[经验交流]我的梦想与英语——见证贴

我的梦想与英语——见证贴

  我不是什么高手,非英语专业,完全不靠英语吃饭,也没有留学经历。

  所谓梦想是移民美国,看看世界,必须学英语。

  开此贴旨在记录在天涯学习英语十个月左右的经历,简单记录过去十月的学习过程、汇报一点点个人心得,同时继续记录自己的学习历程,希望各位高手、老师予以指导、批评和帮助。

  本人的英语底子:去年31岁,高中以前英语没有及格过,大学本科五年第一天有幸接触疯狂英语,走李阳的路,然后秒杀四六级、研究生英语,然后上班,业余读完五十本简写本小说和杰克伦敦原著本小说,而后脱离英语两三年。总体来说阅读能力一般,速度不错,听说为零起点,写作没有练过。

  去年三月的时候,计划赴美留学,一边设法申请学校,一边开始认真学习英语。
  阅读:看美国原版医学教材,每天5-10小时不等,连续三个月,腰看坏了卧床两周不起。然后一直间断看至今,得到的给留学生英语带教的能力。

  听力汇报:去年3456,这四个月,反复听voa慢速,一句一句过,总是不懂,六月的时候开始听懂一些,有了快乐。前两三个月,一周、甚至十天只听一条sp,然后 背下。789开始听写st,听力了二十几篇,然后开始听网络上找到的一个教程 effortless english,经常一天听8—10小时,睡觉也放着,结局是ipod如今电池很不如从前,耳机已经废了一个漫步者,原装苹果耳机废了一个。现而今,继续听
  effortless english+special english+standard english

  口语训练:收获最大。讲讲经历:去年四月开始,找了一个中教,女的,本科工作三年,专八过了,出国过几个月,自称美式英语(后面解释这个问题),目前她拒绝教我。刚开始她启发我开口,每天聊一个小时,每周六至少,从磕磕巴巴开始,两个月之后流利一点点了,很多依然说不出,感谢这位女孩,她声音很美,居然可以接受我当时磕磕巴巴的英语,那可是一个一个词拼凑出来的啊!她半年后还给我发了照片,成了一位老朋友。

  七月的时候,找了第二位中教,女孩只给我晚上聊天,这位男老师白天可以上,所以给女老师说的白天再重复跟男的说,男的话少,一口BBC的强调,新闻强调,天天自己听BBC吧,我给男的聊过得,再给女的说,跟女孩聊过的再重复给男的,同时听力中听过的故事、新闻再复述给他们。

  于此同时六月的时候找了一位美国老人,在中国教英语十年,见识广,给我影响极大,六月份,我从A,B,C.....XYZ学习,学完伟大的新概念英语第一册1-17课,让我明白了,我们需要的是伟大的老师,而不是教材。 美国老师每天教我两小时,一周四次或者五次,会让我拼读单词,纠正字母,同时使用绕口令折腾,然后学习美国地理、历史、文化、民间习俗,以及他自己的一些生活经历、周游世界见闻等等,信息量太大太大,一直到今天,我依然希望他继续教我。这其中很多很多知识绝对不是中教可以搞定的。

  现在的情况变成了,我有三个英语老师,两个中教、一个美国人,我于是一个话题必须重复最少三遍,同时在天涯、qq上找了网友英语聊天,八月份以后,我可以说得一口比较流利但是错误不断的英语,美国老人会不停纠正我,而中教发现我可以说出很多很多他们不知道的美国文化、地理、历史故事,也很喜欢听我说,这时我很苦,休息日美国老师教两小时,中教各一小时,网友两小时,一天聊天六小时,当时舌头上说出五个血泡,因为,美国老师要求我练绕口令和纠正发音,试试每天说六小时中文,也是很累的。当时自己的12岁双胞胎外甥从疯狂英语夏令营回来,不想读英语,我让他们摸摸我舌头上的血泡,都不说话了,继续读。

  经验:大多在天涯找到的网友是不可靠的,包括很多英语教育专业毕业、在校英语专业的学生等等。。。。。。她们绝大多数是姑娘,声音真好听呀!!!但是几乎都坚持不下来,九月份以后我几乎在网络上找不到可以和我对等的陪练者,一个在校生——小姑娘,和我对练十次后消失了,说要学习跳舞和当酒吧迎宾。所以我在被一个所谓英语qq 聊天群踢出去的时候,我告诉在那里认识的女孩(英语专业本科,外企干活),群里的绝大多数人是不可能学好英语的,因为他们不懂坚持就是胜利,群主不服,问我能否说英语,我在反复征人侃天无果(群里有两个海外的,但是没空理我)后,主动退群。
  所以还是付费,请人和自己聊天最靠谱,后面遇上两个对练,我要求他们一小时付我5块钱,满十次后退费,结果他们居然也愿意付钱,最后也没有坚持十次,当然也是退钱,所以英语的关键在于坚持,而不是付费。

