(单词翻译:单击)
可可电台，每期节目一话题，让英语磨练耳朵的同时学到更多有益的小知识，丰富知识的同时受益于生活。
Ways to self-improve
提升自我的实用技巧
How to improve yourself and become better?
你是一个渴望成长的人吗？你是否总在想办法提升自己、让自己变得更优秀？
Read a book every day.
每天读书。
Books are concentrated sources of wisdom. The more books you read, the more wisdom you expose yourself to. What are some books you can start reading to enrich yourself? Some books I’ve read and found useful are Think and Grow Rich, Who Moved My Cheese, 7 Habits, The Science of Getting Rich.
书籍是智慧的精华。越博览群书，越智慧超群。刚开始应该读什么样的书来充实自己呢？在读过的书中，我觉得《思考致富》、《谁动了我的奶酪》、《七大习惯》、《致富的科学》都还不错。
Learn a new language.
学习新语言。
Singaporean Chinese, main languages are English, Mandarin and Hokkien (a Chinese dialect). Out of interest, I took up language courses in the past few years such as Japanese and Bahasa Indonesian. I realized learning a language is a whole new skill altogether and the process of acquainting with a new language and culture is a totally a mind-opening experience.
新加坡华人，主要讲英语、汉语和闽南语（中国方言）。因为感兴趣，过去几年我又学了日语及印尼语等其他语言。我发现，学习新语言绝对是门新技能，而了解语言及其文化的过程让我大开眼界。
【知识点讲解】
take up 开始从事； 接受（提议）； 占用；
例句：
These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space.
这些文档已经进行了压缩，以节省磁盘空间。
He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport.
他并不特别想从事竞技体育运动。
She has the intellectual form to take up the mantle of leadership.
她具备担当领导职责的聪明才智。
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