05/ 29/2011

一说到英语词汇，许多人就有一种天然的恐惧感，总觉得英语的词汇量那么大，要如何下手？其实这个问题实在很简单。我们都很熟悉的朗文词典有个很大的特点，就是词典用于释义的单词被控制在2000个常用词范围之内，换言之，只要掌握这2000个常用词，理论上就可以用来描述这个世界了。这些常用词全部都列在词典最后的所谓Defining Vocabulary之内。大家不妨从这些常用词开始掌握。再说说牛津词典，最新版的牛津高阶英语词典所使用的释义词为3000个。这样，我们就有了第一个方向，将词汇量从2000常用词扩大到3000常用词。很显然，用3000个常用词来描述世界要比用2000个更加精确。

个人资料

name 姓名
alias 别名
pen name 笔名
birth date/date of birth 出生日期
born 出生于
birth place 出生地点
age 年龄
native place 籍贯
province 省
city 市

As a hotel representative you may be asked by a guest to make a comparison between two or more things. For example they may want to know which is a better restaurant for local cuisine or which night club has a better live band or which beach is the calmest for swimming. In each of these cases you will be using comparatives and superlatives. Comparatives are used to indicate which of two things is better or worse. Superlatives are used to indicate which is the best or the worst.

水果类（fruits）：
西红柿 tomato 菠萝 pineapple 西瓜watermelon 香蕉banana 柚子addock （pomelo） 橙子orange 苹果apple   柠檬lemon 樱桃 cherry 桃子peach 梨 pear 枣Chinese date （去核枣 pitted date ） 椰子coconut  草莓 strawberry 树莓 raspberry 蓝莓 blueberry 黑莓 blackberry 葡萄 grape 甘蔗 sugar cane 芒果 mango 木瓜 pawpaw或者papaya 杏子 apricot