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SectionⅣOtherPartsoftheModule[原文呈现]TheManWhoMadeSpellingSimpleInEnglishthespellingofwordsdoesnotalways①represent②thesound.Sopeoplesay/raIt/butspellitright,orwrite,orevenrite.Combinations③ofletters(likeough)maybepronouncedinanumberofways④.Andsomewordsjustseemtohavetoomanyletters.ForAmericansthingsarealittlebit⑤easier,thanksto⑥theworkofNoahWebster,ateacherwhograduatedfrom⑦YaleUniversityin1778⑧.Asayoungman⑨hehadfoughtagainst⑩theBritishintheAmericanWarofIndependence,andhefeltthatwrittenEnglishinthenewlyindependentUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive⑪“American”look⑫.[读文清障]①notalways并不总是,表示部分否定。②representvt.代表;象征③combination/ˌkɒmbI'neIʃn/n.组合;结合④inanumberofways以多种方式⑤alittlebit稍微⑥thanksto幸亏,多亏⑦graduatefrom毕业于⑧ateacher是NoahWebster的同位语,who引导定语从句,修饰ateacher。⑨asayoungman年轻时,注意as不要直译为“作为”。⑩fightagainst与……作斗争;为反对……而斗争fightfor为……而斗争⑪distinctive/dI'stIŋktIv/adj.与众不同的⑫look/lʊk/n.外观;外表;样子用作复数时,意为“相貌”。简化拼写的人[第1~2段译文]在英语中单词的拼写并不总是代表其发音。所以人们说/raIt/,但是拼写成right或write,甚至rite。字母的组合(如ough)可能有很多发音方式,并且一些单词看上去有太多的字母。对美国人来说,事情(单词拼写)稍微容易些,这多亏了一位叫诺亚·韦伯斯特的人,他是一位1778年毕业于耶鲁大学的教师。年轻时,他就参加过反对英国的美国独立战争,并且他觉得书面英语在新独立的美国应该有明显的“美国”特色。SohebeganhisworkonAmericanEnglish.Hisfirstbook,TheElementarySpellingBook,suggested⑬simplifying⑭thespellingofEnglishwords.Thebookwasextremely⑮popular.Bythe1850sitwassellingonemillioncopiesayear,making⑯itoneofthemostpopularschoolbooksever⑰.Manyofthesuggestionswerequicklyadopted⑱.Centerinsteadofcentre,programinsteadofprogramme,andflavorinsteadofflavour.Others,however,suchasremovingsilentletters⑲likethesinislandorthefinaleinexamine,werenot.Websterisbestknownfor⑳hisAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,whichfirstappearedin1828○21.Itintroduced○22lotsofnewAmericanwords,withinformationabouttheirpronunciation○23anduse,and,ofcourse,thenewspelling.TheBritishcriticised○24thedictionary,butitquicklybecameastandard○25reference○26bookintheStates.Today,Webster'sdictionaryisstillthenumberonedictionaryforAmericanstudents.⑬suggestdoing...建议做……⑭simplify/'sImplIfaI/vt.简化⑮extremelyadv.尤其,非常⑯现在分词短语在此处作结果状语。⑰ever与最高级连用,意为“空前,有史以来”;与比较级连用,意为“曾经,以往任何时候”,用来加强语气。⑱adoptvt.采用,采纳;收养注意形似词adapt,意为“使适应,改编”。⑲silentletters不发音的字母⑳bebestknownfor因……而最著名原级:bewellknownfor○21which引导非限制性定语从句,修饰先行词AmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage。○22introducevt.引进○23pronunciationn.发音,pronouncev.发音○24criticise/'krItIˌsaIz/vt.批评criticisesb.forsth.因某事批评某人○25standard/'stændəd/adj.标准的○26reference/'refərəns/n.参考;查阅areferencebook参考书[第3~5段译文]因此他开始了美式英语的工作。他的第一本书,《基础拼读教材》,建议简化英语单词的拼写。这本书非常受欢迎。到19世纪50年代,每年售出100万册,结果使它成为史上最受欢迎的校园用书之一。