资源描述：
《第十周天天清》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、第十周天天清OneWhenIfirstentereduniversity,myaunt,whowasanEnglishprofessor,gavemeanewEnglishdictionary.Iwas1toseethatitwasanEnglish-Englishdictionary,alsoknownasamonolingual单语的dictionary.2itwasadictionaryintendedfornon-nativelearners,noneofmyclassmateshadon
2、e3,tobehonest,Ifounditextremely4touseatfirst.Iwouldlookupwordsinthedictionaryand5notfullyunderstandthemeanings.Iwasusedtothe6___bilingual双语的dictionaries,inwhichthewordare7bothinEnglishandChinese.Ireallywonderedwhymyaunt8tomakethingssodifficultforme.No
3、w,afterstudyingEnglishatuniversityforthreeyears,I9thatmonolingualdictionariesare10inlearningaforeignlanguage.AsIfoundout,thereis,11,oftennoperfectequivalence(对应)betweentwo12intwolanguages.Myauntevengoessofarasto甚至13thataChinese“equivalent”cannevergive
4、youthe14meaningofawordinEnglish!15,sheinsistedthatIreadthedefinition(定义)ofawordinamonolingualdictionary16___Iwantedtogetabetterunderstandingofitsmeaning.17,Ihavecometoseewhatshemeant.Usingamonolingualdictionaryforlearnershashelpedmeinanotherimportantw
5、ay.Thisdictionaryusesa(n)18____numberofwords,around2,000,initsdefinitions.WhenIreadthesedefinitions,Iam19exposedto(接触)thebasicwordsandlearnhowtheyareusedtoexplainobjectsandideas.20this,IcanexpressmyselfmoreeasilyinEnglish.TwoItwasabusymorning,about8:3
6、0,whenanelderlygentlemaninhis80scametothehospital.Iheardhimsayingtothenursethathewasinahurryforallappointment(约会)at9:30.Thenursehadhimtakea21inthewaitingarea,22himitwouldbeatleast40minutes23someonewouldbeabletoseehim.Isawhim24hiswatchanddecided,sinceI
7、was25busy—mypatientdidn’t26attheappointedhour,Iwouldexaminehiswound.Whiletakingcareofhiswound,Iaskedhimifhehadanotherdoctor’sappointment.Thegentlemansaidnoandtoldmethathe27togotothenursinghometoeatbreakfastwithhis28.Hetoldmethatshehadbeen29forawhilean
8、dthatshehadaspecialdisease.Iaskedifshewouldbe30__ifhewasabitlate.Herepliedthatshe31knewwhohewas,thatshehadnotbeenableto32himforfiveyearsnow.Iwas33,andaskedhim,“Andyou34goeverymorning,eventhoughshedoesn’tknowwhoyouare?”Hesmiledandsaid,“Shedoesn
