2015外研版选修九Module 6《Why Do We Need Dictionaries》word教案.docVIP

Book 9 Module 6 Why Do We Need Dictionaries? Period One Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary Step 1 Revision Step 2 Lead in Step 3 Fast reading Read passage 1 quickly and answer the following questions What was Samuel Johnson? Where were the best dictionaries in Europe produced? How long did it take Samuel Johnson to complete his dictionary? What was the basis of Johnson’s dictionary? How did Johnson’s dictionary illustrate the meaning of the words? What kind of faults did Johnson’s dictionary have? Step 4 Careful reading Read passage 1 carefully and decide the following statements true or false. Samuel Johnson compiled the first real dictionary of the English language published in America. Johnson’s dictionary was often just lists of simple words and some definitions were embarrassingly easy. Johnson’s dictionary contained all the words from Bailey’s book. Johnson’s dictionary contained many quotations from works by William Shakespeare. Johnson’s dictionary had so many faults that it was of no use at all. Step 5 Consolidation Fill in the blanks according to passage 1. Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary Samuel Johnson was one of the greatest literary figures ____ ____ _____ ，who ＿＿＿＿ the first real dictionary of the English language ＿＿＿＿ in Britain．When he was asked to write a new dictionary，he＿＿＿＿　to do it in three years and signed a ＿＿＿＿．In fact, it took much longer. He used Bailey’s book as the＿＿＿＿of his new dictionary，but he ＿＿＿＿　many foreign words．Johnson’s dictionary was the first tthe meanings of words _____ _______ literary quotations. However，Johnson’s dictionary had many ＿＿＿＿ : it was ＿＿＿＿＿＿, he gave no help with ＿＿＿＿＿＿, and he used older spellings ＿＿＿＿　＿＿＿＿ the newer simplified spellings. ＿＿＿　＿＿＿, Johnson’s book was the best English dictionary＿＿＿＿＿for nearly 150 years, until the＿＿＿＿＿of the first part of the Oxford English Dictionary at the end of the 19th century.