Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishCulturalcorner&taskTeachingaim:

TolearnaboutWebsterwhomadespellingsimpleTomasterthesentencepatternsandusethemfreelyListentothetapeandpaymoreattentiontothewordsyoucan’tpronouncecorrectly.Lookatthefollowingpicturestolearnmoreaboutthefollowingtopic.M1CulturalCorner.mp3Answerthefollowingquestions.Doyouknowthisman?DoyouknowAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage?NoahWebsterBorn:October16,1758Place:Hartford,ConnecticutDied:May28,1843Place:Newhaven,ConnecticutBackgroundinformationCharacter:trulyremarkableshrewd,passionate,learnedandenergetic,God-fearingandpatriotic.Fame:authorofthefirstAmericandictionaryremarkable不平常的

shrewd精明的passionate熱情的

God-fearing虔誠(chéng)的patriotic愛(ài)國(guó)的Asayoungadult,NoahWebsterwasateacher.Atthattime,thecolonieswerefightingforindependencefromBritain.YetthebooksthatAmericanchildrenusedinschoolallcamefromBritain.ThebookswereallaboutBritishpeopleandBritishplaces.WebsterwantedbooksthatwouldmeanmoretoAmericanchildren’s-agrammarbook,aspellingbook,andareader.Thesebookswereverypopular,andmillionsofthemweresold.Websterwasinterestedinchangingthespellingsofwords.Hewantedwordstobespelledthewaytheywerepronounced.Forexample,hethoughttheword“head”shouldbespelled“hed”,andtheword“l(fā)augh”shouldbespelled“l(fā)af”.PeoplelikedWebster’ssuggestions.Unfortunately,though,fewwordschangedwerewordsinwhichanunpronouncedufollowedano.ThatiswhyAmericanswritecolorandlabor,andtheBritishwritecolourandlabour.

Withthemoneyhemadefromhisbooks,Websterwasabletostartonhisgreatwork.Thisworktookmorethantwentyyearstowrite.ItwasthefirstAmericanEnglishdictionary,publishedin1828.Webster’sdictionaryhadover70,000wordsandgavethemeaningandoriginofeach.Tothisday,Webster’sworkistheexamplethatmostdictionariesofAmericanEnglishfollow.Discussandshareyourideawithyourpartner.WhatreasonsdidWebsterhaveforwritinganAmericandictionary?HewantedtosimplifythespellingofEnglishandmakeitlookdifferentfromBritishEnglish.TheworkofsimplifyingChinesehasmadeitconvenientforpeopletoread,understandandusetheChineselanguage.SohasWebster’sworkforAmericanpeople.2.CanyouseeanysimilaritiesbetweenWebster’sworkandattemptstosimplifyChinese?1.WhomadethespellingofAm.Englishsimple?Noah

Webster2.WhatwasNoahWebster?HewasateachergraduatedfromYaleUniversity.3.Whatdidhedoasayoungman?HefoughtagainsttheBritishintheAmericanWarofIndependence.AnswerthequestionsaboutNoahWebster.4.WhydidhedecidetowriteanAm.Englishdictionary?HefeelthatwrittenEnglishinthenewlyindependentUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive“American”look.5.Whatwashisfirstwork?TheElementarySpellingBook.6.Whatdidhesuggestinhisfirstbook?HesuggestedsimplifythespellingofEnglishWords.7.WhatisWebsterbestknownfor?AmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.8.Howdoyouknowhisdictionaryisveryimportant?Itquicklybecameastandardreferencebookinthestates.Today,Webster’sdictionaryisstillthenumberonedictionaryforAmericanStudents.1.InEnglishthespellingofwordsdoesn’talwaysrepresentthesound.Represent(1)=speakforsb代表（某人/團(tuán)體）在這次會(huì)議上，他被選中代表該公司出席。Hewaschosentorepresentthecompanyattheconference.Represent(2)=symbolize象征，表示在這張地圖上，紅線代表鐵路。Theredlinesonthemaprepresent

