1、Module 1 British and American EnglishThe Man Who Made Spelling SimpleCultural Corner:Noah WebsterBorn:October 16,1758Place:Hartford,ConnecticutDied:May 28,1848Place:New Haven,ConnecticutNoah Webster was a truly remarkable man,shrewd,passionate,and learned.He was the author of the first American Dict
2、ionary.1.Why did Noah Webster begin his work on American English?2.What about peoples attitude to his work?3.What is the historical role of American Dictionary of the English Language?Read the text quickly and check the answers with deskmates.He felt that written English in the newly independent Uni
3、ted States should have a distinctive“American”look.1.Why did Noah Webster begin his work on American English?2.What about peoples attitude to his work?Many of his suggestions were adopted while others were not and the British criticized his dictionary.3.What is the historical role of American Dictio
4、nary of the English Language?It quickly became a standard reference book in the States after published.Whats more,its still the No.1 dictionary for American students now.Read again and and fill in the blanks.Noah Webster was a(n)1._ who graduated from Yale University in 1778.He had fought against 2.
5、_ in the American War of Independence when he was young.He thought that 3._ English in the newly independent United States should have a distinctive“4._”look.So he began working on American English.teacherthe British written American Noah Webster suggested in his first book 5._ that the spelling of
6、English words should be 6.The book gained great 7.and became one of the most popular school books ever.Websters best-known work,American Dictionary of the English LanguageThe Elementary Spelling Booksimplifiedpopularity first appeared in 1828.It quickly became a(n)8._ in the States though the Britis
7、h9._ it.Today,its still the number one dictionary for American students.standard reference book criticised What about other reasons why there are differences between American English and British English？Many students want to know about the differences between American English and British English.How
8、 did these differences come about?There is no quick answer to this question.At first the language in Britain and America was the same.In 1776 American became an independent country.After that,the language slowly began to change.For a long time the language in America stayed the same,while the langua
9、ge in England changed.For example,300 years ago the English talked about fall.Today,most British people talk about autumn,but Americans still talk abut fall.In the same way Americans still use the expression I guess(meaning I think),just as the British did 300 years ago.At the same time,British Engl
10、ish and American English started borrowing words from other languages,ending up with different words.For example,the British took typhoon from Chinese,while the Americans took tornado from Spanish.In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary.He wanted to make American English differe
11、nt from British English,so he changed the spelling of many words.Thats why the words colour,centre and traveller are spelt color,center and traveler in American English.Except for these differences in spelling,written English is more or less the same in both British and American English.The differen
12、ces are greater in the spoken language.For example,Americans say dance/dns/,and in southern England they say /dns/.In America they pronounce not/nt/;in southern England they say/nt/.However,most of the timepeople from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other.Can you d
13、raw the mind map of the passage?For Americans things are a little bit easier,thanks to a man called Noah Webster,thanks to 由于,因为;幸亏,多亏常位于句首,表感谢或讽刺。1.对美国人来说，事情（单词拼 写）稍微好办些，这多亏了一位叫Noah Webster的人。e.g.Thanks to your help,we finished the work head of time.多亏你的帮助,我们提前完成了任务。Thanks to the bad weather,the ma
14、tch had been put off.多亏这倒霉的天气,比赛推迟了。(be)due to sth./sb.某人/某物引起的;由于某人/某物1.该队的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力。2.他们由于风暴而来迟。e.g.The teams success was largely due to her efforts.They arrived late due to the storm.单词比较：adopt/adaptadopt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 dec
15、ided 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.adoptadaptadoptadapt3.他的第一本书基本拼写课本，建议简化英语单词的拼写。His first book,The Elementary Spelling Book,suggested simplifying the spelling of Englis
16、h words3.它引入了大量新的美式英语词汇以及它们的读音，使用；当然，还有新的拼读方式。It introduced lots of new American words,with information about their pronunciation and use,and,of course,the new spelling.4.英国公民抨击这本词典，但它却在美国迅速成为标准参考书。The British criticized the dictionary,but it quickly became a standard reference book in the States.1.Do exercises 16-18 on page 72.2.Write a postcard to a friend at home.Tell them about your trip to the UK or the USA.
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