Spoken English Learned Quickly http://www.FreeEnglishNow.com J.3
you cannot figure out the meaning of an expression, you may need to ask an
English speaking person about it.- Identify expressions as you read. Use a special mark to identify all the words
of an expression in the articles.
a. Try substituting other words while using the same expression. Say or write
several sentences using the same expression. For example, you may read a
sentence in a newspaper which says, "Governor Mitchell announced Friday
he will not run for another term, putting to rest months of speculation about
his future intentions." "Putting to rest" is an expression which means
"ending." (The sentence means that the Governor was "ending months of
speculation about his future intentions.") Try writing sentences using the
new expression. Most expressions can be used in different tenses with
different people or things. For example, the expression "to put to rest" can
be used in the present, "I want to put it to rest," in the future, "he will put
his argument to rest," or in the past, "they finally put their rivalry to rest."
b. Many times, English uses forms of words as a type of expression. For
example, you may read a sentence in a newspaper which says, "We're
getting all kinds of calls from people who are panicking and asking what
they can do." This form of expression uses two (or more) words ending in
"...ing" to describe two (or more) actions that the same person is doing at
one time. Substitute other words while using the same form of the
expression. Try writing several different sentences. You might say,
"Parents are taking their children from school and going home." "The
children were finishing their lessons and leaving for lunch." Or, "We were
sitting on the grass, listening to the concert." - For more fluency practice, continue reading the article aloud until you can
read it at the same speed that an English speaker talks. Practice until your
pronunciation sounds like that of an English speaker. - Your purpose is not merely to learn the vocabulary in these articles, but to
learn to speak English correctly. Keep practicing until you can read the article
aloud so that an English-speaking person could clearly understand what you
are saying. - Select other newspaper articles and continue reading aloud while you look for
new vocabulary words. When you find a word in your notebook that you have
already checked ( 3 ), place a second check ( 33 ) by it. Any word in your
notebook with two checks should be memorized as a word you need to know.