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Today's English learner has a wide choice of dictionaries．There are 1 with AmericanEnglish, with British English, with idioms or slang, and 2 with pictures．One of the most 3 dictionaries I have seen among many students is the 4 electronic dictionary．All you have to do is to 5 a word in your language and you can see it and 6 it in English．That's great, right?Well, I think it's great, too…but only sometimes．
Bilingual electronic dictiooaries are fast and 7 ．They can be great 8 you are traveling and need information quickly． 9 I am against electronic dictionaries and even bilingual 10 dictionaries in many cases．Let me explain．
When you reach an intermediate(中等的)level of English, you know 11 of the language to ask the meaning of certain things while using English．Translating between languages in your head 12 time．You should be translating as little as possible and 13 in English as much as possible．I strongly recommend that intermediate and advanced students should 14 an English-English dictionary that is made 15 for your understanding．For example, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press has good dictionaries for students and 16 publishing houses do, too．
I also feel that paper dictionaries are better for studying than electronic dictionaries．True, they take longer to use．But, for some reason, the information you 17 seems to stay in your head longer．It may be 18 you are forced to spell the word in your head and therefore“see it”more clearly in your 19 ．
So what do you do if you have checked an English-English dictionary and still don't understand something?Go to your bilingual dictionary．It is useful sometimes．Just remember to try to 20 in English a s much as possible．
