English teacher, Margaret John, would agree.

英語老師瑪格麗特-約翰會同意。

-You know, what really makes the difference between a fair and an excellent performance in exams?

-你知道，考試成績一般和優秀的區別到底在哪裡嗎？

It's knowing how to learn your vocabulary.

就是知道如何學習詞彙。

This is true when you're faced with a new or difficult word – you need to know how to deal with it.

當你面對一個新詞或難詞時也是如此--你需要知道如何處理它。

Hopefully our top tips can help you.

希望我們的頂級建議可以幫助你。

Firstly, when you see an unfamiliar word, can you ignore it?

首先，當你看到一個陌生的單詞時，你能忽略它嗎？

You might find that you can understand the general meaning of the sentence without understanding every single word.

你可能會發現，你可以理解這句話的大致意思，而不需要理解每一個字。

If you're stuck on a new word, are there clues to help you guess its meaning?

如果你被一個新詞卡住了，有沒有線索幫助你猜測它的意思？

Again, look at the context of the sentence to work out what the new word means.

再次，看句子的上下文，找出新詞的意思。

Maybe the word looks like a similar one you already know?

也許這個詞看起來像一個你已經知道的類似的詞？

But be careful of what we call false friends.

但要小心我們所謂的假朋友。

These are words which look very similar to words in your own language, but have a completely different meaning.

這些詞看起來和自己語言中的詞非常相似，但意思卻完全不同。

Get to know the common false friends that your language has with English!

瞭解一下你的語言與英語常見的假朋友吧!

It may sound obvious, but you could use a dictionary to look up a new or difficult word.

這聽起來可能很明顯，但你可以使用字典來查找一個新的或困難的單詞。

Think about which one to use – a bilingual one or a monolingual one.

想一想用哪個--雙語的還是單語的。

Think about the new word in English.

想一想英語中的新詞。

It will also help you build your vocabulary by giving you other words connected to the new word you've just learned.

它還會通過給你提供與你剛學的新單詞相關的其他單詞來幫助你積累詞彙量。

And, of course, when you discover a new word, use it or lose it, as Examiner, Mark Shea, explains.

當然，當你發現一個新詞時，使用它或失去它，就像考官Mark Shea解釋的那樣。

-You need to revise your vocabulary on a regular basis, perhaps once after twenty-four hours and once a week.

-你需要定期修改你的詞彙，也許二十四小時後修改一次，每週修改一次。

It's not enough to write a word down to learn the word.

要想學好這個字，光寫下一個字是不夠的。

You need to use the word to really acquire it.

你需要用這個詞來真正獲得它。

So, don't forget your new word.

所以，別忘了你的新詞。

Record it, and make use of it in your writing and conversations.

記錄下來，並在你的寫作和對話中加以利用。

Try these tips, and hopefully you won't find new and difficult words a challenge any longer.

試試這些技巧，希望你不再覺得新詞和難詞是個挑戰。

Good luck!

運氣好