1. What English Really Is
---A Self-Study Guide for Chinese Students on Mastering English
Zlibrary评分 5.0/5.0
一本针对中国学生写的英语学习类书籍，作者是一位有40年教学经验的美国老师，总结了中国学生经常犯的错误，例如，中式思维导致的错误表达和语法问题。
观点醍醐灌顶，让人茅塞顿开。
I strongly feel that over-stressing vocabulary is fundamentally a false premise, a major misconception about learning English. Why, you may well ask? Because vocabulary doesn’t provides you with a foundation on which to build, on which to grow. (If vocabulary, were all-important, students would only have to memorize the dictionary to speak English. But this, of course, is not true!). Chinese students, more than anything else, need to master the fundamental grammatical structures of English, structures that DO NOT EXIST IN CHINESE, BUT ARE CRUCIAL TO ACCURATE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH.
如果单词极其重要，那学生只需要背诵字典就能学会英语。
我一直都不赞同机械记忆单词。语言最重要的在于输出，即口语和写作，这些都依赖于语言的逻辑，也就是基础语法，来给语言搭建框架。
It is important for us to keep in mind that mastering English requires constant, regular practice, not mindless repetitions, but-thoughtful-practice. This involves integrating all your learning. In other words, it’s not a maĴer of having focused on one aspect of English yesterday, only to disregard it today, when focusing on another-new-aspect. All true learning is linked, connected, integrated. NO ASPECT OF LEARNING IS EVER ISOLATED; NO ASPECT OF LEARNING STANDS ALONE
语言掌握靠的是持续、稳定的练习，不是无意识的练习，而是有意识的练习！
拿出单词书，对着第一个单词abandon念10遍，就算念上100遍也会忘。因为这些都是无意识练习，脱离了具体语境的机械记忆。
听说读写都是联系在一起的，阅读的积累促进写作，听力输入有助于口语输出；咱们平时学中文的时候，是在一个具体的语境当中，比如刷视频或者看文章，频繁接触到了一个新表达“冰墩墩”，下次和朋友聊天的时候，自然而然就用上了。
2.Taking Sides 立场 辩证思维训练
豆瓣评分 9.2/10.0
这套书是我打国际英语辩论赛的朋友推荐给我的，当时买的时候只出了第一辑，现在出到第二辑。
它由外研社出版，总共7册，第一辑分为环境篇、社会篇、教育篇、经济篇、科学与社会篇、传媒与社会篇、全球问题篇。每册都有10个章节，针对不同的问题。举个例子，教育篇的目录如下：
Issue 1. Should Schooling Be Based on Social Experiences?
Issue 2. Should the Curriculum Be Standardized for All?
Issue 3. Are Truely Democratic Classrooms Possible?
Issue 4. Has the time Arrrived for Universal Preschool?
Issue 5. Is Privatization the Hope of the Future?
Issue 6. Is the Inclusive Classroom Model Workable?
Issue 7. Can Merit Pay Accelerate School Improvement?
Issue 8. Are Single-Sex Schools and Classes Effective?
Issue 9. Can Zero Tolerance Violate Students Rights?
Issue 10. Do Computers Negatively Affect Student Growth?
这些问题非常经典，相关的文章帮你拓宽思路，积累素材，最重要的是帮你培养逻辑思维，这些不但是一个专业辩手需要的，还是一个苦苦准备雅思写作的小烤鸭所需要的呀！
关于电脑是否对学生产生的消极影响这个问题，书中的观点和表达都特别棒~
In the past two decades, school systems, with generous financial and moral support from foundations and all levels of government, have made massive investments in computer technology and in creating ''wired''schools. The goal is two fold: to provide children with the computer skills necessary to flourish in a high-tech world and to give them access to tools and information that will enhance their learning in subjects like mathematics and history.
平时多多积累观点和素材，思路不通的痛、词不达意的痛、逻辑跳跃的痛，就都不存在了！
3.Word Power Made Easy
豆瓣评分 9.5/10.0
这不是一本用来阅读的书，而是用来练习的读。拿起笔，大声读，开始练习。
Don't read this book!
Instead, work with it. Write in it, talk aloud to it, talk back to it---use your pen or pencil, your voice, not just your eyes and mind.
英文版的说文解字。分了不同话题和场景讲解单词，比如第三章是性格，第四章是医生，第五章是各类从事者，第六章是科学和科学家，每一章都有10个核心词。
配合练习题，利用词源学原理，充分理解词根和单词之间的联系；配合英文释义连线题，加深对单词的理解和记忆，活学活用~
Word Power Made Easy does more than just add words to your vocabulary. It teaches ideas and a method of broadening knowledge as an integral part of the vocabulary building process.