  八月的时候,我上班时,遇上一位巴基斯坦男孩(实习生),揪着他做了两次手术,然后他介绍了一位师弟给我,一位瘦骨嶙峋、看着苦大仇深的肯尼亚男孩,Ali,我手把手教他,因为自己的表达有限,很多时候必须手势,白天看书,交给那个男中教,晚上带他,磕磕巴巴讲,Ali当时只是见习,实习回国了,请我搓一顿,阿拉伯餐馆,第一次看见穆斯林的饮食,味道好极了,同时学会把盘子吃干净,然后去他寝室,聊天到很晚很晚,这时我发现,现实的环境对口语训练极为重要。

  于是十二月当下届学习来到到位,由于Ali的介绍,两位毛里求斯同学找到了,其中一位华人,优势漫长的带教,自己被迫看原版教材,再讲给他们,我这是这个科室唯一可以流畅讲叙英语的人,所以他们来了就奔我来,他们走了,然后一个毛里求斯男孩,一个印度女孩(我认识的第一个印度人)——美女哇,眼睛真大。然后春节,我一个人,就三个留学生搭伙做饭了,体会印度和毛里求斯饮食,体会穆斯林、印度教、基督教、佛教不同的文化,当初学习口语的时候,都在准备各个话题,现在发现一晚上可能必须聊天五六个小时,常常必须快速转换话题,那些根本不够用,只管说就是。
  这个月换了二位,一位印度腼腆、帅气男孩和一位羞涩的毛里求斯小姑娘,今天的结局是做在办公室,由于节后,事情少从两点说到六点,又是快吐血的感觉。

  年底,美国老师回国了,被温州朋友骗走了十万,他自己又不节俭,常常度假、旅游啥的,曾经广东买了小房子,可惜这一年房地产不景气了,卖不掉,所以我赶紧送他一千块红包给他,希望他一路都好,也希望尽快恢复和他的交流。

  在三月份至今,算算包括上班的时间,每天我用于阅读、或者听力、或者口语的总时间在6—12小时以上,开始三月份得到美国教授的许诺,以为六月可以到美国,结果,美国教授也68岁了,和我的美国英语老师一样老哇,到了五月底说今年九月再去吧,然后然他的助理教授帮我整理各类文件,最后定下来叫我今年2月就去,邀请也到了,结果自己单位领导不开心,说我太年轻了,最后五六年后出国,经过请教兄弟,说这是暗示你不聪明,所以只好聪明点----unspoken rules,其实如此也是脱到春节后了,这个月走不了,反复解释后美国教授再次更改邀请信——这一点也看出祖国官员的效率和作风,不多说,您懂得。如此一来,我这十个月每天都活在一种害怕到了美国活不下去的惊恐中,所以玩命学英语,结局到现而今,原先的中教都直接拒绝了我。除了留学生和等待美国老师,没有人愿意教我口语,同期带教的同事在听力我和留学生的会话后叹道要说成我这样自己要十年时间。我发现很多同事,尤其一些小丫头,喜欢凑过来听,于是我尽量快速、夹杂知道的那些个俚语、同时课本来的句子。。。让他们很快发现原来我说的也听不懂。



  讲完口语,讲讲天涯“英语杂谈”板块的故事,在我极度彷徨的时候,看见了很多帖子,自己看过的帖子质量比较高,给我很多很多启发的是
  1、漏屋老师的关于英语学习的帖子,大家可以搜下。希望漏屋老师允许我这么称呼他,这帖子对我意义很大。
  2、靓女老师的帖子,尽管中间很多很多骂架,在我眼里依旧是高手过招,对启发很大很大,我也给靓女老师发过私人信息,他给我回过鼓励,在此再次拜谢!
  3、阿土老师的帖子,qiyueliuxing,——(原创)口语自学宝典——十年口语学习精华,阿土老师给我寄送了教程,无私的鼓励我,激励我,反复肯定我,并且建议我发帖纪录自己的学习历程,所以今晚花一晚上写了这个。从阿土老师身上学习到的是:口语需逼出来,用出来;数字要集中训练--由此我学习了数字、加减乘除,几次方、坐标的描述、血红细胞氧离曲线等等。。。。。。。。。。跟读很重要,复述很重要,也明白了说学了多少年是句废话,说学了多少小时才是真理。从数字的学习也明白了告诉留学生如何做对最简单的操作其实很难很难,试着给别人用汉语说明如何系鞋带试试!——不许做手势,纯用口语。
  4、八地兄,帖子:我的英语人生 70后; 在我彷徨的时候,在这里得到鼓励和力量,八地兄也曾靠英语改变命运,并继续改变中,现在得千金一位,祝福他万事如意,学习进步!!!
  5、自称"哥"的一位在加拿大留过学的哥们,讲叙自己学英语的历程,给我对出国的一点展望,其他目前真是用不上,环境不同哇。


