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【新课标Ⅰ卷】Notallgreatwritersaregreatspellers.Ifyouwanttobepublished,itsvitaltosubmita

perfect,professionallypresentedmanuscript(原稿).____36____Noeditorislikelytotolerateawriterwhodoes

nottakethetroubletospellwordscorrectly.

Ikeeptworeferencebooksclose-byonmydesk:dictionaryandthesaurus(同义词词典).Idonttrustmy

laptopsspellchecker.____37____Ofcourse,thesedaysthereareplentyofonlinedictionariesandthesauruses,but

Imold-fashionedenoughtopreferahardcoverandpagesIcanleafthroughwithmyfingers.IusetheConcise

OxfordDictionaryandtheCollinsThesaurus.

____38____Itshouldgiveyouaprecisedefinitionofeachword,thusdifferentiatingitfromotherwords

whosemeaningsaresimilar,butnotidentical.Itwillalsousuallyshowhowthewordispronounced.

Inaddition,Ihaveanoldtwo-volumecopyoftheShorterOxfordDictionary,pickedupafewyearsagoina

bookshopsaleforjust99pence.Ofcourse,withits2,672pages,itsnotexactlyshort.Itcontainsaround163,000

words,pluswordcombinationsandidiomaticphrases.____39____However,ifIneedtochecktheoriginofa

wordortolookupexamplesofitsusage,theresnothingbetter.

ForwelloverahundredyearsthemostinfluentialEnglishdictionarywasSamuelJohnsonsDictionaryofthe

EnglishLanguagepublishedin1755.Tomakedictionariesisdull(乏味)work,wroteJohnson,illustratingone

definitionofdull.____40____Afewminutesspentcastingyoureyeoverapageortwocanbearewarding

experience.

A.Idontoftenusethisdictionary.

B.Ittakesnoaccountofthecontext.

C.ButIstilldontwanttoreplacethem.

D.Butadictionarycanbeapleasuretoread.

E.Ofcourse,adictionaryisnotonlyforspelling.

F.Thatmeansgoodgrammarandnospelling