dictionaries
will
tell
you
a
number
of
things
about
a
language.
There
are
three
things
in
particular
that
are
important.
These
three
things
are
spelling,
pronunciation,
and
meanings.
很多字典都會告訴很多關於語言的東西。其中3個是特別重要的。那就是拼寫，發音和含義。
The
first
and
most
obvious
thing
is
that
a
dictionary
will
tell
you
the
spelling
of
a
word.
If
you’re
not
sure
about
the
spelling
of
a
word,
you
can
try
to
find
the
correct
spelling
in
a
dictionary.
Words
are
listed
in
alphabetical
order-
a,
b,
首先，也是最明顯的，字典會告訴妳壹個單詞的拼寫。如果妳不確定壹個單詞的拼寫是否正確，妳可以試著在字典裏找到正確的拼寫。單詞是按照字母順序a，b，c…排列的。
c,
and
so
on.
For
example,
on
a
dictionary
page
the
word
“poor”
–
p,
o,
o,
r-
comes
before
“poverty”
–
p,
o,
v,
e,
r,
t,
y
and
the
word
“poverty”
comes
say
the
word
“power”
–
p,
o,
w,
e,
r.
The
words
are
always
given
in
alphabetical
order.
例如：
在字典中的壹頁，單詞“poor”-p-o-o-r，排在了“poverty”-p-o-v-e-r-t-y的前面，而單詞“poverty”排在了“power”-p-o-w-e-r的前面。所有的單詞都是按照字母順序排列的。
The
second
thing
a
dictionary
will
tell
you
is
pronunciation.
Most
dictionaries
give
the
pronunciation
of
a
word
in
a
special
kind
of
alphabet.
This
special
alphabet
is
called
a
phonetic,
or
sound
alphabet.
The
phonetic
spelling
will
tell
you
generally
behind
a
word
is
pronounced.
There
are
a
few
different
phonetic
alphabets.
Many
dictionaries
use
the
International
Phonetic
Alphabet
to
show
pronunciation.
第二，字典會告訴妳單詞的發音。很多字典都會用特殊的字母告訴妳壹個但是的發音。這種特殊的字母叫做音標，或者叫做發音字母。音標的拼寫通常會告訴妳單詞是如何發音的。音標有很多種，許多字典都采用國際音標還表示發音。
The
third
thing
a
dictionary
will
tell
you
is
the
meanings
of
words.
You
can
look
up
a
word
and
find
out
what
it
means.
Many
words
have
more
than
one
meaning,
and
a
good
dictionary
will
explain
all
of
the
word’s
meanings.
第三，字典會告訴妳單詞的含義。妳可以查到壹個單詞，然後知道它的意思。許多單詞都有多個含義，壹本好的字典會解釋壹個單詞的所有含義。
For
example,
in
English
the
common
word
“get”
has
over
20
different
meanings.
The
meaning,
of
course,
depends
on
the
sentence
in
which
the
word
is
used.
例如：在英語裏，“get”這個很普通的詞，卻擁有超過20種不同的含義。當然，單詞的含義應該放在具體的句子裏去理解。
These
three
things-
spelling,
pronunciation,
and
meanings-
are
some
of
the
important
facts
that
you
learn
from
dictionaries.
這三點，拼寫，發音和含義是妳可以從字典裏學到的最重要的東西。