话题美文欣赏ElectronicDictionariesTheconceptofhigh－techisnotjustforrocketscientistsanymore.Itistricklingdowntoeverydayusage,andservingausefulpurposeforhumanity.Theelectronicdictionary,alsoknownashand－heldtranslatororpockettranslator,isaneffectivelearningtoolthatcapturesstudents’interestanddoesmuchmorethanjusttranslate.Idioms,antonyms,synonyms,irregularverbscanbeusedinterchangeably.Theclasstimeisnotwastedontheflip－flip－flipofdictionarypagesanymore.ThismachineshortensmuchofthedistancebetweenEnglishandChinesespeakers.Studentscanbeshownhowtousethedictionary,withlittletechnicaldirection.Usingthedictionaryremovestheresponsibilityofthestudentswhoevendon’tknowaword.Beginnersgainafeelingofcontrolovertheirlearningenvironmentandlearningprocess.EventhemostnegativestudentslosetheirhatredofEnglishbyhavingatoolthatsimplifiesandspeedsupthelearningprocess.It’sfastandeasy.Bestofall,noteveryonehastohavetheirownmachines.Thesecanbeshared.Thenextobviousconcerniswhichelectronicdictionarytopurchase.Therearemanydifferentonesonthemarket.The“creditcard”sizeonesdonothavealargeenoughmemorytobeuseful.Atleast20megabytesarenecessary.Iftherearetoomanybuttonsinasmallspace,themachinebecomesboringtouse.Thescreenshouldbelargeenoughsotheusercaneasilyreadit.Mostelectronicdictionariesalsofeatureitemssuchasacalendaroranappointmentbook,acalculator,oranalarmwatch.Anhonestevaluationoftheuser’sneedsshouldbeconsidered.ReadthepassageandjudgeTrueorFalse.1．Anelectronicdictionarycanonlybeusedasatranslator.()2．Beginnerscangainmuchconfidencebyusingthismachine.()3．Whenbuyinganelectronicdictionary,weshouldchooseonewithasmallsize,fashionstyleandmanydifferentfunctions.()答案1.F2.T3.FPeriodOneIntroduction&ReadingandVocabulary(1)Ⅰ.单词识记1．________n．传记作家→________adj.传记的，传记体的→________v．为……写传记→________n．传记2．________v．编纂，汇编→________n．编辑3．________v．修订→________n．修订者，校订者4．________n．引文，引语→________adj.引证的5．________n．缺点，毛病→________adj.不完美的；有错误的6．________n．出版→________v．出版→________n．出版商7．________adj.淘汰的，废弃的，过时的→________n．过时，陈旧8．________v．扩大，扩充；壮大→________n．扩大，扩充→________adj.扩大的，扩展的9．________n．解释，说明→________v．解释，说明10．________n．批评家，评论家→________adj.批评的，批判性的→________n．批评，批判，责备11．________v．加插图于；(用示例、图表等)说明，解释→________n．图表，插图→________adj.说明的；解释性的12．________adj.简化的，简易的→________v．使简化；使简易→________n．简化答案1.biographer；biographic；biographize；biography2．compile；compilatory3.revise；reviser4.quotate；quotative5.fault；faulty6.publication；publish；publisher7.obsolete；obsolescence8.enlarge；enlargement；enlarged9.explanation；explain10.critic；critical；criticism11.illustrate；illustration；illustrative12.simplified；simplify；simplificationⅡ.短语天地1．derive________从……衍生出；起源于2．________alltime有史以来的3．________acontract签合同4．beknown________为……所熟知5．consist________包含6．aswell________也，还有7．________than而不是8．be________on以……为基础9．________thetouchof一触10．beunhappy________对……不满意答案1.from2.of3.sign4.to5.of6.as7．rather8.based9.at10.withⅢ.句型搜索1．By__1882，therewerethreeandahalfmillionofthem.[信息提取]在一般情况下，如果由by引导的从句的谓语动词用一般过去时...