  最后谈谈看电影学英语,这个真的太难太难了,我也看了一些电影,每部看小于十分钟,因为太难了,我是这样看的,跟读、复述、描述,比如爱丽丝漫游奇景,只看二十分钟,看见爱丽丝要讲她长啥样,穿啥样,走在那里,做啥,吃了啥长大了,多大了,哭了,然后再口语课上告诉三位口语老师。。。。。。所以其实是描述电影,这样收获大,十分钟你可能要复述三个小时以上了,舌头痛死了!!!!!!少看动作片,多看冗长无聊的片子,没有名气的烂片最好,或者只看三流制作的B级片、恐怖片前半小时,因为都是少男少女,很生活化,看到他们一个一个要被杀了就别看了,所以也不会浪费时间。我想可能等我在美国生活一年半载了,才能在电影中吸收那些语言吧,也许要更久,我也不相信谁谁说的看“豪斯医生”那啥的能看懂,我吃这碗饭的,很多解剖结构了解一些,我可是同看美国原版解剖书并教带教的,依然有些病不是很通透。

  关于写作,除了给美国教授通信至今,给留学生改病历,同时学习请美国老师为我修改一些关键邮件,没有其他练习,所以接下来一定要练习了,native speaker的写作水平让我感觉很绝望,隐隐觉得英语学习是条漫无止境的路。。。。。。。。。。

  关于学习方法,方法都是次要的,投入的总学时才是关键,计时吧,听力1200小时+口语、听力n小时,找老外反复猛侃英语,想不流利都不行,还学会了没话找话,试试把老外逗笑,试试打探各宗教的大神、饮食特点,试试和羞涩的外国女孩(佛教徒、穆斯林、印度教徒等)谈宫外孕、婚前性行为,试试和他们做顿饭,品尝世界各地的茶,问问他们对中国饮食的真实看法——原来不是我们想的那样,想想出钱请外教的钱,请几个老外几顿饭也非常非常值得的,回头互相通信,请他们修改文章,见识他们对修辞的把握。。。。。。。。。。。

  从去年一直冲刺到现在,继续冲刺直至出国为止,可能会长达一年以上了,靓女老师曾经说:英语的水平取决于汉语水平,想在想想确实如此,就像和人聊天,如何聊五个小时以上?如果汉语就做不到,英语也是做不到的。


  以上文字谨以纪念我在英语上付出的青春和感谢在天涯帮助过我的各位老师!!!!!!


  我在天涯发帖极少,后面的跟帖中,将附上我发过的几个帖子,包括一个使用ipod的心得(无一人回复),在阿土老师的帖子中记录的一点点有趣的和留学生相处的点点滴滴以及接下来学习英语的流水账。。。。。。。。。。。。。。








  用itouch 完成英语高效学习的体会——实战经验谈
  言简意赅,直奔主题,如果你公共英语不错, 即将赴美读博、考usmle什么的,请看下去,否则飘过吧。
  所有体验来自本人实战,购入了ipad2、两个itouch4、iphone后拼死摸索三个月后的体会

  1、学英语工具,itouch最好,ipad 只适合打游戏、看片休息,看书真的不合适。
  对于学习者,iphone是天下最无用的东西,只是适合装13或者勾引无知小mm.
  我换回三百块的nokia了。
  2、需要的软件
  欧陆词典,这时itouch上最好的词典,无可匹敌,正版的国产新编全医药学大词典和欧陆比起来一文不值。
  idaily pro 用这个新闻阅读+voa听写,无敌,出钱买正版唯一选择。
  口语锦囊,口语***类似软件需要一个,听背写口语。有破解,正版也便宜。

