暑假到了，吃喝玩乐固然是大多数孩子追求的目标，但是别忘了在这不长不短的假期里也给自己的英语充充电。给大家三个学英文的建议，在寓教于乐的过程中也度过一个有意义的假期。
A 计划：一本英文小说
假期中坚持看完一本英文小说。当然一定要根据自己的水平挑选合适的书刊。比如基础稍差的同学就去书店挑选一本自己感兴趣的有中文对照版本的英文小说，而英文好的同学则直接选择原版小说(自己抽一天时间去逛逛外文书店吧，去挑选一本自己真正感兴趣的书来读)。
英语阅读材料中，最简单的是专业文章，其次是新闻，最难的是小说。我大学花了半年多时间就可以毫不费力地读懂纽约时报，但是直到大学毕业2年才能勉强读完Da Vinci Code(达·芬奇密码)。但是真的读完一本几百页的小说，带来的成就感是读几篇文章难以比拟的。
这里给大家的建议是，在读的过程中一定要有摘抄的习惯。把自己认为用的好的词，短语，甚至句子认真摘抄在笔记本上。并且要经常拿出来复习。这一点上海新东方新概念部的祝晓光老师做得非常完美，他不仅每天坚持看原版书，摘抄，而且还定期把自己的阅读笔记发布在自己的围脖上。
关于摘抄，以前我写过相关的文章。比如我用一个礼拜时间读完了Sophie Kinsella的购物狂系列书。读的过程中摘抄了大量的美词美句，这对我的写作有非常大的提高。
另外 “sex and the city”一书中也有大量的美句，都值得摘抄，比如 ：
1 Women are incredibly smart, they travel, they pay taxes, they'll spend 400 bucks on a pair of Manolo Blahnik strappy sandals
2 I left feeling powerful, potent and incredibly alive- nothing and no one could get in my way
3 Women fall into one of two categories-beautiful and boring, or homely and interesting.
4 tend to have the kind of deluded self-confidence that caused men like Ross Perot to run for president; tend to live an empty, haunted life of stunted adolescence; tend to always order two eggs Benedict and one spinach omelet.
5 What's the feeling of wearing patchouli in a room full of chanel?
6 Being beautiful is like having a rent-controlled apartment overlooking the park, completely unfair and bestowed upon those who deserve it least. But, but beauty is fleeting, while the rent-controlled apartment overlooking the park is forever
7 There are so many damn gorgeous men out there in this city, but after a while, you just want to be with the one who makes you laugh.
8 He was like the flesh and blood equivalent of a DKNY dress
9 They started out casual, a brunch here, a movie there. They decided to pick a time to bump into each other on purpose. He had his big three-looks, manners and
10 Men in their 40's are like the New York Times crossword puzzle, tricky, complicated, and you are never sure you've got the right answer. Just like the new designed drug. when they lay like that, they have the cutest little wrinkles on their neck. Almost uncomfortably handsome
11 I decided the way to break free was to move from one addiction to an even bigger one-shoes. I walked 50 blocks in 200 dollars shoes. I am so broke, i have this little substance abust problem-expensive footwear