每个词根讲解得很透彻，运用词源学+典故/故事，把这个词的缘由和背景扒得一清二楚，配合各类练习题，绝对掌握得妥妥的，单词量快速增长，完成质的飞跃！
举个例子~
1. 词根alter- 意为other，来源于拉丁语。
alternate v. 间隔、交替：一个和另一个，就是间隔、交替。
alternative adj. 可替代的：其他的交替的，就是可替代的。
alteration n. 变动：把一个变成另一个，这就叫变动、改动。
2. 词根anti-意为对抗、反抗，来源于拉丁语。
antibiotic n. 抗生素：对抗某种生物（biotic是生物的词根）的东西，就是抗生素。
antibody n. 抗体：反抗的某主体（body），就是抗体。
antiwar n. 抗战
4. Vocabulary Builder
豆瓣评分 9.7/10.0
如果觉得上面那本小白书有点难啃，那可以从这本小绿书开始着手。先小绿后小白，它俩是单词量飞涨的黄金搭档。
Each set of 40 words makes up a unit. Thus, the 30 units in the book discuss in detail a total of 1,200 words. In addition, the brief paragraphs discussing each word include in italics many words closely related to the main words. So mastering a single word (for example, compel) can increase your vocabulary by several words (in this case, compelling, compulsion, and compulsive).
小绿书一共30章，每个章节有40个词汇。每个词汇会引申出变体词、同义词、反义词。它词汇释义匹配的例句，很幽默。读起来很有趣。不知不觉，你就看完了。
当然还配有练习题。同义词或近义词选择题、英文释义选择题、句子填空题（后面两种没截图），花式练习帮助你巩固理解，记忆单词轻松不枯燥。
Some vocabulary builders simply present their words in alphabetical order; some provide little or no discussion of the words and how to use them; and a few even fail to show the kinds of sentences in which the words usually appear. But memorizing a series of random and unrelated things can be difficult and time-consuming. The fact is that we tend to remember words easily and naturally when they appear in some meaningful context, when they've been shown to be useful and therefore worth remembering, and when they've been properly explained to us. Knowing precisely how to use a word is just as important as knowing what it means.
在语境当中背单词，而不是拿着单词书背单词。掌握单词的用法和知道单词的意义一样重要。这点和我推荐的第一本书What English Really Is作者的观点是不谋而合的。所谓“英雄所见略同”大抵如此。
The roots in this book are only a fraction of those that exist, but they include almost all the roots that have produced the largest number of common English words. All these roots (sometimes called stems) formed parts of Greek and Latin words. Some are shown in more than one form (for example, CRAC/CRAT), which means that they changed form in the original language, just as buy and bought are forms of the same English word.
英语的词根大部分都来自于希腊语和拉丁语。掌握了这些词根，就掌握了绝大多数的英语单词。这一观点和小白书Word Power Made Easy相似，所以它俩搭配在一起使用，就是珠帘合璧。
举个例子~
词根-vert： to turn or turn around
divert v.改变方向
convert v. 转变
avert v. 防止、避免
revert v. 回到（话题）
5. English Grammar in use
豆瓣评分 9.4/10.0
全球销量第一的语法书
之前我教学生语法的时候用的是这套书，总共分为初级、中级、高级三册，我选的是中级，适合有一定语法基础但掌握不扎实的同学。之所以推荐这本书，有两点原因：
①用生活场景来解释语法知识，比如时态和语态。
当然国内也有不错的语法书，我之前也写文章推荐过。传送链接：如何攻克所谓的长难句
但是从母语者的角度看语法，你会获得一种全新的视角，会豁然开朗，就好比之前我们一直是用刀叉吃中餐，看到这本书就好比是拿到筷子了，爽到爆炸！终于可以大快朵颐了~
之前教书的时候，学生非常不理解一些语法概念，诸如，现在完成时。
虽然我们一直都说，现在完成时指的是动作发生在过去，对现在有影响。但若我们把这种硬邦邦的定义塞给学生，他们始终会疑惑，什么叫做对现在有影响呢？
如果场景化这个概念，就是下面第一幅图所示。现在完成时，就是一个人掉了钥匙 ，并且他现在还没有找到。他现在正在找钥匙且没有找到，这就是发生在过去的事情对现在产生的影响。
那什么是一般过去时呢？
正如下面第二幅图所示，一个人曾经丢了 ，但是他现在找到了。丢钥匙这件事情单纯发生在过去，和现在没有关系。
②例句非常地道，练习配图，利用场景加强理解。
你看一切都一目了然，英语是一门语言，它并没有那么高不可攀。我们要做的就是把它用起来，而不是把它供起来。这个观点印证了前面第一本书所说的“All true learning is linked, connected, integrated.”
阅读的快乐，在于我们可以在书籍中自由穿梭，感受到不同观点的呼应交融，感叹不同时代智者透过纸背穿越历史的呼喊和相惜。我们见证这一切，我们也将传承这一切。历史的车轮滚滚向前，文明周而复始。
【温馨提示】
- 以上书籍都是英文原版，对于零基础小白不是很友好，中高阶选手（备考SAT/托福/雅思/GRE的宝子）可以入手，作为拓展内容。不管现在看不看，先点赞收藏，别到时候要学了找不到呀~
- 不知道电子版去哪里找？传送门在下方：
在哪里可以找到英文原版书下载地址？ - 祝人人有书读！关注Sheryl，查看更多英语学习干货哟~
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