  以上含盖阅读、听力、口语了,可以覆盖你所有的清醒时间了。
  3、如何背单词:
  如果是考usmle或者要几个月搞定全学科专业词汇(比如医学主干基础学科+临床内外妇儿),你要疯狂扩充词汇。
  首选的方案是阅读大学熟悉的专业课英文原版资料。
  很多pdf的,可以转成word,在windows上用有道阅读,这个转换需要abbyy finereader,或者用汉王扫描笔,该花钱就花吧。
  次选方案是anki,比全方位阅读原版教材低效的多,但是如果看书看得棘上韧带拉伤、椎间盘突出,你也只能用这个了,走着背、躺着背。还可以把整段的话copy进去背。
  最后其他的听力和新概念之类对于此时的你已经是很低效的了,你的时间是非常有限的,所有学习软件和资料要少而精,学习手法要简化,软件越少越好,手法越单一越好,避免把时间放在摸索机器和软件的磨合上。

  anki和idaily pro,25+5 d,这30 d ,对于理想远大的你而言,太廉价了,付钱吧。(历史已经证明这两个用破解最终会后悔,失去的不止是N d了。)
  目前我只有时间听idaily pro 里的voa ; 和 自己的mp3 口语或者俚语的内容。
  现实证明你不会有时间理会很多教程、教材,你也不会听完多少多少G mp3
  学时积累到就不错了,不过新闻总是要学习听的,口语也是必须学得。
  简化学习手段很重要很重要。
  @闲来没事看看山 2011-10-16 12:40:00
  多讲,多听,多写。

  _________这个来自我的而一个求助贴,让我很震撼!
  前几次跟几个老外起吃饭或者过节时,话题转换飞快,以前和美国老师争论过的饮食,习俗,文化,政治,经济,各主流大国关系,自己的留学计划,各老外的家乡地理,历史,文化,体育,医患关系,语言习惯,对外语的看法,他们多能说五国语言,但是在中国五年了多数人普通话不会说,会说的也远不及我的英语水平。
  和年轻妹妹聊各类搞笑话题,同时发现毛里求斯的单身姑娘,想一个住我家里来,当妹妹一个,同吃不同睡,解决孤单和生活陪练问题。不知可否。?
  明日可以提问他们,印度姑娘美,但是不刻苦,毛里求斯姑娘老实端庄,看看她干不。?直接问也许被拒绝,也许被接受,只是寻找同居女友而已,,同居三个月。
  今天白天,睡懒觉,学车,同时听5小时,晚上计划聊四小时。
  On my nightshift,kept chatting for 4 hours with two overseas students.
  During daytime,I token several hours to listen to news and dialogue,and meanwhile,finished my driving lessons today.
  now, I will get down to my reading lessons.
  Yesterday in the evening, I learned some words froms overseas students,such as
  algesia
  excruciating
  projectile
  water column
  costalvertebral angle
  percussion tenderness on kidney region
  and
  fatigue
  humerus
  @甲午战争马甲 2012-02-09 21:52:35
  必须顶起来
  -----------------------------
  Thanks.
  Four hours for reading textbook in the evening.
  calcaneus
  calcaneofibular; sprain

  hemianopia
  hemiparesis
  homonymous hemianopia

  graciis
  sartorius
  pectineus
  From now on,I wanna keep reading for 8 hours.
  blockbuster: It is used to described a movie that with a big production,many famous stars and financial success.

  star-studded: the meaning of this is a movie with many famous stars.

  tearjerker: be used to describe a movie ,it is so touching that most of audiences would finish it with tears.
  @甲午战争马甲 2012-02-10 22:05:04
  社区服务在高中教育很重要。社区服务除了(英语选择哪些词语?)能帮助学生培养责任心,耐心和自信心,社区服务帮助学生积累了社会和工作经验,这个都他们将来职业发展有好处。此外, 他们的人际交流能力得到磨练和提高。)。此外从宏观意义上说,社会更和谐政府部门财政压力减轻。
  Undertaking community service is of great significance for high-.....
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  You are welcome!
  In the evening,three overseas students invited me to have dinner with them,and after dinner,we chatted each other through english untill now,It is so tired that I gotta sleep now.
  beltching
  petechia
  brackets
  poitic
  ecchymosis
  purpura
  It had rained all day today,it is cold.
  I stayed at home and have had reading book for all day,and it is tired.
  I found two new english dictionaries: Longman english dictionary and Dorland's medical dictionary,I plan to read book with it.
  My vocabulary:
  intussuception
  gubernaculum testis
  fat:
  overweight ,plump,chubby,
  die:
  pass away,pass on ,go to heaven
  be unemployed:
  be between jobs
  ugly:
  unattractive;unique face; one in a million
  He have a face that only a mother could love.