12 Where is the line between professional girlfriend and just plain professional?
(关于这些句子我没有给出翻译，因为英文中很多好句只能意会，不能言传，大家读书读得多了，自然会理解其中的奥秘之处，以后自己写文章的`时候就能用得如鱼得水。)
所以，大家在坚持读完一本小说的过程中一定不能忘记摘抄。
B计划：一门英语测试
准备一个国际英语水平测试，比如雅思。尤其有出国打算的孩子。
雅思被称为“全球通行证”，截止到今年，美国有3000多所大学承认雅思成绩，在中国考雅思留学美国愈演愈烈，打破了托福独霸天下的局面，可见雅思在美国受欢迎程度;“雅思” 强调考生不要死记硬背，而是灵活地运用语言，多与生活实际紧密联系，尤其注重说和写。我欣赏雅思的另外一个原因是雅思的题目多是非常有趣的且贴近生活。比如阅读文章你会遇到讲英国文化的，加州红酒的甚至讲婴儿出生过程的文章，读起来寓教于乐。
所以准备考试的过程中一定会让你的英文突飞猛进。
以下给大家一些雅思备考的建议。
词汇：词汇书选购4原则：
1 选看上去不烦的，这本书你不会买回去就丢在家里面再也不看了。
2 必须有mp3，以听代说，词汇有两个方面一个是视觉认知的另一个是听觉的认知，对应的就是阅读和听力，很多同学都有这个经历就是听词的时候觉得好像认识却要想很久才懂，就是听觉认知不够。
3 有音标。
4 有同义词。从长远角度来看，要把背单词养成一种习惯，每天都会抽点时间去背。而不是想到才背。对于考试时间紧的，必须要在短期内，反复多次复习，减少遗忘率。
口语：
1 找partner，可以练习听力和反应，最好是外国人。
2.利用雅思最新真题题库练习。
3.录音，了解自己语法和词汇的问题，并反复操练改正错误。
4.定期上雅思论坛或雅思老师博客了解最新真题变化并练习。
5.平时多看报纸杂志了解时事，为口语话题积累素材。要上7分，语法不能错，能够用复杂句式，结构多变;词汇能够灵活多变。
阅读：
1 读的一个基础是单词量，单词不够的话读书是痛苦不是享受。四级单词是最最最起码的要求。如果基础不错，建议直接看上国外报纸网站看文章，如经济学人、，或者纽约时报，每天不要看多，看一篇就够了。开始碰到生词会很多，感觉很难受，但是一定要坚持，碰到所有不会的单词，都要记下来弄懂。碰到不会的单词怎么办，查韦试辞典的在线版
2 在每天坚持泛读的基础上一定要至少用1个小时做雅思剑桥系列书的阅读题。注意做题过程中要做到以下几点(摘抄文章里生词，并牢记;摘抄
总之，精读和泛读相结合。
写作：
其实写作和阅读是相通的，阅读提高同时写作自然会提高。
1 在平时阅读的过程中，一定要有摘抄的好习惯(你自己写不出来的词，短语，句子等)。
2 每天坚持用30分钟写篇文章，题目可以自定。在写的过程中有意识用到以前摘抄过的表达。
最后，一定要坚持阅读，只有不断的输入，才有高质量的输出。
听力：
1 如果基础比较弱，选择网上有代表性的论坛普特和沪江，从中间随便挑一个网站坚持即可。但是千万不要一个个都听过来。记住，开始阶段100篇文章听一遍，不如一篇文章听100遍。
2 过度期后开始用剑桥雅思系列的书籍开始练习精听。如果觉得特别吃力，在前期每篇文章听10遍，再看原文，弄清楚每个单词的意思，看完以后再听10遍以上。或者做听写训练。
3 注意精听为主泛听为辅。泛听可以去找talkshow来听，譬如Saturday Night，在优酷或者土豆上都有。或者美国总统演讲，或TED(爱看英文演讲的同学应该对TED不陌生，每年的TED大会和环球会议汇聚了全世界科技、文学、设计、艺术等领域的杰出人物进行演讲)。优酷上就有TED专区。有iphone的同学也可以直接下载app 。
这样坚持3个月，以后看美剧大部分时间不需要看字幕。
英语学习最好不要间断，听说读写都如此。单词每天都要复习，阅读真题每天一篇，口语每天一个真题话题，口语每天要保证半小时的口语练习时间。
C计划：至少看完IMDB里的20部英文电影，当然是越多越好
IMDB——为了好记，我上课经常开玩笑说全称是I Am Da Bian - “我是大便”。其实是 Internet Movie Data Base的简称，这是目前全球互联网中最大的一个电影
1. 肖申克的救赎(1994)
2. 教父(1972)
3.教父II (1974)
4. 黄金三镖客 (1966)
5. 低俗小说 (1994)
6.玩具总动员3(2010)
7.辛德勒的名单(1993)
8. 十二怒汉 (1957)
9. 飞越疯人院(1975)
10.星球大战Ⅴ：帝国反击战(1980)
11. 蝙蝠侠前传2：黑暗骑士(2008)
12. 指环王：王者归来(2003)
13. 星球大战第四集:新希望(1977)
14.七武士(1954)
15.卡萨布兰卡 (1942)
16.盗亦有道(1990)
17.搏击俱乐部 (1999)
18.无主之城(2002)
19.指环王：护戒使者(2001)
20. 夺宝奇兵：法柜奇兵(1981)
All right, everyone! This... is a stickup! Don't anybody move! 大家注意 这是抢劫 通通都不准动
