范文句型分析:
1. There are many advantages to learning English.
学英语有许多好处
解说:
advantage n.益处，优点(可数);利益(不可数)
disadvantage n.缺点，坏处
take advantage of… 利用……
*本文的to为介同，表示“针对”之意，故其后须接动名词。
例:There are both advantages and disadvantages to having coeducational schools.
男女合校有优点也有缺点。
If you are too kind, people will take advantage of you.
如果你人太好，别人就会占你的便宜——人善被人欺。
2. English is an international language.
英语是国际语言
解说:
international a，国际(上)的
an international language 国际语言，世界语言
=a universal language
*universal a.全世界的
例:Television provides universal entertainment.
电视提供全球性的娱乐。
3. If you can speak it. you'll have little difficulty traveling anywhere.
如果你会说英语.那么你到任何地方去都不会有什么困难.
解说:
have difficulty+V-ing 从事……有困难
4. And if you can read it, you can acquire firsthand information about what is going on in the world.
而且如果你会读英语的话，那么你对世界上所发生的事可随时获得第一手的资料。
a. acquire vt.获得
例:After working as an editor for two years, Larry has acquired great writing skills.
拉里当了两年编辑后，获得了高超的写作技巧。
b. firsthand a.第一手的
secondhand a.(第)二手的;旧的，用过的
例:Reporters have firsthand information on what's happening around the world.
记者对世界土所发生的事都有第一手的资料。
c. information n.资料;信息
注意:
information为不可数名词，故表示“一项资料”、“一则信息”时，须说“a piece of information"，而不可说“an information”。
d. be going on(事情)发生
＝be happening
例:Why is everybody so depressed? What's going on?
为什么每个人都这么沮丧？发生什么事了?
5. Mastering English, however, can't be done overnight.
然而精通英语却不是一朝一夕就可办到的。
解说:
a. master vt.精通，熟练
例:It took Ray ten years to master tai chi chuan.
雷花了10年时间才精通了太极拳。
b. overnight adv.一夜之间
6. Mastering English takes time and patience.
-It takes time and patience.
这需要时间和耐心
解说:
a. It takes+条件+(to V) (做……)需要……条件
例:It takes courage to go skydiving.
玩高空跳伞需要勇气。
b. patience n.耐心，耐性
patient a.有耐心/性的
be patient with sb 对某人有耐心
例:Patience is what my father doesn't have.
耐心是我父亲所没有的。
Teachers must be patient with the slower students.
老师应该耐心地去对待较迟钝的学生。
7. To begin with, you should get yourself a good dictionary.
首先，你必须给自己找一本好词典。
解说:
to begin with 首先
=in the first place
=first(of all)
*以上均为独立副词(短语);使用时，常置于句首，之后加逗号再接主句
例:First of all, never swim immediately after a meal.
首先，绝不可在吃饱饭后马上就游泳。
8. Consult it when encountering a word you don't understand.
遇到你不懂的单词时就要查词典。
解说：
a. consult vt.查阅;请教
consult a/the dictionary 查词典
*表示.‘查单词”时，应使用look up。
look up the word in the dictionary 在词典里查单词
例:I consult my elder brother whenever I'm in a dilemma.
每次我进退两难时就会去请教我大哥
The teacher told the students to look up the new words in the dictionary.
老师要学生用词典查那些单词。
b. encounter vt.遭遇;碰见
例:Whenever the secretary encounters a problem, she's quick to blame others.
每次那位秘书遇到问题就会马上责怪别人。
I encountered a strange-looking man on my way to work.
我在土班的途中碰到了一名长相奇特的男子。
9. Any reading material is fine, but make sure you study for at least two hours every day.
任何的阅读材料都可以，但是务必要做到每天至少读两个小时的书。
解说:
a. material n.材料;资料
例:This material feels like silk.
这种材料摸起来像丝绸一样。
b. make sure + (that) 从句确定/务必……
*使用“make sure+(that)从句”时，that从句须使用一般现在时或现在完成时
例:Make sure that you come home before midnight.
务必要在午夜前回家。
Make sure you have done your homework before going out to play.
在你出去玩之前，务必要把功课做完。
c. at least 至少
例:I didn't score very high on the test，but at least I passed.
虽然我考试没有得高分，但至少我及格了。
10.Keep in mind that there are no shortcuts to learning English.
切记学英语是没有捷径的。
解说:
a. keep in mind + that从句牢/切记……
keep sth in mind牢/切记某物
例:Keep in mind that opportunity seldom knocks twice.
切记机会错过很少会再来的。
Keep the traffic rules in mind when driving.
开车时要切记交通规则。
b. shortcut n.捷径，近路(与介词to连用)
例:Basically，there's no shortcut to learning anything
基本上，学任何东西都没有捷径。
11.It takes a lot of hard work. but the reward is well worth the effort.
这需要下很多功夫，但就其获益而言，这样的努力是非常值得的。
解说:
a. reward n，报酬&vt.报答;奖赏
in reward for…为酬谢……;作为……的奖赏
=as a reward for…
reward sb with sth 以某物奖赏某人
例:Kelly got a thousand NT as a reward for doing the housework.
凯莉做家务获得1000元新台币的酬劳。
The master rewarded the dog with a bone.
那个主人用一根骨头奖赏他的狗。
b. effort n.努力
make an effort to V 努力/奋力……
in an effort to V 努力/奋力去……
例:Stan made an effort to be polite to his in-laws.
斯坦很努力地对他的岳父母大人表现礼貌。
In an effort to save the drowning boy, Stan almost drowned himself.
斯坦在奋力拯救那个溺水的男孩时自己差点淹死。