  It is my break time.Go to bed!
  @甲午战争马甲 2012-02-12 08:45:21
  beltching 是下面这个单词么?没查着……
  batch n. 一批,一炉,一次所制之量v. 分批处理
  petechia p?'ti:ki? [医]瘀斑, 瘀点
  bracket n. 档次,括号,支架
  vt. 支撑,放在括号内,归入一类......
  -----------------------------
  Buddy:
  Hello.
  belching ,the meaning is a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
  I made a mistakes here.I'm sorry.

  I got those words from overseas students,the majority of those words are medical terms.

  brackets: the meaning is ( ),the my students said to me.
  It is normal that you cannot understand those terms.
  If you want to look it on.Please search it on google or through Dorland's medical dictionary.

  because I will pick several terms from my students,they are foreigners.It is a good methord to remember words,and I just learned those words through simple english and gesture.
  because I will pick (up)several terms from my students,they are foreigners.It is a good methord to remember words,and I just learned those words through simple english and gesture.
  Today,It is my dayshit time,and I have kept speaking english for at least five hours,it is tired.

  the terms :
  μmol/L micromol per liter
  mmol/L milli-mol/L

  Tbil total bilirubin

  major psoas muscle

  postnephrectomy

  cerebral infartion

  retroperitaoneal space

  calf arm forearm
  visious circle

  anterior tibial artery
  common proneal nerve
  propholactic

  compartment syndrome
  5p sign : pale pain pulselessness paresthesia paralysis

  apptrakr.org
  @甲午战争马甲 2012-02-12 08:47:18
  poitic也没有查到
  -----------------------------
  Thank you for your reponse.
  poitic???: is also a mistake,due to the foreigner giving me a wrong pronunciation. as a mater of fact,it is poetic.

  It is common that I found them made mistakes as this.
  they know nothing about international phonetic system,and they never need to look english words on dictionary,furthmore,they learn anything through english.

  broccoli
  cabbage
  purple cabbage
  onion
  green beans; frozen beans
  green peas
  black pepper
  olive oil
  salad dressing ; salad sauce ; mayonnaise
  Thousand Island dressing

  viniger;
  soy sauce
  sovereign
  manarch
  nonconformis

  intussusception: invagination
  anteroposterior view
  erect
  orthostatic

  compulsive prone position
  compulsive lateral position
  compulsive position

  tabulate venter : board-like belly

  Today,I was forced to discussed cases with two overseas students for a long time,maybe 2 hours in the morning,and at least 2 hours in the afternoon. meanwhile, because I had to dealt with patients,It is a tired day for me .I guss I'll turn in earlier tonight.
  hemoptysis : spit blood
  emptysis

  hematemesis

  expectorate; expctoration
  sputum





  broccoli
  cabbage, purple cabbage
  onion
  green beans, frozen bean

  black pepper
  olive oil
  Salad dressing
  volume
  resume
  volume

  The point of the two words here is it's pronunciation in American English.

  keep reading for 3 hours from now on.
  Today,in the daytime,I got some software in appstore,such as Dorland's medical dictionary,All in 1 music player,clical medicine,Longman dictionary with voice,and so forth.
  In my opion, It's very useful for my learning English.
  @甲午战争马甲 2012-02-14 22:08:21
  frozen bean是什么豆子?
  -----------------------------
  Frozen bean: It's the bean that be fronzen to keep it fresh.Such as sometimes I throw it into refrigerator.You can search it through yahoo.com for its picture.
  atheism
  asheist

  Yestoday in the midnight,one of my students told me that he is a asheist,and he belong to hindu,but he don't believe it .

  thoracostomy
  In the last evening,I have showed thoracostomy for my two students.
  So I known this word.
  @jxjx2012 2012-02-15 15:00:23
  留印关注中。。。。。
  -----------------------------
  I receiveed your letter,and if you have any question please let me know,and thank your for your attention.
  The success of Adele

  Today in the evening,I found the news about British soul singer Adele that she got Grammy Awards in US.

  I recalled the time when I first heard the girl's song--Someone Like You,It was just like that I never got a song sounded like it,It was so touching that I couldn't help but bubbled into my tears,At that time I said to my friend that it was a great song,and next ,I found in China,some net friends called the

  girl "a dai 阿呆",the girl is short and chubby,therefore,many persons just thought that she was a funny girl.

  The news I got today have had approved that I had a correct feeling for the girl,and she will be a great singer in English world.

  For this reason,I am writing this essay in honour of the girl ,the song and my sentiment for it.
  There are several methods to express the tears flow from my eyes as a streams of spring.

  bubble into tears
  tears well up in my eyes
  The tears run like a bubbling spring
  a stream of tears
  The tears flow in streams
  One's tears gushed forth in floods
  Tears gush out like a spring
  the fountain of one's tears gushed forth
  This is the lyric of the song Someone Like You.

