英语任务型阅读WhenyouarereadingsomethinginEnglish,youmayoftenmeetwithanewword.What'sthebestwaytoknowit?YoumaylookitupintheEnglish-Chinesedictionary.Itwilltellyoualotabouttheword:thepronunciation(发
英语任务型阅读
WhenyouarereadingsomethinginEnglish,youmayoftenmeetwithanewword.What'sthebestwaytoknowit?
YoumaylookitupintheEnglish-Chinesedictionary.Itwilltellyoualotabouttheword:thepronunciation(发音),theChinesemeaningandhowtousetheword.ButhowcanyouknowwherethewordisinthousandsofEnglishwords?Howtofinditinthedictionarybothquicklyandcorrectly(正确地)?
First,alltheEnglishwordsarearranged(排列)intheletterorder(次序).InthedictionaryyoucanfirstseethewordsbeginningwithletterA,thenB,C,D....Thatmeans,iftherearetwowords“desert”and“pull”,“desert”willbecertainlybefore“pull”.Theniftherearetwowordsbothbeginningwiththesameletter,youmaylookatthesecondletter,thenthethird,thefourth....Forexample,“pardon”isbefore“plough”?,“judge”before“just”?,etc.
Doyouunderstandhowtolookupawordinadictionary?
Thedictionarywillbeyourgoodfriend.Ihopeyou'lluseitasoftenaspossibleinyourEnglishstudy.
根据短文,回答下列问题.
1.Whatdoesthistexttalkabout?
2.Whatwillthedictionarytellusabouttheword?
3.InanEnglish-Chinesedictionary,whatdoesthelastwordbeginwith?
4.GivetherightorderofthewordsbelowinanEnglish-Chinesedictionary.window,subject,straight,surprise,right

