouremainconfusedabout.Readaboutthesepointsinyourtextbook.Ifyouknowwhattheteacherwilldiscussthenextday,skimandreadthatmaterialtoo.Thiswillhelpyouunderstandthenextclass.Ifyoureviewyournotesandtextbookregularly,thematerialwillbecomemoremeaningfulandyouwillrememberitlonger.Regularreviewleadstoimprovedperformanceontest.6. Developagoodattitudeabouttests.Thepurposeofatestistoshowwhatyouhavelearnedaboutasubject.Theworldwontendifyoudontpassatest,sodontworryexcessivelyaboutasingletest.Testsprovidegrades,buttheyalsoletyouknowwhatyouneedtospendmoretimestudying,andtheyhelpmakeyourknowledgepermanent.Thereareothertechniquesthatmighthelpyouwithyourstudying.Onlyafewhavebeenmentionedhere.Youwillprobablydiscovermanyothersafteryouhavetriedthese.Talkwithyourclassmatesabouttheirstudytechniques.Sharewiththemsomeofthetechniquesyouhavefoundtobehelpful.Improvingyourstudyhabitswillimproveyourgrades.NewWordsaveragen.ordinary普通的；中等的intelligencen.abilitytolearnandunderstand智力necessarilyad.inevitably必定casen.whathasreallyhappened;actualcondition实情additionala.added附加的，额外的n.additionweeklya.doneorhappeningeveryweek每周的；一周一次的schedulen.timetable时间表chartn.(sheetofpaperwith)informationwrittenordrawnintheformofapicture图(表)commitvt.指定.用于asidead.totheside在旁边；到(向)一边etc(Latin,shortenedformforetcetera)andotherthings等等normala.usual正常的readingn.theactorpracticeofreading阅读assignmentn.sth.givenoutasatask(布置的)作业occupyn.takeup占用relaxationn.(sth.donefor)restandamusement休息，娱乐relaxv.hobbyn.whatonelikestodoinonesfreetime业余爱好entertainmentn.show,party,etc.thatpeopleenjoy娱乐entertainvt.solvevt.findananswerto(aproblem)解决(问题)awarea.havingknowledgeorunderstanding知道的；意识到的furthermoread.moreover;inaddition而且；此外enablevt.make(sb.)able(todosth.)使(某人)能(做某事)activityn.sth.(tobe)done活动adequatea.asmuchasoneneeds;enough充分的；足够的distractionn.sth.thatdrawsawaythemindorattention分心(或分散注意力)的事物concentrate(onorupon)vi.paycloseattention(to)全神贯注(于)skimvt.readquicklytogetthemainideas(of)略读previewvt.haveageneralviewof(sth.)beforehand预习contentn.whatiswritteninabook,etc.内容organizevt.formintoawhole组织laterad.后来；以后skipvt.passover略过portionn.part;share一部分；一份doublev.makeorbecometwiceasgreatorasmany(使)增加一倍comprehensionn.theactofunderstandingorabilitytounderstand理解(力)mentionvt.speakorwriteabout(sth.)inafewwords提及confuseda.mixedupinonesmind迷惑的，混淆的confusevt.textbookn.astandardbookforthestudyofasubject教科书；课本performancen.achievement成绩meaningfula.havingimportantmeaningorvalue富有意义的attituden.whatonethinksaboutsth.态度，看法purposen.aim目的，意图excessivelyad.toomuch过多地，过分地excessivea.permanenta.lastingforalongtime;neverchanging持久的；永久的techniquen.wayofdoingsth.技巧，方法helpfula.useful;providinghelporwilingtohelp有益的；给予帮助的，肯帮忙的PHRASES&EXPRSSIONSfillinwritein填写，填充decideonmakeachoiceordecisionabout选定，决定setasidesaveforaspecialpurpose留出aswellalso;too;inaddition也，还；同样beaware(of)know(sth.);know(whatishappening)知道，意识到concentrateondirectonesattention,efforts,etc.to全神贯注于lookoverexamine(quickly)把.看一遍，过目gooverreview复习leadtoresul