  Someone Like You

  I heard that you're settled down
  That you found a girl and you're married now
  I heard that your dreams came ture
  Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.

  Old friend,why are you so shy?
  Ain't like you to hold back
  or hide from the light.
  I hate to turn up out of the blue uinvited.

  But I couldn't stay away,I couldn't fight it.
  I had hoped you'd see my face
  And that you'd be reminded that for me
  it isn't over.

  Never mind,I'll find someone like you.
  I wish nothing but the best for you,too.
  Don't forget me,I beg.
  I remember you said
  "Sometimes it lasts in love
  but sometimes it hurts instead"
  Sometimes it lasts in love
  but sometimes it hurts instead,yeah.

  You know how the time flies
  Only yesterday was the time of our lives.
  We were horn and raised in a summer haze,
  bound by the surprise of our glory days.

  I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited.
  But I couldn't stay away,I couldn't fight it .
  I had hoped you'd see my face
  and that you'd be reminded that for me
  it isn't over.

  Never mind,I'll find someone like you.
  I wish nothing but the best for you,too.
  Don't forget me,I beg.
  I remember you said
  "sometimes it last in love
  but sometimes it hurts instead"

  Nothing compares
  No warries or cares
  regrets and mistakes,they're memories made
  Who would have known how bittersweet
  this would taste?

  Never mind,I'll find someone like you.
  I wish nothing but the best for you.
  Don't forget me,I beg.
  I remember you said
  "sometimes it lasts in love
  but sometimes it hurts instead"

  Never mind,I'll find someone like you.
  I wish nothing but the best for you,too.
  Don't forget me,I beg.
  I remember you said
  "sometimes it lasts in love
  but sometimes it hurts instead"

  Sometimes it lasts in love
  but somtimes it hurts instead,yeah.

  I got some methods for the meaning "as the years gone by",such as
  with time
  with time gone
  with time passing
  with time passing by
  with time past
  over time

  for example:
  If he really loves you,he won't be too concerned about your appearance,because appearance with time passing become aged,the only constant beauty will always the virtuous heart!
  Go on !I HAVE LEARNED for 4 hours today.
  7 hours for today,YESTODAY ,I HAVE TO CONTINUE MY DRIVING LESSONS,SO HAVE TO PRATICE LISTENING CONPREHENSION.
  BE LIKELY TO; BE QUITE PROBABLY TO
  IN ALL PROBABILITY
  STAND A GOOD CHANCE T

  BE LESS LIKELY TO


  MOST OF ;
  IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF
  THE BULK OF; THE MAJORITY OF


  lowercase letter and CAPITA LETTER
  It is a longday for me,I finished my driving lesson in the afternoon,and kept listening to english for several hours,and chatted with a young girl for 1 hour.
  I received my revised inviting letter from US.
  The next two days are my working time,I need to have a rest earlier today.
  roughly

  approximately

  @甲午战争马甲 2012-02-19 22:28:07
  下夜班,同事请假一个人做两份工作,第二天补过生日请大家吃饭,本来以为无法兑现承诺因为实在太累了。
  但不能食言,好在有两个朋友为你分忧逗你开心真的很让人放松,缓解疲惫。
  收到意外的礼物。总之,值了。
  -----------------------------
  Happy birthday.

  I has been preparing my paperworks today for two hours tonight,and had been talking to overseas students for 2 hours in the afternoon.I hadn't specific time for listening practice today.
  It is such a long day for me,I feel like sleeping now.
  Yestoday,I wrote some certificates about my employment and financial surpport,and asked a Indian student to help me to make it idiomatical.And today I still have had to modified it according to my home deparment.So I have to send it to American professor for comfirmation.

  I took two days to write my certificates and letter to U.S.
  I gotta have a supper now.See you later!
  Today,It is a long day for me.
  In the morning I have a good night's sleep,next I woke up and was busing preparing for my Health Security for U.S.A. untill noon.Then I got my Curriculum Vitae done and printed it.
  It is 6 o'clock when I had supper.Now I am get down to my documents for UPENN.
  Tommorrow,I plan to get up at 5:30 A.M.for my driving lesson.
  It is a foggy day today.
  In the morning the road was hardly be seen in the dense fog.When I have been driving for 2 hours heavy rain began.So the driving coach could not help but to stopped my driving lessons.
  In the afternoon I sent my paperworks for UPNN to American professor.
  I decide to reading books now.
  cannot help but do
  cannot help but to do

  cannot help doing
  cannot help but do
  cannot help but doing


  somebody can’t help (doing) something ( also somebody can’t help but do something ) used to say that someone is unable to change their behaviour or feelings, or to prevent themselves from doing something :

  She couldn’t help it if she was being irrational.
  ‘Stop biting your nails.’ ‘I can’t help it .’
  I can’t help the way I feel about you.
  Lee could not help but agree with her.
  somebody can’t help feeling/thinking/wondering etc something
  I can’t help feeling that there has been a mistake.
  I couldn’t help thinking about the past.


