Choosing and Using Dictionaries for Better English.pptVIP

Choosing and Using Dictionaries for Better English English Dictionary Questions: (1) Have you got any dictionaries? (2) What dictionaries have you got? (3) How useful are they? Dictionary: (1) ←diction←dictum (Latin): to say (2) Book containing the words of a language alphabetically arranged, with their meaning, etymology, etc. (3) A most patient teacher English Dictionary In whatever case, dictionary is always a most patient teacher as well as a companion who would grant whatever is requested. ──Xiao Qian (萧乾） A Table Alphabeticall: the first purely English alphabetical dictionary, written by English schoolteacher Robert Cawdrey in 1604 A Dictionary of the English Language (1755): a truly noteworthy, reliable English dictionary by Samuel Johnson So varied that it’s a time-consuming work to choose an appropriate English dictionary English-Chinese Dictionary Brand names: Oxford, Longman, Macmillan, Collins, and Webster Two recommended: (1)《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》(Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary), published by The Commercial Press and Oxford University Press English-Chinese Dictionary (2)《朗文当代高级英语辞典（英英?英汉双解）》(Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English), published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press and Pearson Longman English-English Dictionary Indispensable: for the exact meaning and for learning to think in English Three recommended: (1) 《朗文当代英语辞典》（Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English）, published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press English-English Dictionary (2) 《柯林斯COBUILD英语学习词典》（Collins COBUILD Learner’s Dictionary）, published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press English-English Dictionary (3) 《麦克米伦高阶美语词典》（Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners of American English）, published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Chinese-English Dictionary Not many good choices. Two recommended: (1) 《新时代汉英大词典》，published by The Commercial Press (2)《现代汉英词典》，published by Foreign Language Teachin