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When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was ___1___to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary.__2___it was a dictionary intended for non—native learners, none of my classmates had one __3__, to be honest, I found it extremely __4__ to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and __5__ not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the __6__ bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are __7__ both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt __8__ to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I __9__ that monolingual dictionaries are __10__ in learning a foreign language
As I found out, there is __11__ often no perfect equivalence(对应)between two _12__ in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to ___13___ that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the ___14___ meaning of a word in English! ___15___ , she insisted that I read the definition(定义) of a world in a monolingual dictionary __16___ I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. ___17___, I have come to see what she meant.
Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n)
___18___ number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am ___19___ exposed to(接触)the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. ______ this, I can express myself more easily in English.
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