高中40篇短文记单词（读短文记单词1）

读短文记单词

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第1篇

【英文原文】

You’ve been learning words since you were a tiny baby. At first, you learned them only by hearing other people talk. Now that you're a reader, you have another way to learn words. What should you do when you come to a word and you think you don't know what it means? Following some easy steps can help you.

Say it

First, sound it out. Then say it to yourself. It might sound like a word you know. Sometimes you know a word in your head but you don't know what it looks like in print. So if you match up what you know and what you read - you have the word!

Use context

If this doesn't work, take the next step: look at the context - the other words and sentences around it. Read this sentence: When it rained, the dog looked for shelter in the doorway. If the word shelter doesn't look familiar, look at the words around it. Rain and in the doorway might give you helpful information.

Use word parts

If the context doesn't help, look at the parts of the word. Does it have any parts you know? These can help you understand what it means. If you don't know the meaning of miner, try looking at parts of the word. You might know that a mine is a place underground where people get coal and other valuable things. A lot of times, -er at the end of a word means “a person who does something”. So a miner might be someone who works in a mine.

Look it up

If the three steps above don't work, you can look it up. You can find the word in a dictionary— either a book or online. Nobody knows the meaning of every word, but good readers know how to understand words they don't know.

【参考译文】

你从很小就开始学单词了。起初，你只能通过听别人说话来学习。既然你是一名读者，你就有了另一种学习单词的方法。当你遇到一个单词，你认为自己不知道它的意思时，你该怎么办？遵循一些简单的步骤可以帮助您。

说出它来

首先，出声读一下。然后对自己说。这听起来可能像一个你知道的词。有时你在脑海里知道一个词，但你不知道它在印刷品中是什么样子。因此，如果你把你知道的和你读到的匹配起来，你就掌握了这个词！

使用上下文

如果这不起作用，请采取下一步：查看上下文——周围的其他单词和句子。读这句话：下雨时，狗在门口寻找庇护。如果“避难所”这个词看起来不熟悉，请看它周围的单词。雨和门口可能会给你提供有用的信息。

使用构词法

如果上下文没有帮助，请看单词的各个部分。你知道它有什么部分吗？这些可以帮助你理解它的含义。如果你不知道miner的意思，试着看一下这个词的某些部分。你可能知道，矿井是一个地下的地方，人们在那里获取煤炭和其他有价值的东西。很多时候，-er在单词末尾的意思是“做某事的人”。所以矿工可能是在矿井工作的人。

查一查（词典）

如果以上三个步骤不起作用，你可以查一下。你可以在字典里找到这个词——书上或网上。没有人知道每个单词的意思，但好的读者知道如何理解他们不知道的单词。

【词汇积累】

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