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1、Module 1 British and American English,Cultural Corner,Have you ever used this dictionary before? Do you know who writes it?,Noah Webster a teacher who graduated from Yale University in 1778,厄诺韦伯斯特 Noah Webster厄诺韦伯斯特(1758-1843)：他不仅是美国词典编纂者、课本编写者，还是拼写改革宣导者和政治家，被誉为“美国学术和教育之父”。他于1828年编纂了一本韦氏大词典，收集了七万多个词
2、条，是第一本美国英语字典。在美国，他的名字等同于词典 美国独立之初，大约有60%的人说英语，并且口音各不相同。其他人说德语、瑞典语和荷兰语。肯德尔说，当时身为教师的韦伯斯特认为“我们应该说美国英语“。韦伯斯特的拼写方法更适合人们透过发音记住单词写法。例如，他把centre变成center；删除传统英语中的u，把colour变为color；去掉musick单词中多余的字母k。,Fast-reading,Read quickly and check the answers with deskmates.,1. What does the first paragraph talk about?2.
3、What does it say about the spelling of English?,British English is so complicated.,The spelling of words does not always represent the sound.,3. Whats the relation between the spelling and the sound in English?4. Does English spelling alwaysrepresent its sound?,The spelling of words does not always
4、represent the sound.,No, it doesnt.,Read again and answer the following questions.,1. What reasons did Webster have for writing an American dictionary? He wanted to simplify the spelling of English and make it look different from British English.,2. What was his first work? The Elementary Spelling B
5、ook, which suggested simplifying the spelling of English words was extremely popular.,1. For Americans things are a little bit easier, thanks to the work of Noah Webster, 对美国人来说, 事情稍微好办些, 这多亏了一位叫诺亚 韦伯的人, ,Language points,thanks to 由于, 因为;幸亏,多亏 常位于句首, 表感谢或讽刺意味。Thanks to your help, we finished the wor
6、k head of time. 多亏你的帮助, 我们提前完成了任务。 Thanks to the bad weather, the matchhad been put off. 多亏这倒霉的天气, 比赛推迟了。,2. due to sth./sb. 某人某事物引起的;由于某人某事物 The teams success was largely due to her efforts. 该队的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力。 They arrived late due to the storm. 他们由于风暴而来迟。,3. owing to: 由于;因为 Owing to the rain, the
7、 meeting has to be put off. 会议因雨而推迟了。 I couldnt attend the meeting owing to illness. 我因病不能出席会议。,because of 用在句首或句子后面，表示原因 Because of the heavy rain, the sports meet has been put off. I came late because of the heavy rain.,4. 短语比较：,comparewith把和进行比较 compareto 把比作 compared to/ with 与相比(固定搭配,常作状语),1. L
8、ife is often _ voyage. 2. _ the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all. 3. He began to _ himself with the workers in his workshop.,compared to,Compared to / with,compare,5. 单词比较：adopt/adapt,adopt 采取; 采纳; 吸收 过继, 收养 (as) adapt 使适应, 使适合 (to) 改编, 改写 (for),1. After much deliberation, the president decided to _ her suggestion. 2. The author is going to _ his play for television. 3. Mr. Kern _ the orphan as his own son. 4. He tried hard to _ himself to the new conditions.,adopt,adapt,adopt,adapt,
