中考英语75分。高一上学期61分,名列全班较低水平,在各科成绩中也是最差的,于是高一下期开始努力学英语。当时的毅力和冲劲现在也佩服,为了恶补英语,开始狂看英语方面的参考书,狂记单词,最喜欢的记忆方法是在所有课本和笔记本的空白边上写下英语单词和短语,加上中文释义。这个习惯一直持续到大学。还一度在手掌上写下单词,便于随时随地记忆。于是高中时期很长一段时间我的手掌经常是脏得不成样子。这样疯狂补习,效果很明显,高一下学期成绩明显提高,高二开始全班第一,高二下期到毕业,我的英语成绩在全校是最好的,超过补习班久经沙场的老将。

在高中英语学习过程中最令我难忘的是一本叫做《高中英语综合复习指南》,这本书让我彻底提高了语法知识,积累了基本的词汇。我学英语还有一个习惯――抄知识点。我用笔记本抄下书中自己不明白的要点。

别小看了中学时学的例句,现在不一定能正确地写出来。单词构成句子,句子组成段落,我们的文章就是这样写成的。训练造句是一个提高英语知识的好方法。

高一英语

Lesson One

一、 课文注释 

1.Before long he had to move on again. 不久,他不得不再迁移。

1) before long的意思是“不久”、“不久以后”(=Soon, after a short period of time)。又如:I think it’ll fit me quite well before long, Mum. 妈妈,我认为它很快就会合我身的。

Long before 和before long意思不同,前者是“在……以前很久”,即“很久以前”。例如:
I saw this film long before.
We heard of it long before.

2) On在此句中作副词,意思是“继续向前移动”(在此句中作“再迁移”讲)类似词组还有:go on继续下去,work on继续工作。例如:

The blackboard moved on.
黑板继续往前移动
The guns founded still closer now, but Dr. Bethune worked on.
枪声更近了,但是白求恩大夫仍然努力工作。

、get to、arrive的意义相同,都作到达解。

get to表示“到达”这一意思时,是非正式用语(reach, arrive是正式用语),用于口语中,例如:
When do we get to Shanghai?

Arrive 和get表示“到达”时,如果地点是副词home, here 或there,就不用介词in, at或to,例如:
We got home very late last night.
When did you arrive here?

3.He started working hard to improve it

begin和start作“开始”解时,都指开始某一动作,后面可接不定式,也可接动名词。两种结构表达的意思相同。
When did you begin/start to learn English?
W hen did you begin/start learning English?

但在下列三种情况下,用前一种结构(即后面接不定式)为好:

1) 当主语是物不是人时:
The ice began/started to melt.
The barometer began/started to fall.

2) 当begin或start用过去进行时态时:
She is beginning/starting to cook the dinner.
The water is beginning /starting to boil.

3) 当begin或start后面的非谓语动词指心理状态精神活动时:
I began to understand my past mistakes.
She started to wonder who had done it.

另外,当指长期或习惯性动作时,多用动名词;指具体的一次性动作时,多不定式。
It started snowing.
When did you start working as a turner in this factory?

4.Such...that引导的从句是结果状语从句

such与No one等词一起修饰名词时,这些词就放在such 后面,即:One (no, any, many, all, several, some)+such+单数或复数可数名词。
One such table is enough.
There is no such word.
All such possibilities must be considered.
I have met many such people.

5. Be sure about/of的意思是“确信”,“有把握”,后面接名词或动名词,表示某人对客观事物有肯定的认识或判断:

1) can we be sure of his honesty?
2) As we have been practicing regularly, we are sure of winning the game this time.

Have been practicing是现在完成进行时,表过去到现在某一段时间一直进行的动作。
3) I’m sure of his successs.
4) I think he was at 23rd street, but I’m not quite sure about the number.

Be sure +由that 或whether, where, when, what, how等引导的名词从句,表示某人“确定(肯定)”、“确信”某事的意思,如:
I’m sure (that) I can run faster than you.
They weren’t sure whether they could come or not.
I’m not sure where I left my notebook.

6. Keep doing sth. 和keep on doing sth.

两者都是继续做某事的意思,但后者更强调重复性和决心,试比较:
He caught such a bad cold that he kept coughing all morning.
He kept on phoning me, and I really didn’t want to talk to him.
Keep或keep on后面接表示动作的动名词(不能接不定式),如working, walking, writing, talking等;一般说来不可接表示静止的状态的动名词,例如不可以说:He kept on standing.

7. Encourage

vt. ---- give courage or hope to sb.
I was encouraged by his words.
Don’t encourage him in his laziness. 别助长他的懒惰。
My teacher encouraged me to speak English.

8. Follow

vt. ---- come, arrive, go or leave after 跟随;come next in time or order (表时间、次序)接着、随着
You go first and I’ll follow you.
Would you follow me?
We followed him out (up the stairs, into the office)
Monday follows Sunday.
The lecture will be followed by discussion.

9. Grasp

vt. Seize firmly with the hands 抓住;understand with mind领会
The policeman grasped the thief by the arm.
I grasped the main points of the speech.
I failed to grasp the meaning of the paragraph.

10. Fail

失败,常与to连用, 组成fail to do sth.
其名词形式是 ---- failure

空白边英语(English at the margins of my notebook)

A friend in need is a friend indeed – 患难朋友才是真正的朋友。
Time and tide wait for no man – 岁月不等人
Where there is a will, there is a way – 有志者事竟成。
Man is the master of his own fate – 人类是自己命运的主宰。
Man can conquer nature – 人定胜天
Don’t judge a man by his looks – 勿以貌取人