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1、EnglishwritingDictionWhat?dictionthechoiceanduseofwordsinwritingorspeechWhy?Thedifferencebetweentherightwordandthealmost-rightwordisasgreatasthatbetweenlightningandthelightningbug.“用词准确与用词几乎准确，这两者之间的差异就如闪电与萤火虫之间的差异。”-----MarkTwainImportanceofdictionGoodEnglishme
2、ans"properwordsinproperplaces."1).Uponmyfirstcollegesclass,Iseatedmyselfattherearofthehugelecturehallandattemptedtoavoidbeingobserved.However,askinnygirlwhooccupiedtheseatimmediatelyinfrontofminetwistedaroundandgrinned.Sheproceededtoengagemeinawhisperingconversa
3、tionnumeroustimesduringthehour.Imadeadecisiontochangemylocation.comparison2).WhenIwenttomyfirstcollegeclass,Isatinthebackofthebigroomandtriednottobeseen.Butaslendergirlsittingjustinfrontofmeturnedandsmiled.Shespokesoftlywithmeseveraltimesandsmiled.Shespokesoftly
4、withmeseveraltimesduringthehour.Idecidedtochangemyseat.1.Stylisticcolorofwords(词的语体色彩）threetypes:formalcommoncolloquialFormalwordsThereisnothingnewintherecognition,withinagivenlanguage,ofadistinctionbetweencommonusuageandusesofthelanguageformorerestrictedpurpose
5、sandoftenenough,perhapscharacteristically,moreelevatedpurposes.Themonolithic(单一的；统一的)natureofEnglishisnotquestionedwhenliteraryessayistslikeEmersoncontrastpeotryandcommonspeech.ThelatterisrecognizedinAmericatobethepropersubjectfortheinvestigationoflinguistswho,h
6、owever,nowshowsomeincipient(起初的)inclinationtoinvestigatepoetry,too,andothernoncasual(无关联的)utterances(话语)iinagivenlanguage.CommonwordsWhenIwasakid,andreadingeverysciencefictionbookinthelocallibrary,Iusedtowonderexactlyhowthefuturewouldhappen.BythatIdon’tmeanwhatt
7、hefuturewouldbelike——sciencefictionalreadytoldmethat——butratherhowwe’dactuallygetthere.Sciencefictionbooksseemedtoagree,forexample,thatinthefuturetherewouldbenomoney——alltransactionswouldbemadeviaidentitycardsandcentralizedcomputers.Butthatseemeddubioustome:how,
8、Iwondered,areyougoingtogeteverybodytogiveupmoneyinthefirstplace?ColloquialWordsYouhaveyourtension.Sometimesyoucomeclosetohavinganaccident,thatupsetsyou.Youjustescapem
