A Friend

When you read an English book, you often come across new words. You might try to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannot guess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do?

You have a good friend then. From him you can learn what a word means, how to pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always be with you, and you can always ask him to help you. Do you know who this friend is?

It is a dictionary. You can learn some important things about words from it, so you must know how to use it.

中文譯文

朋友

當(dāng)你讀英語(yǔ)書時(shí)，你經(jīng)常會(huì)碰到新單詞。你可能試著從你知道的詞中猜這些詞的意思，但是當(dāng)你無(wú)法猜出這些詞的意思時(shí)，你該怎么辦呢？

這時(shí)你有一個(gè)好朋友。從他那里你可以學(xué)到單詞的意思、發(fā)音及用法等。這個(gè)朋友可以經(jīng)常伴你左右，你可以經(jīng)常請(qǐng)他幫忙。你知道這個(gè)朋友是誰(shuí)嗎？

他就是字典。你可以從他那里學(xué)習(xí)有關(guān)詞匯的眾多重要知識(shí)，所以你必須學(xué)會(huì)如何使用字典。

Vocabulary

come across 碰到 guess 猜測(cè)