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The Oxford English Dictionary How it began 1857: The Philological Society of London calls for a new English Dictionary. More work than they thought 1884: Five years into a proposed ten-year project. One step at a time 1884-1928: The Dictionary is published in fascicles. Keeping it current 1933-1986: Supplements to the OED Making it modern 1980s: The Supplements are integrated with the OED to produce its Second Edition. Into the electronic age 1992: The first CD-ROM version of the OED is published. The future has begun The present: The OED is now being fully revised, with new material published in parts online. * 人教课标 高一 必修 1 Unit 2 汉语方言分布图 There is no such thing as “standard English”. What people usually mean by this is grammatical English. However, there are many variants of what is considered standard or grammatical ways of saying things. These variants are called dialects. All countries have dialects and because the USA is so large it has many too. standard 标准, 规格 dialect 方言 southern 南部的 midwestern 中西部的 Spanish 西班牙的 play a part 扮演一个角色 eastern 东部的 northwestern 西北方的 recognize 辨认出, 认出 1. Why are there so many dialects in the US? Because people have come from all over the world. Geography also plays a part in making dialects. It’s believed to be the English spoken on TV and the radio. 2. What’s the standard English? Read the passage and answer the questions. 3. Can you tell an interesting or funny story that shows great difference between dialects in Chinese/English? Example: keys or kiss One friend of mine was giving an English lesson to a class of adults who had recently come to live in the United States. After placing quite a number of everyday objects on a table he asked various members of the class to give him th