首页
登录
职称英语
Not keen on reading? Do you have trouble finding a novel that arouses your i
Not keen on reading? Do you have trouble finding a novel that arouses your i
游客
2023-10-17
33
管理
问题
Not keen on reading? Do you have trouble finding a novel that arouses your interest? Why not follow Ammon Shea’s example and start reading a dictionary?
Mr Shea owns over 1, 000 dictionaries and he reads them for fun. He recendy spent a year reading all 20 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary. The dictionary contains more than 20, 000 pages and over 59 million words.
As he read from A to Z, he noted down interesting words in a ledger. This includes words such as “happily”, meaning to make someone happy and "tripudiate”, which means to dance, skip or leap for joy. Mr Shea also kept a diary about this experience, which has since become a best-selling book.
Why did he do this? He claims it was fun. "I’ve always enjoyed reading dictionaries. They are far more interesting than people give them credit for, ”he said.
It appears that it was not his goal to sound more intelligent by using longer and more complex words. "I’m not against long, fancy or obscure words, but I’ m opposed to using them for their own sake, ”he said.
In fact, as a result of reading so many new words, Mr Shea often forgot everyday vocabulary. He wrote, "My head was so full of words that I often had trouble forming simple sentences. "
Mr Shea is not alone in his love of reading dictionaries. Elaine Higgleton, a representative of Collins Cobuild dictionaries, explained that thousands of crossword puzzle and Scrabble fans read dictionaries for fun and to improve their games. Ms Higgleton did however note that, “It’s probably not the best way to learn English, and you’d learn more than you need. “It is not known how many of the 59 million words Mr Shea remembers, but he has certainly made history with his eccentric hobby. [br] In Mr Shea’s opinion, people don’t give dictionaries enough credit for being interesting.
选项
答案
真
解析
根据四段末句可知,人们不觉得字典有趣而给它们足够的褒扬。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3105403.html
相关试题推荐
Stereotypesaretroublesomebecausetheyareoftenindiscriminate,exhibita
Stereotypesaretroublesomebecausetheyareoftenindiscriminate,exhibita
Stereotypesaretroublesomebecausetheyareoftenindiscriminate,exhibita
Stereotypesaretroublesomebecausetheyareoftenindiscriminate,exhibita
Hedecideditwasn’t______readingthereportashe’dbeeninformedofallthech
Itwasn’tlongbeforetheyfoundthattherewasmuchtrouble______theplan.A、to
The______withyouisthatyouare______complaining.A、trouble;alwaysB、problem;
Thereisdistinctionbetweenreadingforinformationandreadingforundersta
Thereisdistinctionbetweenreadingforinformationandreadingforundersta
Thereisdistinctionbetweenreadingforinformationandreadingforundersta
随机试题
Onedayin1848acarpenternamedMarshall,whoworkedinasawmillonthe
Whydomoreandmorepeopleinyourcountrywanttoownacar? InChina,carsa
______,amanwhoexpresseshimselfeffectivelyissuretosucceedmorerapidly
[originaltext]Insectsanddiseasesthatattackfoodcropsaremovingasris
Icaught______oftheriverasthetrainpassedoverabridge.A、visionB、scene
Accordingtothenews,whatmaybesignificanceofthediscovery?[originaltext]
A.呼吸困难 B.通气不足 C.气体弥散障碍 D.动脉血氧饱和度降低 E
下冷静期届满后,募集机构从事基金销售推介业务以外的人员应当以( )等留痕方式进
男性20岁,发热寒战3天,体温39.5℃,胸部X线示右上肺大片阴影,痰涂片见较多
高压喷射灌浆凝结体形状如下图所示,其喷射形式为()。 A.旋喷 B.摆
最新回复
(
0
)