A Friend

When you read an English book, you often come across¹ new words. You might² try to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannot guess the meanings³ of new words at all, what should you do?You have a good friend then. From him you can learn what a word means⁴, how to pronounce⁵ a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always be with you, and you can always ask him to help you. Do you know who this friend is?

It is a dictionary⁶. You can learn some important⁷ things about words from it, so you must know how to use it.

中文译文

朋友

当你读英语书时，你经常会碰到新单词。你可能试着从你知道的词中猜这些词的意思，但是当你无法猜出这些词的意思时，你该怎么办呢？

这时你有一个好朋友。从他那里你可以学到单词的意思、发音及用法等。这个朋友可以经常伴你左右，你可以经常请他帮忙。你知道这个朋友是谁吗？

他就是字典。你可以从他那里学习有关词汇的众多重要知识，所以你必须学会如何使用字典。

Vocabulary

come across 碰到 guess 猜测