外研版必修5模块1Cultural Corner.ppt

* Cultural Corner Born: October 16, 1758 Place: Hartford, Connecticut Died: May 28, 1848 Place: New Haven, Connecticut Noah Webster was a truly remarkable man, shrewd, passionate, learned and energetic. He was the author of the first American dictionary. Fast reading 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 Book, which suggested simplifying the spelling of English words was extremely popular. Careful reading—True or False 1. In English the spelling of words always represent the sound. 2. Noah Webster graduated from Cambridge University in 1778. F F 3. By the 1850s, the Elementary Spelling Book had sold one million copies altogether. 4. American Dictionary of the English Language is the number one dictionary foe American students. T F Language points 1. What reasons did Webster have for writing an American dictionary? 韦伯斯特写美国字典的原因是什么？ reason用来解释某种现象或结果的理由, 后接for sth./doing sth. cause 指造成某一事实或现象的直接原因, 后接 of sth./doing sth. What is the reason for your long silence? The cause of the accident is that she was driving too fast. 2. Can you see any similarities between Webster’s work and attempts to simplify Chinese? 你能看出韦伯斯特的工作与企图简化汉语的相似之处吗？ attempt vt. 设法;尝试;试图 attempt to do sth. 相当于try to do sth./ seek to do sth. [考例] 1. He ____ to escape from the prison, but he couldn’t find anybody to help him. A. succeeded B. attempted C. advised D. offered attempt n. 试图; 尝试 make an attempt to do sth./ make one’s attempt to do sth. I make a attempt to read the entire novel in one sitting. 我试图一次读完整本小说。 3. Combinations of letters (like ought) may be pronounced in a number of ways. 字母的组合(如ought)可以有多种发音。