I still have difficulties in understanding spoken English

There are two major issues in this problem: vocabulary and accent. I am stil in process of accumulating the vocabulary, and I believe I am getting better now. The accent is a hard problem. Comparing to whites, balcks have stronger accents. Besides this, they use a lot of slangs and speak very fast. It is a hard time if you listen to a guy speaks so weird. The solution for this is simple: listen to radios and  TVs. I believe that practice makes perfect, and I will be used to the southern accent after long time practicing. One evidence is that I am better in understanding spoken English now than the period I came to U.S. last year.

Skills for fast reading

I got one point recently. Move your eyes smoothly and fast. While moving, focusing on the thought groups, not the single word.

 

Thought group is the concept I got from the College English textbook. That was many years ago. However, I did not apply this point during this period. I would be more active and fast in reading articles if I realized the skills earlier.

荷兰的不同英语名

Dutch, Netherland, and Holland are all the names for the Kingdom of Netherlands. Although all the names illustrate the Kingdom of Netherland clearly, the "Holland" is an unofficial word, and it might be incorrect in some cases. The other two words are preferable.

The reading speed is the key issue!

I did not pass the CLEP exam, English Composition (without essay) today. This indicates that I need more intensive practice in order to enhance the familiarity of English and the skillfulness of English thinking.

 

Well, I need a plan that sets  daily reading assignments in order to speed up the reading.

Have to take a look at the grammar

English grammar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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人总是会忘事

         今天的事倒是没缓过神来。神学院的那个日本学生（比较老了）把她的客人带到电脑室来了，而我竟然忘了和她的客人握手！回头来想一直觉得我好神，忘什么把这茬也给忘了。

       日本人看起来外表还是有点日本样，尤其那个客人背个书包是斜肩式的，怎么看都像个日本学生。他的充分反映了日本人的特点，临走之前还要鞠躬。搞笑。

      一句话，没缓过神来。下回一定要缓过神来才行。

"Compare to" and "Compare with"

When emphasizing the difference, "compare with" is accurate. When emphasizing the similarity, "compare to" is accurate.



In fact, "compare to" focuses on thinking something as something.

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