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2017届陕西省西藏民族学院附属中学高三4月月考英语试卷
Dictionaries are not closed books. There is still plenty of room for more words in these great vocabulary authorities.
Dictionaries are not closed books. There is still plenty of room for more words in these great vocabulary authorities. New words are continually being created and added to our language. And many of today's word experts can credit a famous mathematician with the creation of the method by which they develop many new words. The mathematician was an Englishman named Charles L. Dodgson. In addition to working with figures, Dodgson wrote books. His imaginative stories and poems have made Dodgson beloved to generations of readers. We know him, however, not by the name of Dodgson but by his pen name, Lewis Carroll.
Lewis Carroll has delighted countless readers, young and old, with Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and numerous poems. In these works, Carroll developed dozens of nonsensical words such as "chortle" and "galumph". Many of these words are combined naturally with more common words in the English language. Carroll referred to his made-up words as "portmanteau" words, named after a kind of leather suitcase that opens into two compartments. The name was well suited, because most of Carroll's words had two compartments. Rather than being entirely fabricated(虚构), they were usually made from the combined parts of two different words. A "snark", for example, clearly came from a snake and a shark.
Although Carroll died long ago, his technique continues to be used today. We clearly see his influence in such words as smog, brunch, and guesstimate.
Classis Book Club for Home-schooled Teens
★ Sign up at Librarian's 1st Floor Reference Desk.
★ Free books for first 15 teens who sign up for each title. If you are unable to attend the activity, please return the book to Teen Librarian so she can give the book to another teen.
Classics for Home-schooled Teens
Fridays, 1:00~2:00 pm, Library Room 215
January 23: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
February 20: Antigone by Sophocles
March 20: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
April 24: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
For information contact Teen Librarian Elise Sheppard, elise.i.sheppard@lonestar.edu, 281-290-5248.
5th Annual Prom-dress Give-away
Lone Star College — CYEAIR BRANCH LIBRARY'S PROM CLOSET
Your dress is free for you to keep.
If you Need a Prom Dress
Contact the Youth Service Specialist at your school/ Contact Prom Closet organizers directly:
LSC-CF Teen Librarian Elise Sheppard at 281-290-5248, elise.i.sheppard@lonestar.edu
LSC-CF Friends of the Library President Nancy Flanakin at meaford8510@vahoo.com
Saturday dates to get a dress:
(Other dates by appointment only — contact Elise or Nancy)
Dates | Times | Locations at LSC-CF Branch Library |
March 21 | 1:00—5:00 pm | Library Room 131 |
March 28 | 1:00—5:00 pm | Activity Room of Kid's Comer (Children's Library) |
April 4 | 1:00—5:00 pm | Library Room 131 |
April 11 | Library closed | |
April 25 | 1:00—5:00 pm | Library Room 131 |
Prom Dresses Needed!
Dresses & accessories needed: All dress sizes 0 — 26
Accessories: Shoes, handbags, jewelry, hair pieces, shawls, etc.
Perfect condition: Clean, undamaged, beautiful
Delivery instructions:
Take donations to Lone Star College — CyFair Branch Library Circulation/Customer Service Desk anytime the library is open.
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