  I couldn’t help myself
  she couldn’t help herself etc

  to be unable to stop yourself from doing something you should not do :

  She knew she sounded just like her mother but she couldn’t help herself.
  cannot help (doing) something: have to
  cannot help but do something
  somebody can’t help (doing) something ( also somebody can’t help but do something ) used to say that someone is unable to change their behaviour or feelings, or to prevent themselves from doing something :

  I cannot help but tell the truth.
  I cannot help but tell her truth.
  The boss was busy. I cannot help but wait.
  I cannot help but feel and think American.
  Hearing the joke, you cannot help but laugh.
  I cannot help but often think of my parents.
  She cannot help but weep at the painful news.

  I cannot help but to blush and continue my work.
  When it rains, you cannot help but get your shoes wet.
  They cannot help but be grieved by the death of a friend.
  When the country calls you for help, you cannot help but go.

  I cannot help but admire your courage,strength and competence.

  In the face of calamity and death, people cannot help but ask "Why".
  We cannot help but feeling apprehensive for the safety of the hostages.

  Whenever I enter into a forest, I cannot help but wonder about the miracle of Mother Nature.




  She couldn’t help it if she was being irrational.
  ‘Stop biting your nails.’ ‘I can’t help it .’
  I can’t help the way I feel about you.
  Lee could not help but agree with her.

  somebody can’t help feeling/thinking/wondering etc something

  I can’t help feeling that there has been a mistake.
  I couldn’t help thinking about the past.


  I couldn’t help myself
  she couldn’t help herself etc
  to be unable to stop yourself from doing something you should not do :

  She knew she sounded just like her mother but she couldn’t help herself.
  @甲午战争马甲 2012-02-24 15:45:20
  There was a light rain falling yesterday.
  During the nightshift I finished the 1st and 2nd charpter of the book class by paul, and skimmed a piece of paper about America History(One).
  14:00 I wo.....
  -----------------------------
  It is raining all day today,the wether is humid and cold.I was teaching two overseas students in the afternoon ,and they are friendly and are fond of my teaching.But the deputy derector in this department is very unhappy about this,becuase not only I can speak english but also I can speak very fluently,so one part of colleagues dislike it,maybe they think I gain exra advantages through unfair meanings,maybe they think I learn English from teaching overseas students.............

  After all, I will leave China two months later,of cause the deputy director know nothing about this.In my opion, it is just human nature of Chinese in mainland.Therefore, I decide stop my teaching activities since tomorrow,and just shower my attention on listening comprehension in the next two month.

  It is very happy when I made the overseas students burst into laughter with a joke.
  @甲午战争马甲 2012-02-25 18:09:31
  Congretulations~ really!
  and I found another part-time job which is also very easy and same time I can read freely.
  Everything goes well and I will make a summary once a week.
  -----------------------------
  Great!Perseverance means Victory!
  Insisted that Victory!

  Edison invented a light bulb, approximately more than 2000 kinds of test materials, so the test numerous times, each time waiting for him to fail only. With he "insisted that victory" the first time the idea of failure and combat. But these setbacks did not become incandescent Edison invented the final obstacle to success. Every time he learned to accept and continue to collect materials, and ultimately invented a light bulb. Edison's success and where is that. He kept a goal to work hard and long-term adherence. We should learn from his spirit of perseverance.
  either or; either........or

  Come either today or tomorrow please.

  A person was either dead or alive.

  During my time off, I'd either read or see movies.

  ______"time off" a time period when you are not required to work.

  That change can be either positive or negative.

  Students can use either or both of the two routes.

  As to that match,either you or he was the winner.


  A poker face never shows any emotion,never expresses either good or bad feelings.

  At different times,the effects of lupus can be either mild or serious.

  Happiness is not a binary either-or,zero-one--either I'm happy or I'm unhappy.

  No,pretty much things are either reversible or irreversible.

  Scientists are also working other plants that either use less water or use it better,or both.

  It says there is not enough evidence to decide about either digital mammography or magnetic resonance imaging instead of traditional film mammography.
  Yestoday,I stoped my teaching for foreign students,just have had kept listening to VOA and English stories for many hours.
  I found that the number of my tapehours increased fastly.It closes to 100 hours from last time when I refresh my idailypro.That is great!

