【正文】 m y si ster doesn39。t know the best way of getti ng to pl aces, she i nsi sted that she ani ze the tri p properl y. N ow, I know that the proper way is al ways her way. I kept aski ng her, When are we l eavi ng and when are we i ng back? I asked her whether she had looked at a m ap yet. O f course, she hadn39。 i t al so had wi de streets wi th trees i n rows and ol d French houses. Unl i ke Vi enti ane, shi ps coul d travel the Mekong Ri ver here. In the center of the ci ty we vi si ted the pal ace and a beauti ful whi te el ephant. It can onl y be seen outsi de the pal ace on speci al days. We ate an earl y supper and went to see a great tem pl e wi th fl oors m ade of sl i ver. The next m orni ng our group sl ept l ate. We were very ti red from the l ong bi ke ri de the day before. l i ve in the m ountai ns of the eastern USA speak with an ol der ki nd of Engli sh di al ect. When Am eri cans m oved from one pl ace to another, they took thei r di al ects wi th them. So peopl e from the mountai ns i n the southeastern USA speak with alm ost the sam e di al ects as peopl e i n the northwestern USA. The USA is a large country i n whi ch m any di fferent di alects are spoken. Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize and understand each other’s dialects. TH E O XFO RD EN GLISH DICTION ARY You may thi nk that Engl i sh di ctionari es have ben used for m any, m any centuri es. The spel i ng of Engl i sh has al ways ben a probl em but i t was m ore of a probl em i n the days before a di cti onary. Then peopl e coul d spel word i n di fferent ways whi ch you mi ght fi nd it i nteresti ng. But i t made readi ng Engl i sh m uch m ore di ffi cult. So di cti onari es were i nvented to encourage everybody to spel the same. In fact, an English dictionary like the kind you use today wasn’t made until the time of the late Qing Dynasty. There m en di d m ost of the im portant earl y work on di cti onari es: Sam uel Johnson, N oah Webster, and James Murray. These m en spent nearl y al l of their lives trying to collect words for their dictionaries. For them, it wasn’t only a job。 m y si ster doesn39。t know the best way of getti ng to pl aces, she i nsi sted that she ani ze the tri p properl y. N ow, I know that the proper way is al ways her way. I kept aski ng her, When are we l eavi ng and when are we i ng back? I asked her whether she had looked at a m ap yet. O f course, she hadn39。 it al so had wi de streets wi th trees in rows and old French i ke Vientiane, ships coul d travel the Mekong River the center of the city we vi sited the pal ace and a beautiful whi te elephant. It can onl y be seen outside the palace on special days. We ate an early supper and went to see a great temple with fl oors made of sl iver. The next morning our group sl ept late. We were very tired from the long bike ri de the day before. 證書編號： A244001624 卷 冊 檢 索 號 GZP2020XS014 2020 年習(xí)水 縣 35kV 里獅 變 10kV 里桃 線 線 路及低壓配網(wǎng)工程 初步設(shè)計（代可研） 說明書 l i ve in the m ountai ns of the eastern USA speak with an ol der ki nd of Engli sh di al ect. When Am eri cans m oved from one pl ace to another, they took thei r di al ects wi th them. So peopl e from the mountai ns i n the southeastern USA speak with alm ost the sam e di al ects as peopl e i n the northwestern USA. The USA is a large country i n whi ch m any di fferent di alects are spoken. Al though m any Am eri cans m ove a l ot, they stil l recogni ze and understand each other’s dialects. TH E O XFO RD EN GLISH DICTION ARY You may thi nk that Engl i sh di ctionari es have ben used for m any, m any centuri es. The spel i ng of Engl i sh has al ways ben a probl em but i t was m ore of a probl em i n the days before a di cti onary. Then peopl e coul d spel word i n di fferent ways whi ch you mi ght fi nd it i nteresti ng. But i t made readi ng Engl i sh m uch m ore di ffi cult. So di cti onari es were invented to encourage everybody to spel the same. In fact, an English dictionary like the kind you use today wasn’t m ade unti l the tim e of the l ate Qi ng Dynasty. There m en di d m ost of the im portant earl y work on di cti onari es: Sam uel Johnson, N oah Webster, and James Murray. These m en spent nearl y al l of their l i ves tryi ng to col l ect words for thei r di cti onari es. For them, it wasn’t only a job。 m y si ster doesn39。t know the best way of getti ng to pl aces, she i nsi sted that she ani ze the tri p properl y. N ow, I know that the proper way is al ways her way. I kept aski ng her, When are we l eavi ng and when are we i ng back? I asked her whether she had looked at a m ap yet. O f course, she hadn39。 i t al so had wi de streets wi th trees i n rows and ol d French houses. Unl i ke Vi enti ane, shi ps coul d travel the Mekong Ri ver here. In the center of the ci ty we vi si ted the pal ace and a beauti ful whi te el ephant. It can onl y be seen outsi de the pal ace on speci al days. We ate an earl y supper and went to see a great tem pl e wi th fl oors m ade of sl i ver. The next m orni ng our group sl ept l ate. We were very ti red from the l ong bi ke ri de the day before. l i ve in the m ountai ns of the eastern USA speak with an ol der ki nd of Engli sh di al ect. When Am eri cans m oved from one pl ace to another, they took thei r di al ects wi th them. So peopl e from the mountai ns i n the southeastern USA speak with alm ost the sam e di al ects as peopl e i n the northwestern USA. The USA is a large country i n whi ch m any di fferent di alects are spoken. Al though m any Am eri cans m ove a l ot, they still recognize and understand each other’s dialects. TH E O XFO RD EN GLISH DICTION ARY You may thi nk that Engl i sh di ctionari es have ben used for m any, m any centuri es. The spel i ng of Engl i sh has al ways ben a probl em but i t was m ore of a probl em i n the days before a di cti onary. Then peopl e coul d spel