Decrypt English Thinking

Decrypt English Thinking

Stalin said:"Language is directly associated with thinking. It records the results of people's thinking activities, situational awareness activities, words, and sentences composed of words to consolidate them, this makes ideological exchanges in human society possible." Indeed, without thinking, there is no language, and words are used to form different sentences to express different meanings. It is exactly what thinking is at work. Since language and thinking are closely related, it is particularly important to train English thinking in English teaching.

I always think that correct thinking is the first step for us to enjoy English.

1 misunderstandings of Chinese in English Learning

In real life, many English learners find that sometimes they cannot express their thoughts or understand others' emotions well in the communication process, and may make a lot of jokes.Chinglish ).

Error CasesA: One translation by literal meaning

For example:"Study hard, every day ." Some translate into: "Good good study, day up ."

Like our idioms:If you translate it into horse, Tiger tiger ."

AndPeople Mountain and people sea.

Error CasesB: Do not understand the English culture background

Sentence:Tom was the first man to eat crabs. He made major changes to our company.

English translation of errors:Tom is the first person to eat the crab of making a great revolution for our company.

Explanation: Chinese"The first person who eats crabs" refers to a person who dares to take risks. If he wants to express the idea of "adventurous person" in English, he has another story: A long time ago, there was a tomato land where no one knew what the tomato was, and one of them tried to eat it. So the adventurous man translated it as "first person to try tomato ".

Error CasesC: single and non-functional language

Many of us always recite some sentences written by foreigners, instead of defining something or an object in our own language. When I was chatting with a foreigner, the foreigner said a word."Airplane", I don't know what it means. I asked him, "What is airplane ?" The answers from foreigners are lively and vivid: a big metal bird flying in the sky. although the language is a little exaggerated, I will understand that a big metal bird flying in the sky must be a plane.

I remember that when I was a beginner in English, I always wrote some nonfunctional sentences. Once, a foreigner greeted me:"Morning, Victor, how are you ?" In addition to "I am fine, thank you, and you ?" Besides, I don't know what else to say. In a hurry, I immediately said the useless sentence I had memorized: "This is a tree. "the foreigner was so sad that he thought," come on, I wasn' t born yesterday. Don't I know that it's a tree? It's not my mental illness, it's my mental illness."

2. 3-step English Thinking

A. Logical diagram of Chinese and American thinking

When Chinese people learn English, they are always not authentic. What is the problem? We didn't think about it in English. Next we will show you the true meaning of English thinking:

The line chart of Chinese when speaking Chinese:

 

Our Chinese people's thinking logic often puts the most important ideas in one sentence at the end. correct English thinking is to put the most important ideas in one sentence at the beginning, for example:

[The line in the figure represents a sentence, and the circle represents the most important idea in the sentence]

There are two different ways of thinking: In xiaohongjia, her father told us a story.

So let's analyze this sentence. What is the most important idea in this sentence? The most important idea should be that her father tells us a story, so according to the correct English logic, we should put the most important thing in a sentence at the beginning:Xiao Hong matrix father told us a story at her home.

Many of usTrouble often uses the Chinese logic to organize the language, so we have such a sentence: At Xiaohong's home, her father told us a story.

B. The important idea goes first.

In our short oral communication, we advocate the following principles:The simpler the "the simpler, the better", the better. That is, express your delicate feelings in the simplest language.

When foreigners express their simple ideas, they put the most important ideas in front and the modified part in the back.

For example, when I say hello to a foreign colleague in the United States, I say:Tom, where are you going for lunch? His answer is very simple. He said: "someplace good." Students should note that "someplace" is the main part, and "good" is the modification part, which is placed behind it.

Well, now the students should have a better understanding of the logic above, so I will hear foreigners ask you later."Where are you going for lunch/supper/breakfast ?" What should you do if you want to answer a cheaper question? Yes, it should be "someplace cheap ."

Chinese students often have such wrong sentences when speaking English. For example, today I want to tell you many interesting things. Some Chinese students will turn:I am going to tell you a lot of interesting stories.

The logic of thinking in English should be translated:I am gonna tell you lots of things interesting. Here we first talk about the main things, and then put the modified part "interesting" behind.

C. Super oral EnglishCompositionLogical Structure

Students, if you want to make your English better, You must immerse yourself in the ocean of English and try your best to contact English, in this way, your English can be improved.

Here, I will give you a logical structure. When students practice their oral compositions, they can help you!