railways.2.Combinationsofletters(likeough)maybepronouncedinanumberofways.combinationn.combineAwithB一系列的綜合因素應(yīng)該為癌癥病例的增多負(fù)責(zé)。ACombinations

offactorsmayberesponsiblefortheincreaseincancer.讓我們把工作和娛樂(lè)結(jié)合在一起吧！Let’scombinebusinesswithpleasure=workandenjoyyourselfatthesametime.3....thankstotheworkofNoahWebster…E.g.多虧了你的幫助，我按時(shí)完成了我的工作。Thankstoyourhelp,Ifinishedmyworkontime.由于壞天氣，我們不得不推遲舉行運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)。

Thankstothebadweather,wehadtoputoffthesportsmeeting.4.…suggestedsimplifyingthespellingofEnglishwords.suggest建議，表明他建議我應(yīng)該服一些藥。HesuggestedthatIshouldtakesomemedicine.Hesuggestedmytakingsomemedicine.他蒼白的臉色表明他生病了。Hispalefacesuggestedthathewasill.5.Many

ofthesuggestionswerequicklyadopted.收養(yǎng)收養(yǎng)一個(gè)孤兒adoptanorphan

(2)采取；采納采納這項(xiàng)政策adoptthepolicy采納某人的建議/計(jì)劃adoptone’ssuggestion/one’splan

6.Others,however,suchasremovingsilentletterslikethesinislandorthefinaleinexamine,werenot.remove

除去；使遷移；解雇；脫掉請(qǐng)把后院的草除掉。Pleaseremovetheweedsinthebackyard.(2)母親讓我把鋼琴?gòu)倪@間屋子里搬到那間屋子里。Mothertoldmetoremove

thepianofromthisroomtothatone.(3)那個(gè)足球隊(duì)員被隊(duì)里開(kāi)除了。Thefootballplayerwasremovedfromtheteam.(4)請(qǐng)脫掉臟鞋。Remove

themuddyshoesplease.7.TheBritishcriticised

(批評(píng))thedictionary,butitquicklybecameastandardreferencebookintheStates.(1)criticise批評(píng)criticisesb.for(doing)sth.因做某事批評(píng)某人beopentocriticism樂(lè)于接受批評(píng)(2)adj標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的n標(biāo)準(zhǔn)你應(yīng)該用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)作。YoushouldwriteinstandardEnglish.創(chuàng)建標(biāo)準(zhǔn)：setastandard達(dá)到標(biāo)準(zhǔn)：reach/meetastandard生活標(biāo)準(zhǔn)：thestandardofliving超標(biāo)：abovestandard未達(dá)標(biāo)：belowstandard(3)referencen.參考，查閱；論及，提到areferencebook參考書(shū)in/withreferenceto…關(guān)于……Eg:Inreferencetoyourletterofyesterday,wecan’taccepttheoffer.makereferenceto提到Eg.他沒(méi)提到他的貓。Hemadenoreferencetohiscat.Task:

IdentifyingavarietyofEnglishComparetheonlineeditionsoftwoEnglishlanguagenewspapers,suchas:TheGuardian(www,guardian.co.uk)USAToday()FindanarticleonthesametopicineacheditionLookfordifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.Makealistofdifferencesinspellingandgrammar.Modulefile: comparewithleadto infavourofbelongto referto…as… addto besimilartohavedifficultyin incommonwithmakeadifference have…incommonthankstoThestudentswholikereadingare_____________theprogramme.Thetwokindsofoldfolkmusichavemuch_____________rockandlightmusic.Wedon’tthinkthatit_________________whetheryoulovetheperformanceornot.Themanager’sbeingillyesterday_____________ourdifficultyincompletingtheprojectintime.---Doyou__________________understandingtheEnglishnews?---Yes.Ifindithardtofollow.infavour