Book5 Module1 Cultural Corner

Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishCulturalCorner,Leadin,Q1:Whenyoumeetnewwords,whatwillyoudo?Willyourefertothedictionary？Q2:HowmanykindsofEnglishdictionariesdoyouknow?,Doyouknowthisman?,NoahWebsterBorn:October16,1758Place:Hartford,Connecticut康涅狄格州西哈特福德Died:May28,1848Place:NewHaven,Connecticut康涅狄格州纽黑文市,TheManWhoMadeSpellingSimple,诺亚韦伯斯特(17581843)(NoahWebster)美国词典编纂家，生于康涅狄格州西哈特福德市，1774年入耶鲁大学，1781年获得法律学位，第一步计划出版一套英语语法原理，该书第一部分为美国单词拼写课本，即蓝脊拼写课本，发行达1亿册。此后两年，续刊语法及读本。1806年出版简明英语词典，创见颇多，首次将i和j、u和v分别排列。1807年开始编纂美国英语词典，涉猎语言达20余种，遍访英、法，搜集资料，但其语源多不足信。美国英语词典于1828年首次刊行，不足一年，即告售罄。他主张语言的拼写、语法及惯用法应以活的口语为基础，摈弃人为规则，此说为20世纪语言学家普遍接受。,背景知识,VocabularyTask1:Checkthemeanings.representcombinationpronounceindependencedistinctivesimplifyextremelyadoptcriticisestandardintroduceremovereference,代表,发音,与众不同的,极其；极端地,批评,介绍,结合；组合,独立,使简单，简化,采纳；收养,标准（的）,移走；去除；开除,参考；查阅,Task2:Filltheblanksbyusingthecorrectformsofthesewords.1.The_(联合)ofthenorthandthesouthincreasedthepowerofthenation.2.Keepthedictionaryonyourdeskforyour_(查阅).3.His_(与众不同的)voicemadehimaveryfamoussinger.4.Hewas_(批评)bythecommitteeforfailingtoreporttheaccident.5.Thestoryhasbeen_(简写)bysomeone.6.Ifyouspeak_(标准)English,youcanmakeyourselfunderstoodwhetherinBritainorintheUnitedStates.7.Aftermuchconsideration,Idecidedto_(采纳)hissuggestion.,combination,reference,distinctive,criticised,simplified,standard,adopt,Readthepassagequicklyandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.,1.WhomadeAmericanEnglishspellingsimple?2.Whydidhedoso?3.Whatdidhedotoachievehisgoal?,NoahWebster,ateacher,TomakewrittenEnglishhaveadistinctive“American”look,HewroteabookcalledTheElementarySpellingandthencreatedAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.,.Readthetextagainandthenchoosethetrueanswers.1.Whichoneofthefollowingcanreplacetheword“represent”inthefirstparagraph?A.standforB.presentC.takeD.use2.WhatcanweknowaboutNoahWebsterinthetext?A.HegraduatedfromYaleUniversityin1788.B.Heonceworkedasalawyer.C.HefoughtagainsttheBritishintheAmericanWarofIndependence.D.HeispopularamongtheBritish.,3.Whichwordcanreplacetheword“adopt”inParagraphFour?A.takeB.adaptC.chooseD.reject4.WhichoneisnotthereasonforwritinganAmericandictionary?A.InEnglishthespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound.B.SomeBritishwordshavetoomanyletters.C.WebsterthoughtthenewlyindependentUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive“American”look.D.TheBritishdictionariesarenotgood.,LanguagelearningTask5:Discusswithyourpartnersandtrytofinishthefollowingsentencesbyusingthesimilarstructuresinthepassage.Myparents_myperformanceatschool.(不总是对满意)Mydeskmateisworking_harder,which,Ithink,isnotenough.(稍微；有点儿)_yourwarning,orIwouldhavefallenoffmybicycle.MorehighwayshavebeenbuiltinChina,_itmucheasierforpeopletotravelfromoneplacetoanother.Mr.Smithisamanoftalents,whois_hisinventionofarobot.(以最有名)Teacherssuggest_oursparetimetoimproveh