首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Not keen on reading? Do you have trouble finding a novel that arouses your interest? Why not follow Ammon Shea’s example and sta
Not keen on reading? Do you have trouble finding a novel that arouses your interest? Why not follow Ammon Shea’s example and sta
admin
2019-03-27
17
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.
Mr Shea has read 1, 000 dictionaries.
选项
答案
假
解析
第二段首句说Mr Shea owns over 1,000 dictionaries and he reads them for fun.
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/PSNK777K
本试题收录于:
C类竞赛(非英语专业本科)题库大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)分类
0
C类竞赛(非英语专业本科)
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)
相关试题推荐
Changesinthewaypeoplelivebringaboutchangesinthejobsthattheydo.Moreandmorepeopleliveintownsandcitiesinste
Afewyearsago,peopleinEnglandvotedforthegreatestpersonofalltimefromtheircountry.Theywerenotjustvotingfort
WaterforLifeWaterisessentialforlife.Yetmanymillionsofpeoplearoundtheworldfaceawater【C1】______(short).Man
ThefollowingitemshavebeendestroyedEXCEPT?
Robotsareusefulinexploringspacebecausetheycanworkintheconditionswhichexistinspace.Suchrobotsusuallylooklike
TheUnitedStateshaslongbeenknownasanationofimmigrantsbecausemanyofitspeople______fromsettlerswhocamefromall
ThemanwatchesthevideobecauseitwasrequiredbyProfessorStephen.
ThemanwatchesthevideobecauseitwasrequiredbyProfessorStephen.
随机试题
下列哪种物质缺乏可引起血液丙酮酸含量升高?()
A、增高最早B、增高稍晚C、增高最晚D、不增高E、持续增高急性胰腺炎时,尿淀粉酶
从事建筑活动的企业或单位,应当向()申请设立登记,并由建设行政主管部门审查,颁发资格证书
现金日记账是根据()凭证,按经济业务发生的先后顺序进行登记的。
下列各项中,属于会计专业职务的是()。
以下对于贸易术语变形说法正确的是()。
在“大北京”的规划中,城市联系被形象的称为()
下列属于青少年的膳食指南内容的是()。
有确凿的证据显示,偏头痛(严重的周期性头痛)不是由于心理上的原因引起的,而是完全由生理上的原因所致。然而,数项研究结果表明那些因为偏头痛受到专业化治疗的人患有标准心理尺度的焦虑症的比率比那些没经专业治疗的偏头痛患者的高。下面哪一项如果正确,最能有助于解决上
A、It’sareliablewaytomakefriendsonline.B、Itisconvenienttogetintouchwiththeirparents.C、Itisregardedasawayo
最新回复
(
0
)