Now, empty that safe!掏空保险箱
Ooh-hoo-hoo! Money, money, money!钱钱钱
Stop it! Stop it, you mean, old potato! 住手 住手 可恶的蛋头
Quiet, Bo Peep, or your sheep get run over!闭嘴宝贝 否则你的羊会遭殃
Help! Baa! Help us! 救命 救命啊
Oh, no, not my sheep! Somebody do something!别伤害我的羊 谁来帮帮忙啊
Reach for the sky! 飞向天空
Oh, no! Sheriff Woody!不 是胡迪警长
I'm here to stop you, One-Eyed Bart.我是来阻止你的` 独眼蛋头
Doh! How'd you know it was me?你怎么知道是我啊
Are you gonna come quietly?快跟我走吧
You can't touch me, Sheriff!你休想 警长
I brought my attack dog with the built-in force field我带了我那只 凶狠的斗犬来了
Well, I brought my dinosaur who eats force-field dogs. 我带了我的恐龙 它专门吃凶狠的斗犬
Yipe, yipe, yipe, yipe! -呀
You're going to jail, Bart! Say good-bye to the wife and later tots. 你要去坐牢了 蛋头 跟你老婆小孩说再见吧
You saved the day again, Woody你又拯救了危机 胡迪
You're my favorite deputy. 你是我最喜欢的副警长
You've got a friend in me片名:玩具总动员 "我是你好朋友"
You've got a friend in me你什么也别愁"
Come on, let's wrangle up the cattle.来 我们来抓牛
When the road looks rough ahead道路坎坷困难多"
And you're miles and miles from your nice, warm bed要十万八千里才到家门口"
Just remember what your old pal said牛仔 把他们围起来 "你只要想起我在你左右"
Boy, you've got a friend in me "我是你好朋友"
-Yee-haw! - Yeah, you've got a friend in me "哦对 我是你好朋友"
Hey, cowboy!嗨 牛仔
"有些人比我能干比我强"Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am
"身体健壮走起路雄赳赳" Big and stronger too
来吧 胡迪-Come on, Woody. Maybe
"也许没有人 能像我这样爱护你" But none of them will ever love you the way I do
"对你是毫无保留" It's me and you, boy
"多少的岁月中" And as the years go by -Whoa!
"我们的友谊更加深厚" -Whoa! - Our friendship will never die
"你会看到"-Whoo! You're gonna see
"我们的命运紧相连 It's our destiny
"我是你好朋友" -好耶- You've got a friend in me -All right
"哦对 我是你好朋友" -得分- Yeah, you've got a friend in me -Score!
"我是你好朋友" -酷- You got a friend in me -Wow! Cool!
-你喜欢吗 -妈咪 真是太棒了-What do you think? -Oh, this looks great, Mom!
-喜欢就好 小寿星 -就跟我在店里看到的一样-Okay, birthday boy -We saw that at the store! I asked you for it!
好棒 好棒... 希望能摆得下-I hope I have enough places. -Wow, look at that! That's so...
一二三四 -One, two. Four.
好 这样就可以了Yeah, I think that's gonna be enough. -Oh, my gosh, you got...
可以留到搬家吗-Could we leave this up till we move? -Well, sure!
-去抱茉莉 你的朋友马上就要来了-Your friends are gonna be here any minute.
