楼主的经验是(1)如果不是追求165+,红宝书可以考虑不看。理由:单词量过大, 选词很多过偏,释义很不够准确。
(2)3000,当然是必备的。很多160+的前辈都是能把三千各种含义同反义各种英文释义熟知的。建议:如果童鞋们就想选一本单词书,然后把它背好(背中文意思,英文意思,例句就可以了,但是有多个释义的单词尽量每个释义都要熟悉),就选3000.但需要注意3000也有一些偏词(据楼主的做题经验,很多也几乎不会考到)和释义不精确(譬如cunning,除了表示狡猾还能表示聪明,而三千没有收。又如Robin神贴里提到的irenic,shorn等)这个缺陷可以通过大量的阅读和做题来弥补。
(3)楼主的做法,可能比较非主流。楼主3000暑假前最好时可能能到90%记忆。但因为final exam 等的影响,暑假前掉到了70%。我暑假做的:3000每天用the last tool for gre words (3000版)尽量刷一遍,这么做是为了巩固住记住的70%。然后看各种英语单词书。推荐manhattan 500 essential words and 500 advanced words-〉verbal advantage-〉Barron 1100 words-〉Magoosh vocabulary builder. 看英语单词书有两个好处,一个是可以把单词放在context里理解。另一个是可以对比交叉记忆,在多本单词书里都出现的单词自然是最常用最重要的。楼主按照自己的方法达到最后的水平:虽然3000记忆率最终大概80%,但基本上填空是不会有生词,就算有生词大概会有感觉单词是正向还负向词。而阅读其实如果生词不是态度词,名次之类的不认识直接用缩写或首字母替代。因为阅读永远是读逻辑而不是要你认识每个词,翻译每句话。另外补充, 背单词反复多次永远是真理。
楼主经验:(1)读题干要培养每个空的所填单词的正负倾向。(2)读完题干,要尽量想出自己会填什么词到各个空里。(3)要锻炼简化句子逻辑以及练习自己在句子不完整的情况下读出句子的大意。(这个步骤也要依靠阅读练习,阅读提升了,填空对句子的理解也会相应增强)(4)六选二不要只去找同义词,这次考试楼主就遇到几道SE选的两个词并不是绝对意思上相同,而是都能fit the meaning of the sentence.
To the crazy ones,
I feel I could become so much more, I don't like to settle for average. I don't want nothing easy, I want to work for everything I have. I am nowhere near where I want to be because I know where I could be.
You know you're an GRE/LSAT gunner/nerd when:
1. You start dreaming of the GRE/LSATs;
2. The first thing you do when you rise is check Gter/TLS' LSAT forum;
3. You actually enjoy studying for this test;
4. You beat yourself up for not dedicating at least some time during a day for GRE/LSAT studies/review/practice; and/or
5. Everyone in your social circles is aware you're studying for the GRE/LSATs (you've been M.I.A for far too long).