Module1BritishandAmericanCulturalcorner&TeachingTolearnaboutWebsterwhomadespellingsimpleTomasterthesentencepatternsandusethemfreelyListentothetapeandpaymoreattentiontothewordsyoucan’tpronouncecorrectly.Lookatthefollowingpicturestolearnmoreaboutthefollowingtopic.AnswerthefollowingDoyouknowthisDoyouknowAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishBackgroundNoahBorn:October16,1758Place:Hartford,ConnecticutDied:May28,1843Place:Newhaven,Character:trulyremarkableshrewd,passionate,learnedandenergetic,God-fearingandpatriotic.Fame:authorofthe remarkableshrewdpassionateGod-fearingpatrioticAsayoungadult,NoahWebsterwasateacher.Atthattime,thecolonieswerefightingforindependencefromBritain.YetthebooksthatAmericanchildrenusedinschoolallcamefromBritain.ThebookswereallaboutBritishpeopleandBritishplaces.WebsterwantedbooksthatwouldmeanmoretoAmericanchildren-agrammarbook,aspellingbook,andareader.Thesebookswereverypopular,andmillionsofthemwereWebsterwasinterestedinchangingthespellingsofwords.Hewantedwordstobespelledthewaytheywerepronounced.Forexample,hethoughttheword“head”shouldbespelled“hed”,andtheword“l(fā)augh”shouldbespelled“l(fā)af”.PeoplelikedWebster’ssuggestions.Unfortuna y,though,fewwordschanged,suchwordsinwhichanunpronounced‘u’followedan‘o’wereomitted.ThatiswhyAmericanswritecolorandlabor,theBritishcolourandWiththemoneyhemadefromhisbooks,Websterwasabletostartonhisgreatwork.Thisworktookmorethantwentyyearstowrite.Itwasthe AmericanEnglishdictionary,publishedin1828.Webster’sdictionaryhadover70,000wordsandgavethemeaningandoriginofeach.Tothisday,Webster’sworkistheexamplethatmostdictionariesofAmericanEnglishfollow.Discussandshareyourideawithyourpartner.WhatreasonsdidWebsterhaveforwritinganAmericandictionary?HewantedtosimplifythespellingofEnglishandmakeitlookdifferentfromBritishEnglish.CanyouseeanysimilaritiesbetweenWebster’sworkandattemptstosimplifyTheworkofsimplifyingChinesehasmadeitconvenientforpeopletoread,understandandusetheChineselanguage.SohasWebster’sworkforAmericanpeople.AnswerthequestionsaboutNoahWhomadethespellingofAm.EnglishNoahWhatwasNoahHewasateachergraduatedfromYaleWhatdidhedoasayoungman?HefoughtagainsttheBritishintheAmericanWarofIndependence.WhydidhedecidetowriteanAm.Englishdictionary?HefeelthatwrittenEnglishinthenewlyindependentUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive“American”look.Whatwas TheElementarySpellingWhatdidhesuggestinhis HesuggestedsimplifythespellingofEnglishWords.WhatisWebsterbestknownfor?AmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishHowdoyouknowhisdictionaryisveryimportant?ItquicklybecameastandardreferencebookintheStates.Today,Webster’sdictionaryisstillthenumberonedictionaryforAmericanStudents.InEnglishthespellingofdoesn’talwaysrepresentthesound.Represent(1)=speakforsb代表（/HewaschosentorepresenttheattheRepresent2symbolize象征，表示TheredlinesonthemaprepresentCombinationsofletters(likeough)bineAwithBACombinationsoffactorsmayberesponsiblefortheincreaseincancer.讓我們把工作和結合在一起吧！Let’scombinebusinesswithpleasure.=workandenjoyyourselfatthesame...thankstotheworkofNoahE.g.Thankstoyourhelp,IfinishedmyonThankstothebadweather,wehadtoputoffthesportsmeeting.…suggestedsimplifyingthespellingofEnglishwords.suggestHesuggestedthatIshouldsomeHesuggestedmytakingsomeHispalefacesuggestedthathewasManyofthesuggestionswerequicklyadoptanadoptthepolicy采納的建議/計adoptone’ssuggestion/one’sOthers,however,suchasremovingsilentletterslikethesinislandorthefinaleinexamine,werenot.removePleaseremovetheweedsinthebackMothertoldmetoremovethepianofromthisroomtothatone.那個足球隊員被隊里了。Thefootballplayerwasremovedfromtheteam.RemovethemuddyshoesTheBritishcriticised(批評)thedictionarybutitquicklybecameastandardreferencebookinthecriticisecriticisesb.for ng)因做某事批評beopentocriticismadj標準的nYoushouldwriteinstandard創(chuàng)建標準：seta達到標準：reaeetastandard生活標準：thestandardofliving：abovestandard未達標：belowreferencen.參考，查閱；論及，areference 參考in/withreferenceto…關于……Eg:Inreferencetoyourletterofyesterdaywecan’taccepttheoffer.makereferenceto提到Eg.他沒提到他的貓HemadenoreferencetohisIdentifyingavarietyofComparetheonlineeditionsoftwoEnglishlanguagenewspapers,suchas:TheGuardian(www,guardian.co.USAToday Findanarticleonthesametopicineachedition.LookfordifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.Makealistofdifferencesinspellingandgrammar.Modulecompare leadinfavour belongreferto…as addbesimilarto havedifficultyinincommonwith makeadifferencehave…incommonthankstoThestudentswholikereadinginfavour theprogramme.ThetwokindsofoldfolkmusichaveincommonwithrockandlightWedon’tthinkthat

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