The classic logical structure of the oral composition:

1. Wonderful pioneer

2. Interact the sentences englishly

3. Make the end memorable

Next I will explain how to use the classic logical structure:

First, let's setTopic: I love the girl

The1 trickUse ourWonderful pioneer

There is a proverb in our English:"Well begun, half done. "A good start is half the success, so the 1st gun must start. to make full use of your imagination and the flexibility of English, say:" She is simply an angel in my heart. I cocould hardly stop missing her every night."

The2 tipsInteract the sentences englishly

Use the correct English logic to associate all sentences with a causal relationship.

We have just given a central ideology sentence, so what we need to do is to refine this central ideology sentence, so we assume thatSentences A, B, and C are refined.

Let's take a look.Relationship between A, B, and C: B and B exist because of A. C and C exist because of B. After understanding the logic, we can do this:

A. She is my living mate and lives not far away from my home, so I got plenty of time of being with her.

B. We always talk without hiding anything, and she is always there when I need her.

C. Both of us fall in love deeply, and I feel we are mad for each other.

Let's look at the above three sentences:

A: because we are at the same table and our neighbors, we have a lot of time to spend together. Then, we have had a lot of communication and finally become friends who have nothing to talk about; c: because of our close relationship, we need each other very much, so we love each other deeply.

The thinking in English is very logical and shows a causal relationship.

The3 strokesIt makes your end attractive and appealing.Enjoyable

We already have a good start and a logical content, so our end will be wonderful. In general, we pay attention to the first and last echo in the English logic, that is to say, it is often an articleArticleThe central idea of is always hidden in the start and end sentences. At the end, we should echo the main idea with the central idea and express the highlights.

The central idea of this article is:"I love the girl", so the general colleagues will have this expression: I do love her. I do love her to enhance my feelings with do. This expression is good, but not good enough.

Here are my sentences for your appreciation:She covers each inch of my heart.

Such a sentence not only expresses the central idea, but also makes the language very vivid and tasteful.The 100 sentence "I love you" is much better.

In this way, we have completed an oral essay. I am here to provide you with an example. I hope you can get something you need, make full use of your imagination to upgrade your spoken language to the highest point.

3. Appreciation of American humorous thinking

I have prepared some modern American humor for the students here. The students can make a sketch and feel theirFunny thinking.

Selection of American phone messages

Chinese homes do not commonly use phone recorders (Answering machine), but in North America, almost all families use it. When a foreign phone is called, if the phone number owner is not there, the caller will receive a message called answer. The vast majority of answer are the same: it indicates that the master is not there. Please leave a brief message and name and phone number for the caller.

1) my wife and I can't come to the phone right now, but if you're all leave your name and number, we'll get back to you as soon as we're finished.

2) Hi, this is John. if you are the phone company, I 've already sent the money. if you are my parents, please send money. if you are my financial aid institution, you didn't lend me enough money. if you are my friends, you owe me money. if you are a female, don't worry, I have plenty of money.

3) Hi, I'm not home right now but my answering machine is, so you can talk to it instead. wait for the beep (Beep: After the host's answer finishes speaking, the answering machine will make a beep. At this time, the caller can start to leave a message .)

[Note: Generally, it is not natural for the phone caller to talk to the recordings. Therefore, the language is usually very short and three or two sentences are enough. The answer to the message is terrible. I cannot hear who the message owner is and what he has said. For non-English speaker, this feeling is deeper. Therefore, the following two humorous paragraphs will first tell the caller, myAnswering machine is not easy to use. You can take it slowly .]

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At the end of this section, I will give you one of my favorite poems."Why I love you ". I have considered English as a kind of beauty, so the "you" here can also refer to English. I hope you can also enjoy its beauty as well as me. Of course, our Chinese is more beautiful. After learning English well, we spread our most beautiful Chinese to the world! Students can follow me to make your mouth move again. Practice makes perfect!

Why I love you

Every time I think about you,

I'm reminded of the reasons why I love you from the depth of my heart and soul.

And I wonder what I 'd do without you,

Without your healing smile,

Your words of faith,

The caring and sensitive way you touch me,

Lifting me just when I need it most.

Without you,

What wocould I have?

What wocould I be?

I can't imagine existing in a world where someone doesn't love me the way you do.

You're the only one who ever understood me and accepted me for who I am.

And I think you're nothing short of amazing.

Your love always has been and always will be,

Life's greatest gift to me!

SOUL: N. Soul and soul

Healing smile: a pleasant smile

Sensitive: adj. Sensitive and sensitive

Exist: vi. survival and existence

Amazing: adj. Amazing and surprising