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1、高二外研版必修五,Module 1 British and American English Cultural corner & task,Teaching aim: To learn about Webster who made spelling simple To master the sentence patterns and use them freely,Listen to the tape and pay more attention to the words you cant pronounce correctly. Look at the following pictures
2、to learn more about the following topic.,Answer the following questions.,Do you know this man?,Do you know American Dictionary of the English Language?,Noah Webster Born: October 16,1758 Place: Hartford, Connecticut Died: May 28, 1843 Place: New haven, Connecticut,Background information,Character: t
3、ruly remarkable shrewd, passionate, learned and energetic, God- fearing and patriotic. Fame: author of the first American dictionary remarkable 不平常的 shrewd 精明的 passionate 热情的 God-fearing 虔诚的 patriotic 爱国的,As a young adult, Noah Webster was a teacher. At that time, the colonies were fighting for inde
4、pendence from Britain. Yet the books that American children used in school all came from Britain. The books were all about British people and British places. Webster wanted books that would mean more to American children -a grammar book, a spelling book, and a reader. These books were very popular,
5、and millions of them were sold.,Webster was interested in changing the spellings of words. He wanted words to be spelled the way they were pronounced. For example, he thought the word “head” should be spelled “hed”, and the word “laugh” should be spelled “laf”. People liked Websters suggestions. Unf
6、ortunately, though, few words changed, such words in which an unpronounced u followed an o were omitted. That is why Americans write color and labor, and the British write,colour and labour. With the money he made from his books, Webster was able to start on his great work. This work took more than
7、twenty years to write. It was the first American English dictionary, published in 1828.Websters dictionary had over 70,000 words and gave the meaning and origin of each. To this day, Websters work is the example that most dictionaries of American English follow.,Discuss and share your idea with your
8、 partner.,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.,The work of simplifying Chinese has made it convenient for people to read, understand and use the Chinese language. So has Webste
9、rs work for American people.,2. Can you see any similarities between Websters work and attempts to simplify Chinese?,1.Who made the spelling of Am. English simple? Noah Webster. 2.What was Noah Webster? He was a teacher graduated from Yale University. 3.What did he do as a young man? He fought again
10、st the British in the American War of Independence.,Answer the questions about Noah Webster.,4.Why did he decide to write an Am. English dictionary? He feel that written English in the newly independent United States should have a distinctive “American ” look. 5.What was his first work? The Elementa
11、ry Spelling Book. 6.What did he suggest in his first book? He suggested simplify the spelling of English Words.,7.What is Webster best known for? American Dictionary of the English Language. 8. How do you know his dictionary is very important? It quickly became a standard reference book in the State
12、s. Today, Websters dictionary is still the number one dictionary for American Students.,1. In English the spelling of words doesnt always represent the sound. Represent (1) =speak for sb 代表（某人/ 团体） 在这次会议上，他被选中代表该公司 出席。 He was chosen to represent the company at the conference. Represent (2) =symboliz
13、e 象征，表示 在这张地图上，红线代表铁路。 The red lines on the map represent railways.,2. Combinations of letters (like ough) may be pronounced in a number of ways. combination n. combine A with B 一系列的综合因素应该为癌症病例的增多 负责。 A Combinations of factors may be responsible for the increase in cancer. 让我们把工作和娱乐结合在一起吧！ Lets comb
14、ine business with pleasure. = work and enjoy yourself at the same time.,3. . thanks to the work of Noah Webster E.g. 多亏了你的帮助，我按时完成了我 的工作。 Thanks to your help, I finished my work on time. 由于坏天气，我们不得不推迟举行运 动会。 Thanks to the bad weather, we had to put off the sports meeting.,4. suggested simplifying th
15、e spelling of English words. suggest 建议，表明 他建议我应该服一些药。 He suggested that I should take some medicine. He suggested my taking some medicine. 他苍白的脸色表明他生病了。 His pale face suggested that he was ill.,5. Many of the suggestions were quickly adopted. 收养 收养一个孤儿 adopt an orphan (2) 采取；采纳 采纳这项政策 adopt the pol
16、icy 采纳某人的建议/计划 adopt ones suggestion/ones plan,6. Others, however, such as removing silent letters like the s in island or the final e in examine, were not. remove 除去 ；使迁移；解雇；脱掉 请把后院的草除掉。 Please remove the weeds in the back yard. (2) 母亲让我把钢琴从这间屋子里搬到 那间屋子里。 Mother told me to remove the piano from thi
17、s room to that one.,(3) 那个足球队员被队里开除了。 The football player was removed from the team. (4) 请脱掉脏鞋。 Remove the muddy shoes please.,7. The British criticised (批评) the dictionary, but it quickly became a standard reference book in the States. (1) criticise 批评 criticise sb. for (doing) sth. 因做某事批评某人 be ope
18、n to criticism 乐于接受批评,(2) adj 标准的 n 标准 你应该用标准的英语写作。 You should write in standard English. 创建标准：set a standard 达到标准：reach/meet a standard 生活标准：the standard of living 超标：above standard 未达标：below standard,(3) reference n.参考，查阅；论及， 提到 a reference book 参考书 in/with reference to关于 Eg: In reference to your
19、letter of yesterday, we cant accept the offer. make reference to 提到 Eg. 他没提到他的猫。 He made no reference to his cat.,Task: Identifying a variety of English,Compare the online editions of two English language newspapers, such as: The Guardian (www, guardian. co. uk) USA Today (),Find an article on the s
20、ame topic in each edition.,Look for differences between British and American English. Make a list of differences in spelling and grammar.,Module file: compare with lead to in favour of belong to refer to as add to be similar to have difficulty in in common with make a difference havein common thanks
21、 to,The students who like reading are _ the programme. The two kinds of old folk music have much _ rock and light music. We dont think that it _ whether you love the performance or not. The managers being ill yesterday _ our difficulty in completing the project in time. -Do you _ understanding the E
22、nglish news? -Yes. I find it hard to follow.,in favour of,in common with,makes a difference,added to,have difficulty in,6. Lily does very well in her studies. No one in our class can _ her, especially in Maths and English. 7. The discovery was _ a major breakthrough in medical science. 8. What is kn
23、own to us all is that America is a developed country _ the First World. 9. Eating too much sugar can _ health problems. 10. My teaching style _ those of most other teachers.,be compared with,referred to as,belonging to,lead to,is similar to,Homework,Find more related material about Noah Webster and his dictionary. Read some articles about the differences between British and American English as well as the world English.,