假设你是李越,你的加拿大笔友Steve来信说,他和他的一些同学正在学中文,请你推荐两本学中文的词典。根据下表提供的信息,请你给他写一封回信。
recommend v. 推荐
The English-Chinese Chinese-Englis Dictionary
《英汉/汉英词典》
XinhuaDictionary 《新华字典》
注意:词数100左右。
Dictionary
Dear Steve,
Im so pleased to learn that you and your classmates are learning Chinese. Id like to recommend the following two dictionaries.The English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary is really a good one for beginners. It has 18 000 English words and 20 000 Chinese words. Besides plenty of examples, it has many notes telling you how to use a word. Xinhua Dictionary is the most popular Chinese dictionary, and it has a vocabulary of 10 000 words. It may also be useful to some advanced learners of Chinese. Of the two, ECCED is more expensive, costing 52 yuan, and XD costs 11 yuan.
Please let me know if you want me to buy these dictionaries.
Yours,
Li rue
词典
亲爱的史蒂芬:
得知你和你的同学正在学习汉语我感到非常高兴。我想给你推荐两本词典。《英汉/汉英词典》对初学者来说很实用。它收录1.8万个英语单词,2万个汉字。此 外,它还配有许多例句。有许多词条告诉你怎么使用这个单词o《新华字典》是现在最畅销的字典,它有1万的词汇量,对一些学汉语的高级知识分子也有参考价 值。在这两本字典中,ECCED价格高一些,每本52元,XD每本11元。
如果你想买这些字典的话,请及时通知我。
你的朋友
李 越
A recipe for disaster 后患无穷
Bust a gut 拼了命地工作
Cyclists make Olympic history, 400-year-old shark 英国自行车运动员创英奥运历史,400岁格陵兰鲨鱼
To make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大做
Pull something out of the hat 突施妙计
To lie through your teeth 睁眼说瞎话
Drama queen 小题大做的人
It's on the cards 这件事十有八九会发生
Hangry 饥饿成怒
To make a monkey out of me 捉弄我
Close, but no cigar 几近成功
Test the water 试探,摸底
Off the hook 脱身
Knee-jerk reaction 本能反映
Hot potato 棘手的问题“烫手山芋”
Glass-bottomed bridge, cancer risk for HRT and 120-year-old man 世界最长玻璃桥开放,荷尔蒙替代疗法增患癌风险,印度教120岁僧人
White / blue-collar worker 白领,蓝领
Cheap and cheerful 物美价廉
A bitter pill to swallow 不得不吞的苦药
The last/final straw 忍无可忍,使人最终崩溃的一击
Get someone's goat 火冒三丈
Apple’s headphone headache? 令人头疼的新款苹果耳机
A cashless society 无现金社会
Old-school 老一套,老派
Going forward 从今往后
Would you let your baby sleep in a box? 你愿意让自己的宝宝在盒子里睡觉吗?
Bye bye Big Ben's bongs 与大本钟的钟声暂时告别
Burn a hole in your pocket 有钱不花难受
Clean up your act 改邪归正
Too much stuff 物质主义和简约主义