Lesson TWELVE
TEXT A
單詞
Chiefly primarily
Grammatical
Super-star
Market
Sonic
Have authority to do sth.
Use---useful---useless-usable---usage
In dispute with sb.
Without dispute
Self-confidenceconfident
As regards sb.sth.
Regardless of
Editor---edit---edition---editorial
occur---occur to sb.
occupation---occupied
occupy oneself in doing sth.with sth.=be busy doing
Alphabet=letter
Quote
Stack sth. Up
Illustration----illustrative
Literature
In the light of
Influence on sb.sth.
Those so called friends have a bad influence on her.
Distance---distant
Forecast
Scattered
Scatter-brained
Scatter aboutover
A well-bound book
Invent---inventor---inventive
Usually
Nun
Get into troubledifficulty
Look up
Around
After
Into
Down upon
on
over
I was brought up by my grandma.
She brought up the 3 kids herself
To the best of one’s ability
課文
Lesson TWELVE
TEXT A
How Dictionaries Are Made
It is widely believed that every word has a correct meaning, that we learn these meanings mainly from teachers and grammarians, and that dictionaries and grammars are the supreme authority in matters of meaning and usage. Few people ask by what authority the writers of dictionaries and grammars say what they say. I once got into a dispute with an English woman over the pronunciation of a word and offered to look it up in the dictionary. The English woman said firmly, What for? I am English. I was born and brought up in England. The way I speak is English. Such self-assurance about ones own language is fairly common among the English. In the United States, however, anyone who is willing to quarrel with the dictionary is regarded as either eccentric or mad.
