高考英语满分作文:Dictionary

　　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 (ECCED)

　　《英汉/汉英词典》

　　XinhuaDictionary(XD) 《新华字典》

　　注意：词数100左右。(2004年浙江卷)

　　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.

　　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

　　Please let me know if you want me to buy these dictionaries.

　　Yours,

　　Li rue