简介:MyWife,Edna,andIweremarriedonDecember17,1939.Aweeklater,itwasalmostChristmas,andI’dspentmostofmysmallsavingsonourweddingandhoneymoon.IhadnoprospectofincomeanytimesoonbecauseIworkedforalumbercompanythatwascloseddownforthewinter.Nevertheless,EdnaandIwentshoppingforeveryoneonourlist.Itwasacoldday,butwewereyoungandenthusiastic,scamperinginandoutofstores,pickingupgiftshereandthere.Ievendropped
简介:Theauthorsupposesthatthereisabiggapbetweenvocabularyandtextinthecourseofsecondlanguageacquisition.IgnoranceofindividualsentencetrainingtoacquirelanguagesenseintheCETcoursemightbeoneofthereasonstoaccountforthefailureofmanystudentstobespeakersofEnglishaftertheygraduate.Studentsshouldbeencouragedtoreadandrecitesomemodelsentencesandarticlessoastogainacertainlanguagesenseashardwareandsupportingmaterialsinlinguiticcommunication.Thusconfidenceisobtainedandthegapbetweenvocabularyandtextcanbeeasilyjumpedover.