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Reading - Specific Information - Level 3

Foreword

  The classified ads in a newspaper serve as an important source of information to rent a house or an apartment. As the newspaper sells the advertising space by the number of letters, the advertisers try to use the fewest possible letters to transmit their messages. Therefore it is necessary to recognize the abbreviated words in order to understand the advertising messages.
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引言

  报刊的分类广告是租房子或公寓的一个重要的信息来源。由于报纸是按字母的数量出售广告空间,因此登广告的人要用尽量少的字母来传达信息。鉴于此,为了读懂广告信息就必须能够辨认缩写词。
  点击 “Next” 开始练习。

Directions: Read the abbreviations on the left, and rewrite the ads on the right after the given example.
练习说明: 阅读左栏的缩写词,并按照所给的例子改写广告。

Abbreviations

 apt.  apartment  incld.  include
 avail.  available  kit.  kitchen
 ave.  avenue  lg.  large
 beauti.  beautiful  lr.  living-room
 bldg.  building  min.  minute
 blk  block  mo.  month
 br.  bedroom  pvt.  private
 bth.  bathroom  rm.  room
 drmn.  doorman  ref.  reference
 elec.  electricity  smkg.  smoking
 elev.  elevator  sq.  square
 entr.  entrance  st.  street
 flr.  floor  trans.  transportation
 fr.  from  utils.  utilities
 ft.  foot  wndw.  window
 furn’d.  furnished  wlk.  walk
 grdn.  garden  wknd.  weekend
     w/w.  wall to wall

 
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