  From now on,I gotta read my professional books.
  @中华之涯 2012-02-27 22:43:50
  楼主被你打击了,本以为自己学英语还比较努力了,跟你比起来什么都不是了,哈哈,学到了挺多的,有机会找楼主练下口语哈,

  -----------------------------
  It is a tough choice for me to go abroad,I have no choice but to learn English per day.
  Buddy.Let's carry on learning English per day no matter how many difficulties we have to face.And strive! Come along!
  致所有想和我一起练英语口语的朋友
  亲爱的朋友:
  您好!
  由于不能确定您是否听懂了我的话,我想用汉语在这里重复下我的建议。由于过去见过不少痛下决心要学英语的美女,帅哥,最终不能坚持而放弃。 所以我建议:
  1、你是否想清楚了,你是不是要学英语,如果是,请付出三到五千小时再说,学多久,进步多快,取决于你每日的学时。看清楚,是学时__以小时计。 其中听力2000小时,口语1000小时。
  2. 请您想好,是否决心学习英语,因为你将为之付出的心血足以拿下一个硕士文凭,摆地摊也可以赚不少钱,所以,作为一个负责人的人,我先劝你不要选择学英语。我个人认为一个负责人的老师应该首先劝学生不要学习英语,然后再学习者一再明确要学得情况下全力帮助才是。

  3.您决定要学习英语了,那么如果您已经通过大学六级、专业八级,我个人认为您还需要3000到5000小时不等的学时,可以说一口流畅至极但是不咋地道的英语,写作能力以后再说。可以进步多快,取决于你每天可以学习多久,与你的聪慧、天分、美貌无关。
  4、您如果确实决心学到底,也打算和我聊天20小时以上——看清楚,这是不容易的,即使你的男友也很难每天不停和你说上两小时以上,这是很累的活,要没话找话,要准备话题的。

  5、每次聊天前后需要付出各一小时来准备和回顾。每天听力训练绝不可以少于3小时!
  6、同时找个正规的付费的中教每周教你三次左右,一次30-60分钟,和我说过的再和他说,和她说过的再给我说,和我们说过的将来再和其他人重复。。。。。。。。。。。必要而重要的理念————重复!也就是说你每周要和我聊三次左右,再和自己的老师聊三次左右。务必!!!而且话很少的钱,可以得到一个活闹钟提醒你学习,太超值了!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7、三个月后你的口语将很不同,具体到什么地步还取决于你的听力练习强度,每天如果可以听英语6-8小时最好!尽可能多听,听到的故事讲给我和你的老师听,我们再一起讨论。半年后最好找个英国或者美国老师从ABC........二十六个字母开始教你发音,同时学习当地文化、地理、历史。

  8、不是我说话难听,如果您是位美女——一般找我聊天的都是声音美妙的美女,英专女生占多数。随着教育水平的提高,未来二十年,女人的地位将直线提高,尤其在亚洲(中国、印度),欧洲已经改变了,所以你的婚姻很难稳定,不要说男友,所以是否成为剩女、离异都是未知数,学些东西更重要。

  9、如果您最后依然要找我练习口语,我乐意帮你,但先声明我对您的个人生活、性别、性取向、经济、政治态度不愿做任何刺探,除非你主动告诉我,我绝对不会问你,甚至隐私问题强烈建议你不要告诉我,也希望您不要多问我这些东西。

  10、你如果可以坚持口语训练半年以上,或者半年后你可以说一口简单至极、流畅至极而不咋地道的口语了,我会默认你是一个可以把英语学习坚持终身的人,而且当涉及英语时,你会和大多数人反应不同。而当你大学毕业十年后再回首,会发现本科班上的同学,99%这辈子都是白学英语了。。。。。。。。

  11、取一个地道的英语名字,便于我称呼你,也便于以后的老外称呼你。

  12、最后的要求(很重要):
  每天上午发短信给我预约练习时间,你有工作、我也有,可能比你更忙,预约是对彼此负责,同时我希望你可以预先付我二十次聊天的费用,一百元,每次五元,满二十次后我全额退还(希望你有淘宝账户完成这笔交易),不满二十次我在出国前退还给你,我是一个认真而真诚的人,见过太多在我面前发誓要学习、要坚持的(绝大多数是年轻美女,多半是英专毕业的),结果这些人没有毅力坚持,并在我面前说没有学习环境云云,其实我也没有学习环境。所以我有这个要求,希望您理解并配合。

  希望我们成为好朋友!

  Benjamin
  Feb 28,2012
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