许多建议很快被采纳了。center代替了centre,program代替了programme,flavor代替了flavour。然而,其他的,例如去掉island中不发音的字母s和examine中的最后一个字母e,则没有被采纳。韦伯斯特最出名的是他的《美国英语词典》,这本词典在1828年首次出版。书中引进了大量新的美式单词,且带有它们的发音和用法,当然也有新的拼写方式。英国人批评该词典,但是在美国它却很快成为标准的参考书。今天,韦伯斯特的词典对于美国学生来说依然是头号重要的词典。Choosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A.Websterandhisbestsellers.B.BritishandAmericanEnglish.C.ThehistoryofAmericanEnglish.D.Themanwhomadespellingsimple.2.WhichistheRIGHTorderaccordingtothetext?①WebstergraduatedfromYaleUniversity.②AmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagecameout.③Webster'sbookwassellingonemillioncopiesayear.④WebstertookpartintheAmericanWarofIndependence.A.②①③④B.③①②④C.④①②③D.①②③④3.Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?A.Allthespellingofwordsdoesnotrepresentthesound.B.TheElementarySpellingBookwaspublishedinthe1850s.C.Webster'ssuggestionswereacceptedcompletely.D.Webster'sdictionaryisthebestallovertheworld.4.WhatattitudedotheBritishhavetowardsWebster'sdictionary?A.Theythoughthighlyofit.B.Theydidn'tlikeit.C.Theyarguedbitterlyaboutit.D.Theyfollowedtheexamplesofit.答案:1~4DCABⅠ.单词拼写1.Theprisoner(尝试)anescape,butfailed.2.Theswordwas(赠送)bythefamilytothemuseum.3.Thegovernmenthasbeen(批评)bythepublicfornotdealingwiththeincidentintime.4.AfterIgavemy(标准的)answer,hekeptonasking.5.It'sgoingtoraintodaybythe(样子)ofit.6.Duringthefestivalandcelebration,youcanappreciatethemusicanddancewith(与众不同的)features.attemptedpresentedcriticisedstandardlookdistinctiveⅡ.根据汉语意思及词性写出下列单词1.adv.迅速地→adj.迅速的2.n.宣布→vt.宣布3.n.(广播、电视节目的)期;版→vt.编辑→n.编辑4.vt.加;增加→n.增加;增加物5.vt.简化→adj.简单的6.n.组合;结合→vt.使结合;使联合7.n.参考;查阅→vt.参考rapidlyrapidannouncementannounceeditionediteditoraddadditionsimplifysimplecombinationcombinereferencerefer[巧记单词]词根词形变化构词点拨announceannouncement动词加-ment构成名词editedition动词加-(t)ion构成名词Ⅲ.根据汉语意思补全短语1.inof同意;支持2.referto......称……为……3.thanks幸亏,多亏4.getonwellsb./sth.与某人相处得好/某事进展得顺利5.getusedsth.习惯于某事6.aof两三个;几个7.wear消失8.graduate毕业于favourastowithtocoupleofffrom1.[教材原句]I'mgettingonjustfine,nowthatIunderstandthelocalaccent.由于我懂得了当地语言,所以一切进展顺利。[句型点拨]nowthat“既然”,引导原因状语从句。[佳句赏析]既然你已经完成作业了,你可以去打篮球了。Nowthatyouhavefinishedyourhomework,youcangotoplaybasketball.2.[教材原句]InEnglishthespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound.在英语中,单词的拼写并不总是体现其发音。[句型点拨]not与always连用表示部分否定。[佳句赏析]他的言行并非总是一致。Hisdeedsdonotalwaysagreewithhiswords.3.[教材原句]Bythe1850sitwassellingonemillioncopiesayear,makingitoneofthemostpopularschoolbooksever.到19世纪50年代,每年售出一百万册,这使它成为最受欢迎的校园图书之一。[句型点拨]现在分词短语作结果状语。[佳句赏析]新建的小木屋沿街排成一行,将这个古老的小镇变成了一个梦幻之地。Newlybuiltwoodencottageslinethestreet,turni
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