The way to pick up new vocab by reading news
Recently, I find out a new way to improve my vocab. It is reading news on internet. It is a cut way to learn to how to identify the things around you. For instance. I read a news on China's website, such as, www.sohu.com. Basically, if the relate events in the news are important, the relate news must be reported by some foreign websites, such as www.cnn.com. So, I read the news in Chinese firstly. And then read the same news in English on the foreign website. There are no difficulties to understand the concern of the news in English because I have already read it in Chinese. But I benefit to pick up many new vocab without checking dictionary.
For example, I read the news on CCN titled "China: We will be on Mars by the end of 2020". The story is very familiar to Chinese. So, it is easy to understand the concern in the news. I have learned a few vocab as bellow after I finished this news.
1. The big telescope in Gui Zhou named China's giant telescope.
2. The action of flying in space called Space Walk.
3. They also called Mars red planet.
4. The machine they landed on moon called rover.
5. The action to land to moon called moonshot.
6. The missions without man called robotic missions.
7. Space powers.
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Yes, you are right. my goal is to use English in daily conversation. I improve my daily Speaking ability by practicing conversations. But sometimes,I find It is difficult to discuss some issue in details when I have less vocabulary. For example, when I practiced yoga. it was difficult for me to discuss the action exactly because I have less vocabulary. On the other hand, I noticed that I ignore so many objects around me when I try to use English. So, I always try to identity everything in English no matter what it is. When I walked into the book store, I try to name different types of books. When I bought a book, I imagine how to tell with the cashier. Also I try to name the different parts of the cash machine, such like that.
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Many people study television news programs to improve spoken English. Your listening skills will improve, but your speaking abilities will stay the same. Ask if studying news will help you speak English in a normal setting. If you practice saying, "In Iraq today, 200 US troops have evacuated the perimeter near Baghdad due to constant surprise attacks by the remaining rebels", will it really help you speak to a regular English speaking person. Wouldn't you rather learn how to say something that will be used in daily conversation?
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