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虔誠的patriotic愛國的Asayoungadult,NoahWebsterwasateacher.Atthattime,thecolonieswerefightingforindependencefromBritain.YetthebooksthatAmericanchildrenusedinschoolallcamefromBritain.ThebookswereallaboutBritishpeopleandBritishplaces.WebsterwantedbooksthatwouldmeanmoretoAmericanchildren’s-agrammarbook,aspellingbook,andareader.Thesebookswereverypopular,andmillionsofthemweresold.Websterwasinterestedinchangingthespellingsofwords.Hewantedwordstobespelledthewaytheywerepronounced.Forexample,hethoughttheword“head”shouldbespelled“hed”,andtheword“laugh”shouldbespelled“laf”.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/團體）在這次會議上，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該為癌癥病例的增多負責。ACombinations

offactorsmayberesponsiblefortheincreaseincancer.讓我們把工作和娛樂結合在一起吧！Let’scombinebusinesswithpleasure=workandenjoyyourselfatthesametime.3....thankstotheworkofNoahWebster…E.g.多虧了你的幫助，我按時完成了我的工作。Thankstoyourhelp,Ifinishedmyworkontime.由于壞天氣，我們不得不推遲舉行運動會。

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

ofthesuggestionswerequicklyadopted.收養收養一個孤兒adoptanorphan

(2)采取；采納采納這項政策adoptthepolicy采納某人的建議/計劃adoptone’ssuggestion/one’splan

6.Others,however,suchasremovingsilentletterslikethesinislandorthefinaleinexamine,werenot.remove

除去；使遷移；解雇；脫掉請把后院的草除掉。Pleaseremovetheweedsinthebackyard.(2)母親讓我把鋼琴從這間屋子里搬到那間屋子里。Mothertoldmetoremove

thepianofromthisroomtothatone.(3)那個足球隊員被隊里開除了。Thefootballplayerwasremovedfromtheteam.(4)請脫掉臟鞋。Remove

themuddyshoesplease.7.TheBritishcriticised

(批評)thedictionary,butitquicklybecameastandardreferencebookintheStates.(1)criticise批評criticisesb.for(doing)sth.因做某事批評某人beopentocriticism樂于接受批評(2)adj標準的n標準你應該用標準的英語寫作。YoushouldwriteinstandardEnglish.創建標準：setastandard達到標準：reach/meetastandard生活標準：thestandardofliving超標：abovestandard未達標：belowstandard(3)referencen.參考，查閱；論及，提到areferencebook參考書in/withreferenceto…關于……Eg:Inreferencetoyourletterofyesterday,wecan’taccepttheoffer.makereferenceto提到Eg.他沒提到他的貓。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