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Reading in English

Some months ago, I was in Switzerland at my roommate's girlfriend's. She's the kind of people I'm fascinated by because she speaks French and Chinese natively and she has practiced English since she was very young too so she's kind of fluent in it. Sometimes she and my roommate speak English together when they're on their own. And when I was at hers they proposed that we go the cinema to watch the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which is the prequel of the saga Hunger Games. At that time I knew nothing about it. But she is a fan of this saga and she read all the books by Suzanne Collins. I was impressed and inspired by the quantity of books she's been reading in English and other languages. So after watching the movie, I borrowed the book from her and promised that I would read it. Reading it is actually much harder and longer than I thought. There are averagely 7 unknown words in each page.

Question:
a) should I look up for each unknown word I encounter?
b) only the ones that prevent me from understanding the story?
c) None?

Somebody suggested that it is better to read more and look up less because the more you read, the more you encounter the same words and you end up understanding and memorising them without using any dictionary. Do you consider that reasonable? Honestly I don't believe that my mind could work that way.

I opted for the first solution.

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Reading in English

Some months ago, I was in Switzerland at my roommate's girlfriend's place.

She's the kind of peoplerson I'm fascinated by because she speaks French and Chinese natively and she has practiced English since she was very young too, so she's kind of fluent in it.

Sometimes she and my roommate speak English together when they're on their own.

And when I was at hers they proposed that we go the cinema to watch the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which is the prequel of the saga Hunger Games.

At that time I knew nothing about it.

But she is a fan of this saga and she read all the books by Suzanne Collins.

I was impressed and inspired by the quantity of books she's been reading in English and other languages.

So after watching the movie, I borrowed the book from her and promised that I would read it.

Reading it is actually much harder and longer than I thought.

There are on averagely 7 unknown words in each page.

Question: a) should I look up for each unknown word I encounter?

b) only the ones that prevent me from understanding the story?

c) None?

Somebody suggested that it is better to read more and look up less because the more you read, the more you encounter the same words and you end up understanding and memorising them without using any dictionary.

Do you consider that reasonable?

Honestly I don't believe that my mind could work that way.

I opted for the first solution.

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I think it's okay to look up each unknown word, but if it becomes very inconvenient it's also okay to only look up the ones you need to know for understanding.

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Professeur_Chantecler

June 10, 2024

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Thank you for your correction and piece of advice.

Some months ago, I was in Switzerland at my roommate's girlfriend's.

She's the kind of peoplerson I'm fascinated by because she speaks French and Chinese natively and she has practiced English since she was very young too so she's kind of fluent in it.

Sometimes she and my roommate speak English together when they're on their own.

And when I was at hers they proposed that we go the cinema to watch the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which is the prequel tof the saga Hunger Games.

At that time I knew nothing about it.

But she is a fan of this saga and she has read all the books by Suzanne Collins.

I was impressed and inspired by the quantity of books she's been reading in English and other languages.

Reading it is actually much harder and is taking much longer than I thought.

"longer" by itself doesn't necessarily get across that you mean an amount time. It makes it sound like the book is longer than you thought, but what you mean is it's taking longer than you thought to actually read it.

There are on averagely 7 unknown words ion each page.

Question:
a) should I look up
for each unknown word I encounter?

b) only the ones that prevent me from understanding the story?

c) None?

Somebody suggested that it is better to read more and look up less because the more you read, the more you encounter the same words and the more you end up understanding and memorising them without using any dictionary.

Do you consider that reasonable?

Honestly I don't believe that my mind could work that way.

I opted for the first solution.

Feedback

Great text!

Professeur_Chantecler's avatar
Professeur_Chantecler

June 10, 2024

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Thank you!

Some months ago, I was in Switzerland at my roommate's girlfriend's place.

She's the kind of peoplerson I'm fascinated by because she speaks French and Chinese natively and she has practicedbeen learning English since she was very young too so she's kind of fluent in it.

Sometimes she and my roommate speak English together when they're on their own.

And wWhen I was atvisiting hers they proposed that we go the cinema to watch the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which is the prequel of the saga Hunger Games.

But she is a fan of thisat saga and she has read all the books byof Suzanne Collins‘ books.

I was impressed and inspired by the quantity of books she's been reading in English and other languages.

she‘s in place of she has is usually something spoken but not written

There are averagely 7 unknown words in each pageEach page contains around 7 words I don‘t know.

Question:
a) should I look up
for each unknown word I encounter?

I opted for the first solution.

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Thanks a lot.

c) None?


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Reading in English


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Some months ago, I was in Switzerland at my roommate's girlfriend's.


Some months ago, I was in Switzerland at my roommate's girlfriend's place.

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Some months ago, I was in Switzerland at my roommate's girlfriend's place.

She's the kind of people I'm fascinated by because she speaks French and Chinese natively and she has practiced English since she was very young too so she's kind of fluent in it.


She's the kind of peoplerson I'm fascinated by because she speaks French and Chinese natively and she has practicedbeen learning English since she was very young too so she's kind of fluent in it.

She's the kind of peoplerson I'm fascinated by because she speaks French and Chinese natively and she has practiced English since she was very young too so she's kind of fluent in it.

She's the kind of peoplerson I'm fascinated by because she speaks French and Chinese natively and she has practiced English since she was very young too, so she's kind of fluent in it.

Sometimes she and my roommate speak English together when they're on their own.


Sometimes she and my roommate speak English together when they're on their own.

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And when I was at hers they proposed that we go the cinema to watch the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which is the prequel of the saga Hunger Games.


And wWhen I was atvisiting hers they proposed that we go the cinema to watch the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which is the prequel of the saga Hunger Games.

And when I was at hers they proposed that we go the cinema to watch the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which is the prequel tof the saga Hunger Games.

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At that time I knew nothing about it.


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But she is a fan of this saga and she read all the books by Suzanne Collins.


But she is a fan of thisat saga and she has read all the books byof Suzanne Collins‘ books.

But she is a fan of this saga and she has read all the books by Suzanne Collins.

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I was impressed and inspired by the quantity of books she's been reading in English and other languages.


I was impressed and inspired by the quantity of books she's been reading in English and other languages.

she‘s in place of she has is usually something spoken but not written

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So after watching the movie, I borrowed the book from her and promised that I would read it.


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Reading it is actually much harder and longer than I thought.


Reading it is actually much harder and is taking much longer than I thought.

"longer" by itself doesn't necessarily get across that you mean an amount time. It makes it sound like the book is longer than you thought, but what you mean is it's taking longer than you thought to actually read it.

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There are averagely 7 unknown words in each page.


There are averagely 7 unknown words in each pageEach page contains around 7 words I don‘t know.

There are on averagely 7 unknown words ion each page.

There are on averagely 7 unknown words in each page.

Question: a) should I look up for each unknown word I encounter?


Question:
a) should I look up
for each unknown word I encounter?

Question:
a) should I look up
for each unknown word I encounter?

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b) only the ones that prevent me from understanding the story?


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Somebody suggested that it is better to read more and look up less because the more you read, the more you encounter the same words and you end up understanding and memorising them without using any dictionary.


Somebody suggested that it is better to read more and look up less because the more you read, the more you encounter the same words and the more you end up understanding and memorising them without using any dictionary.

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Do you consider that reasonable?


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Honestly I don't believe that my mind could work that way.


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I opted for the first solution.


I opted for the first solution.

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