初中英语广州版3A 05

[09:58.78]More than one hundred?
[10:00.95]More than one thousand?
[10:02.98]More than one million?
[10:05.26]Well,there're more than six thousand different languages.
[10:10.01]Which language has the most speakers?
[10:13.25]If you said Chinese,you are right.
[10:16.41]There're more than 1 thousand 3 hundred millions speakers of Chinese
[10:21.98]English is second.
[10:24.12]There are about
[10:25.66]three hundred and fifty million speakers of English in the world
[10:29.42]Of course,
[10:30.96]many people speak neither Putonghua nor English.
[10:35.04]Some languages have only a very few speakers-
[10:38.98]about 40 or 50.
[10:41.41]In some places,
[10:43.06]only the old people still speak their language.
[10:46.61]Neither the parents
[10:48.65]nor the children have learned the old language.
[10:51.39]When the grandparents die,
[10:53.53]the language will die,too.
[10:55.78]3.Read the passage.
[11:00.35]When you have learned a language for a few years,
[11:03.20]it's very useful to buy yourself a dictionary.
[11:06.96]If you don't know the meaning of a word,
[11:09.70]you'll be able to look it up in your dictionary.
[11:13.07]Dictionaries can tell many things about a word.
[11:16.52]If you look a word up in a dictionary
[11:19.97]it'll tell you the meaning
[11:21.93]and the spelling of that word.
[11:24.28]It can also answer many other questions about the word.
[11:28.35]How do you say it?
[11:30.49]Is it a noun or a verb?
[11:32.95]What is the plural of the word?
[11:35.88]How do you make the past tense if it's a verb?
[11:39.74]In the beginning,it can be difficult
[11:42.67]to look things up quickly.
[11:44.63]But if you use it many times,
[11:47.37]it'll become easier and easier.
[11:50.03]It's a good idea to make a dictionary for yourself.
[11:54.16]Use an exercise book and divide it into parts-
[11:58.52]one part for every letter of the alphabet from A to Z.
[12:03.07]When you learn a new word,
[12:05.13]copy it out into your book.
[12:07.88]Then copy out the sound of the word,
[12:10.93]its part of speech and its meaning.