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__① __ The range of materials and tools avaiable to help you with your language studies ishuge from dictionaries to language courses. All of them can help you in different ways, and theappropriate use of these materials and courses will make your language learning much easier andmore effective.
__② __ Possibly the most useful tools there are for learning a language are dictionaries. Dictionaries come in a number of formats including bilingual monolingual, illustrated, electronicand online. Bilingual dic tionaries are perhaps the most useful ones for beginners andinterme-diate learners while monolingual dictionaries, which are designed for native speakers,arealso useful for advanced learners. Pocket dictionaries are good for quick reference and easy tocarry around. Larger dictionaries are better if you want more definitions, examples of us age,andinformation about pronunciation, and grammar. Electronic dictionaries are available as handheldunits or assoftware. Handheld onesare portable, easyand quick to search, and often provide otherfunctions such as, text-to-speech, voice recognition and speech synthesis organizers, addressbooks. They tend to be rather expensive though. Software dictionaries offer many of the samefunctions, and canbe used on computers, and mobile phones.
__③ __ The traditional courses tend to consist of textbooks containing dialogues,Exercisesnotes on grammar, and maybe cultural information. Accompanying cassettesCDs and/or mp3s areoften available Most such courses are intendcd for complete beginners or people with onlyminimal knowledge of the language. Intermediate and advanced-level courses are available forsome of the more popular languagessuch asFrench,C, erman Italian and Spanish.
__④ __ Audio courses usually consist solely of cassettesor CDs though some may alsoinclude a limited amount of printed material. All dialogues exercises,instructions and explanationsare recorded and the focus of these courses is teaching you to understand and speak the language. They are very good at teaching you authentic pronunciation and a manageable amount ofvocabulary.
__⑤ __ Various computer-aided coursesare available on CD-ROMs and DVDs. Each courseis different but they generally include dialogues audio exercises and tests. Some also includephrasebooks,dictionaries, videos, gamesandprovide online and/or telephone support.
A.What is the function of audio courses?
B.What is the function of flash cards?
C.What is the function of traditional courses?
D.What are the most useful tools for language learning?
E.What is the function of computer-aided courses?
F.What can help you a lot with your language learning?
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An efficient carmaker, for example, may ask for limits of foreign imports, hoping to keep its price high without improving the quality of its products. In the end , however , other countries mayretaliate[2] with trade restrictions of their own. Consumers and businesses in both countries are then forced to buy poorly made and expensive domestic products. Trade restrictions might protect a few jobs in inefficient industries,but the whole economy often suffers by becoming less competitive in the international markets.
The most common tools for limiting imports of foreign goods and services are quotas, tariffs,and subsidies. When a country imposes a quota, it limits the quantity of certain foreign products that can be imported. A tariff is a tax placed on goods entering a country , raising the price of imported goods. A government can also use the taxpayers' money to provide a subsidy to local producers , making the price of local goods artificially lower than imported goods.
Trade barriers, like walls betweenfeuding neighbors[3], are usually imposedunilaterally[4] by one country acting on its own to limit the amount of foreign products available to local producer from foreign competition and allow them time to improve their products or lower their prices as long as they are protected from foreign competition by trade barriers.
Although trade restrictions are of dubious economic value, they have been shown to be effective in bringing about political or social change. The refusal of countries to trade and do business with South Africa, for example, was widely seen to be responsible for the decision todismantle the system of apartheid[5].Trade blockades[6] can be useful in forcing countries to change policies that violate human rights or international treaties, but as long as a sufficient number of countries join in the blockade to make it effective.
[1]限额、关税和补贴
[2]报复
[3]有世仇的邻居
[4]单方面地
[5]消除种族隔离制度
[6]贸易封锁
Questions for reading :
A、sensational
B、sentimental
C、sensitive
D、sensible
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