-好 派对要开始了-Okay. It's party time, Woody.
-好耶 “编剧:乔斯维登 安德鲁使丹顿等人”-Yee...haw!
,你好 小姐Howdy, little lady
,有人在水源区下了毒 Somebody's poisoned the water hole.
来 茉莉 你好重哦 -Come on, Molly. Oh, you're getting heavy.
再见了 胡迪 "导演:约翰拉赛特" -See you later, Woody.
,我的天哪 今天要开生日派对 Pull my string! The birthday party's today?
,好了 各位 已经安全了 Okay, everybody, coast is clear!
我盒子上写得很清楚 适合三岁以上 -Ages 3 and up. It's on my box.
怎么叫我当 口水公主的临时保姆呢 Ages 3 and up. I'm not supposed to be baby-sitting Princess Drool.
嘿 火腿 -Hey, Hamm.
-你看 我是毕加索 -我听不懂 -Look, I'm Picasso! -I don't get it.
没有文化的肥猪 看什么看啊 你这个大扁脸 You uncultured swine! What're you lookin' at, ya hockey puck?
-队长 看到弹簧狗没有 -报告长官 没有-Hey, Sarge, have you seen Slinky? -Sir! No, sir!
好了 谢了 稍息Okay. Hey, thank you. At ease.
我在这儿 胡迪 这次我要红的Right here, Woody. I'm red this time.
-不行 弹簧狗... -No. S-Slink.
-好吧 那红的让给你好了 -Oh, well, all right. You can be red if you want.
-等一下 弹簧狗 我有一些坏消息 -坏消息-N-Not now, Slink. I got some bad news. -Bad news?
去叫大家集合来开干部会议了 知道了-Just gather everyone up for a staff meeting, and be happy. -Got it.
开心点呀-Be happy! -Ha, ha, ha, ha!
各位 干部会议了 长蛇、机器人准备讲台-Staff meeting, everybody! Snake, Robot, podium please.
还有画板 拔枪Hey, Etch. Draw!
-你又赢了-Oh! Got me again.
画板 你拔枪练得不错嘛 西部最快的神枪手Etch, you've been working on that draw. Fastest knobs in the west.
大伙儿要开干部会议了 快点 快点Got a staff meeting, you guys. Come on, let's go.
我的那个呢Now, where is that... Oh.
谁把我涂鸦板拿走的Hey, who moved my doodle pad way over here?
-抱抱龙 你干嘛 -吓到没有? 要说实话-How're you doin', Rex? -Were you scared? Tell me honestly.
这一次 我差一点就被你吓死I was close to being scared that time.
我一直想可怕一点 但是我老是没有灵感I'm going for fearsome here, but I just don't feel it.
我只是一个惹人厌的家伙I think I'm just coming off as annoying.
Toy Story is not only the best Disney film because it has the best story and the best animation, but also because of the excellent actors chosen to provide the voices of the animals. The casting was perfect from top to bottom, and the movie provides an excellent adventure story about friendship and loyalty that keeps you engrossed until the nail-biting climax.Tom Hanks and Tim Allen provided excellent voices for Woody and Buzz Lightyear -their performances alone are one of the biggest things that made this such a spectacular movie.
Besides that, though, you have the excellent story that is not only noteworthy because it has never really been told from this perspective before, but also because it was just told so well.
All of the characters in the film are very well developed and all have appropriate and effective actors chosen to provide their voices. And of course, who could forget the revolutionary animation! The computer animation used for this movie not only made it startlingly realistic but also opened up tons of possibilities, and thankfully the filmmakers chose to explore these possibilities. There are dozens of things that are hidden in the woodwork throughout the film, as well as in the songs – note, for example, the subtle playing of the Indiana Jones theme song in the scene where Woody knocks Buzz out the window with the desk lamp.Toy Story is by far the best Disney film ever made, its pretty much perfect.
Its adventurous, its exciting, its entertaining, its good for the whole family, its got great characters, story, and plot, and above all, its fun.
