二、对比记忆法

研究英语词汇,找出语音或词义上相同、相近或相反的单词,加以分析对比,从而加深认识和印象,亦便于记忆。例如:

handsome,beautiful,pretty,goodlooking 是一组同义词,我们可以这样比较记忆: A man is handsome.A womamis beautiful.A child is pretty.Goodlooking,with much thesame meaning,is used to describe either a man or a woman.把意义相反或相对的词进行归纳对比,既有助于单词的记忆和理解,又显得突出明了,例如:

right—wrong, far—neat, hard—soft, full—empty, wide—narrow,poor—rich, low—high, same—different

又如:modesty(谦虚),conceit(骄傲);go forward(进步),lag behind(落后),把这两对反义词通过对比可组成下列一条警句: Modesty helps one to go forward, whereasconceit makes one lag behind,(虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后)。这样记忆既有趣,又有效。再如:

see—sea,here—hear,weat—where,hole—whole, new—knew,weather—whether, our—hour,right—write.

把以上这些读音完全相同,而拼写和意义不同的单词进行对比会更有利于牢记词的读音与拼写。