The Power of Words
词语的力量
prent是什么意思Wanda Maureen Miller 旺达·莫林·
2011内蒙古高考分数线米勒 1.You may wonder why you should improve your vocabulary. You may be satisfied with it. You can talk, understand other people when they talk, and read. Why learn fancy words that you won't u?
你可能想知道为什么你应该扩大词汇量。你也许已经对你的词汇量很满意了。你能讲话，别人讲话你也能懂，还能阅读。为什么还要去学那些你不会用到的花哨词呢？
2 The main reason for developing a better vocabulary is to receive and nd out thoughts better. Not just words but ideas that words reprent. The person with a good vocabulary is impressive, it's true. But he or she is also better able to get across and understand complex thoughts.
扩大词汇量的主要原因是为了更好地接受和表达思想。不仅是单词—还有单词所代表的思想。的确，词汇丰富的人能给人留下深刻的印象。但他们还能更好地讲清楚和理解复杂的思想。
3 The power of words is so strong that it can even influence the way you e the world. Words not only
reflect your thoughts, in some cas they can also help form them. For example, a certain American Indian tribe does not have parate words in its language for yellow and orange. As a result its members cannot distinguish between the two colors. Their language — or vocabulary — decided what they "e." Words give you the building blocks with which you think. How many times have you been unable to tell your mechanic what's wrong with your car becau you lack the vocabulary? How accurately can you describe a sunt if your vocabulary only includes words light and dark?
词汇的力量非常强大，它甚至能影响你看待世界的方式。词汇不仅反应你的思想，在有些情况下还能帮助你形成思想。例如，有某个美洲印第安部落，在其语言中没有独立的词表示黄色和橘黄色。因此，这个部落的成员就不能区分这两种颜色。他们的语言—或者说词汇—便决定了他们“看到”的东西。词汇给予你构筑思想的基本材料。有多少次你因为缺少相应的词汇而无法告诉你的机修工你的汽车出了什么毛病？如果你的词汇中只有“光明”和“黑暗”这样的词，你又能多么精确地描绘日落的景象呢？
4 However, simple words do not mean a simple mind. Many adults have mature, complex thoughts. But tho thoughts come out garbled and too simple becau of a small vocabulary. They have no choice but to u the same words to express too many different kinds of thoughts. Result: poor communication. As Mark Twain put it, the difference between the right word and the almost right wor
短裤用英语怎么说d is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. The adults with small vocabularies just cannot express fine shades of meaning. They may have, however, as much depth and insight as their more well-spoken friends.
然而，简单的词汇并不意味着简单的头脑。许多成人有着成熟、复杂的思想。但因为词汇量小，那些思想表达出来就显得混乱不堪并过于简单。他们别无选择，只能用同样的词表达太多不同的思想，结果是交流不畅。正如马克·吐温所说，正确的词和几乎正确的词之间的差别就如同萤火虫和闪电之间的差别。这些词汇贫乏的成人完全无法表达意思上的细微差别。然而，他们也许具有和他们那些更善言辞的朋友们同样的思想深度和洞察力。
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5 Perhaps the most impressive reason for vocabulary development is that
a good vocabulary and success are synonymous. (If you know that syn means same, nym means word, and ous is an adjective suffix, then you understand the ntence.)
也许增加词汇量给人以最深刻印象的原因是：词汇丰富和成功是同义词。（如果你知道syn意为“同样的”，nym意为“词”，ous是形容词后缀，那么你就能理解这句话了。）
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6 A good vocabulary can be an economic advantage. An institution for testing people's attitudes, the
just a dream nellyHuman Engineering Laboratory, found that a good vocabulary is the only trait common to successful people. The Lab has found that the highest scores on vocabulary tests have been made by people getting the highest pay. Why? Dr. Johnson O's onnor, the Lab's director, explains it this way: words are "tools of thought." It is through words that people grasp the thoughts of others and do their own thinking.
词汇丰富能成为一种经济上的优势。人类工程学实验室—一个测试人们态度的机构—发现，词汇丰富是所有成功人士唯一的共同特点。该实验室发现，在词汇测试中得分最高的都是那些薪金最高的人。原因何在？实验室主任约翰逊·欧康纳博士是这样解释的：词语是“思想的工具”。人们是通过词语来掌握他人的思想并进行自己的
思考的。stanford公开课
blank page7 .A good vocabulary also means academic success. There is a direct link between verbal ability and scores on intelligence or achievement tests. Many teachers think that the results of an I.Q. test and a vocabulary test will be about the same. And both predict success.
词汇丰富也意味着学业上的成功。词语能力和智力或成绩测试中的得分有着直接的联系。很多老师认为智商测试的结果和词汇测试的结果差不多是一样的。两者都能预测成功的可能性。
8 In short, your vocabulary is your power. It determines the shape and size of your world. It tells who you can or cannot talk with. It says what books you can read and which ideas you can understand. It is your main link to other people. And the best thing about vocabulary is that, unlike your height or the shape of your face or your parents' income level, it's something you can easily control and improve.
总之，你的词汇就是你的力量。它能决定你的生活天地的形状和大小。它能告诉你你能或不能和谁交谈。它能表明哪些书你能阅读，哪些思想你能理解。它是你与其他人联系的主要纽带。最让人庆幸的是，词语同你的身高、脸形或你父母的收入水平不一样，它能让你轻而易举地加以控制和扩大。
9 The best way to improve your vocabulary is through reading. The successful person reads a lot.
扩大词汇量最好的方式是通过阅读。成功的人士博览群书。marimo
10 We learn nearly all of our active vocabulary through context, and usually through context in reading. Words that we learn through their u in context are much more likely to stay with us than words we memorize by themlves, as in a list or in a dictionary.
我们所有的积极词汇几乎都是通过上下文，而且通常是通过阅读中的上下文学会的。比起单独记忆的词语，如列在词汇表或词典中的词，通过用于上下文学习的词语更容易被我们记住。
11 The words we learn through reading will improve not just our reading vocabulary but our listening, speaking and writing vocabularies as well. It is the four types of vocabulary that have a direct impact upon our daily lives. They control how well we understand what we hear and read and how well we speak and write. So we can e that vocabulary is so much more than "fancy" words you won't u. It reprents your thoughts. It gives you social, economic, and academic
power.
通过阅读学会的词不仅能扩大我们的阅读词汇，而且也能扩大我们听、说和写的词汇。正是这四类词汇对我们的日常生活有着直接的影响。它们控制着我们能多好地理解我们所听到和读到的东西，以及我们能说得多好、写得多好。所以我们可以看到，词汇远不止是“你不会用到的花哨的词”。词汇代表了你的思想。它给予你社交方面、经济方面和学业方面的力量。
