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1、中小学课外辅导专家英语经典短文一、HowtouseanEnglish-Chinesedictionary?WhenyouarereadingsomethinginEnglish,youmayoftencomeacrossanewword.What’sthebestwaytoknowit?YoumaylookitupinanEnglish-Chinesedictionary.Itwilltellyoualotabouttheword:thepronunciation,theChinesemeaningandals
2、ohowtousethisword.ButhowcanyouknowwherethewordisinthousandsofEnglishwords?Howtofinditinthedictionarybothquicklyandcorrectly?First,alltheEnglishwordsarearrangedinthealphabeticalorder.InthedictionaryyoucanfirstseethewordsbeginningwiththeIetterA,thenB,C,D,E…Tha
3、tmeansiftherearetwowords“desert”and“pull”,”“desert”willbecertainlybefore“pull”.Thenifthere,aretwowordsbothbeginningwiththesameletter,youmaylookatthesecondletter.Thenthethird,thefourth…Forexample,“pardon”isbefore“plough”,“judge”isbefore“just”,etc.Doyouunderst
4、andhowtolookupawordinadictionary?Thedictionarywillbeyourgoodfriend,Ihopeyou’lluseitasoftenaspossibleinyourEnglishlearning.二、TravelbybikeIfyougotovisitLondon,you’llseealotofbusesandcarsontheroad.You’llalsoseealotofbikesbecausemorepeopletravelbybike.Thereareal
5、otofreasonsforthis.First,itisverycheaptobuyabike,anditisquick,too.Youoftenhavetowaitforabusforhalfanhour.Whenthebuscomes,therearesomanyotherbusesandcarsontheroadsthatthebusmovesveryslowly.Itraveledtoworkbybusforaboutfouryears.Ioftenarrivedatworklateandtired.
6、Thenoneday,abouttwoyearsago,afriendofminesaid,“Igotoworkbybike.Whydon’twetraveltogether?”“Becausemybikeisold.”Ianswered,“Andtherearesomanybusesandcarsontheroads.I’llfeelfrightened“Youneedn’tfeelfrightened!”saidmyfriend.“Ifyoufollowmeandwerideslowly,you’llbef
7、ine.”ThenextdayIbroughtmyselfanewbike.Althoughwewentslowly,wearrivedaiworkquickly.Ittook40minutestogotoworkbybus,butonlyhalfanhourbybike!NowIdon’tfeelafraid.Ilovegoinggoworkbybike.Itakeadifferentroadeveryday.Iarrivedatworkveryquickly.I’vegotalittlemoremoneyn
8、ow,andmoreimportant,Ifeelhealthy.ManypeoplethinkinthesamewayasIdo.That’swhyyouseealotofbikesontheroad.Nextyearyou’llseemore,Iamsure.Perhapsinthefuturewewillhaveroadsforbikesonly.Ihopeso.三、Americ
