When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was _____to see that it was an English English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary.
_it was a dictionary intended for non—native learners, none of my classmates had one __
__, to be honest, I found it extremely
_ to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and _
_ not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the _
__ bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are _
_ both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt __
_ to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I _
__ that monolingual dictionaries are __
_ in learning a foreign language
As I found out, there is ___ often no perfect equivalence(对应)between two _
___ in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to
___ that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the __
__ meaning of a word in English! ___
, she insisted that I read the definition(定义) of a world in a monolingual dictionary __
___ I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. ____
_, I have come to see what she meant.
Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n) number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am
exposed to(接触)the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas.
this, I can express myself more easily in English.
A.worried B.sad C.surprised D.nervous
A.Because B.Although C.Unless D.If
A.but B.so C.or D.and
A.difficult B.interesting C.ambiguous D.practical
A.thus B.even C.still D.again
A.new B.familiar C.earlier D.ordinary
A.explained B.expressed C.described D.created
A.offered B.agreed C.decided D.happened
A.imagine B.recommend C.predict D.understand
A.natural B.better C.easier D.convenient
A.at best B.in fact C.at times D.in case
A.words B.names C.ideas D.characters
A.hope B.declare C.doubt D.tell
A.exact B.basic C.translated D.expected
A.Rather B.However C.Therefore D.Instead
A.when B.before C.until D.while
A.Largely B.Generally C.Gradually D.Probably
A.extra B.average C.total D.limited
A.repeatedly B.nearly C.immediately D.anxiously
A.According to B.In relation to C.In addition to D.Because of