课时作业(二十六)
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When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was __1__ to see that it was an EnglishEnglish dictionary, also known as a monolingual(单语的) dictionary. __2__ it was a dictionary intended for nonnative learners, none of my classmates had one and, to be honest, I found it extremely __3__ to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and still not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the __4__ bilingual(双语的)dictionaries, in which the words are __5__ both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt __6__ to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I __7__ that monolingual dictionaries are __8__ in learning a foreign language.
As I found out, there is in fact o ften no perfect equivalence(对应) between two __9__ in two languages. My aunt even goes so far as to __10__ that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the __11__ meaning of a word in English! Therefore, she insisted that I read the definition(定义) of a word in a monolingual dictionary when I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. __12__， 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) __13__ number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am __14__ exposed to the basic words and learn how they are used to ex plain objects and ideas. __15__ this, I can express myself more
