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新起点读写教程2

The Study of Words词汇学习Thestudy of words is not merely something that has to do with literature. Words are your tools of thought. You can’t even think at all without them. Try it. If you are planning to go downtown this afternoon you will find that you are saying to yourself: “I think I will go downtown this afternoon.” You can’t make such a simple decision as this without using words. Without words you could make no decisions and form no judgments whatsoever. A pianist may have the most beautiful tunes in his head, but if he had only five keys on his piano he would never get more than a fraction of these tunes out. Your words are your keys for your thoughts. And the more words you have at your command, the deeper, clearer and more accurate will be your thinking. A command of English will not only improve the processes of your mind. It will give you assurance; build your self-confidence; lend color to your personality; and increase your popularity. Your words are your personality. Your vocabulary is you. Your words are all that we, your friends, have to know and judge you by. You have no other medium for telling us your thoughts— for convincing us, persuading us and giving us orders.Words are explosive. Phrases are packed with TNT. A simple word can destroy a friendship or land a large order. The proper phrases in the mouths of clerks can double the sales of a department store.The wrong words used by a political leader have lost him an election.Words have changed the direction of history. Words can also change the direction of your life. They have often raised a man from mediocrity to success. If you consciously increase your vocabulary you will unconsciously raise yourself to a more important station in life, and the new and higher position you have won will, in turn, give you a better opportunity for further enriching your vocabulary. It is a beautiful and successful cycle.词汇学习不仅仅与文学有关,词汇是你思维的工具。没有它们,你甚至无法思考。试一下,如果你计划今天下午去商业区,你会发觉自己在自言自语:“我想下午去商业区。”如果不使用词汇,你连如此简单的决

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