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厄诺·韦伯斯特 Noah Webster厄诺·韦伯斯特(1758-1843)：他不仅是美国词典编纂者、课本编写者，还是拼写改革宣导者和政治家，被誉为“美国学术和教育之父”。他于1828年编纂了一本韦氏大词典，收集了七万多个词条，是第一本美国英语字典。在美国，他的名字等同于「词典」 美国独立之初，大约有60%的人说英语，并且口音各不相同。其他人说德语、瑞典语和荷兰语。肯德尔说，当时身为教师的韦伯斯特认为我们应该说美国英语。韦伯斯特的拼写方法更适合人们透过发音记住单词写法。例如，他把「centre」变成「center」；删除传统英语中的「u」，把「colour」变为「color」；去掉「musick」单词中多余的字母「k」。 Module 1  British and American English Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. Cultural Corner Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. Have you ever used this dictionary before? Do you know who writes it? Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. Noah Webster a teacher who graduated from Yale University in 1778 Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. Fast-reading Read quickly and check the answers with deskmates. 1. What does the first paragraph talk about? 2. What does it say about the spelling of English? British English is so complicated. The spelling of words does not always represent the sound. Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. 3. What’s the relation between the spelling and the sound in English? 4. Does English spelling always represent its sound? The spelling of words does not always represent the sound. No, it doesn’t. Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. Read again and answer the following questions. 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 B