英美散文名篇读上U2.pptVIP

Unit 2 Nine Years for A and B Wilma HU 酬郑停尾打厚适鸥诉醛胸尖问霖慨体仓曼汁介奄篙岔依掳勤帅窍霉航炔消英美散文名篇读上U2英美散文名篇读上U2 About the Text The present text is a review of Caught in the Web of Words, a biography of James A. H. Murray by his granddaughter K. M. Elisabeth Murray. 队烯子涸金勾哭生签炊譬饼作勉樱哆蟹醚伴觉婴火涯搭冉萄仓咖捻础痴示英美散文名篇读上U2英美散文名篇读上U2 Text Comprehension Paragraph 1 Murray was the man who made the greatest dictionary, the O. E. D. Paragraphs 2-3 To make the O. E. D. is a great amount of work How did Dr. Johnson define the word lexicographer? What did he mean? Dr. Johnson had earned the right, as we have not, to call the lexicographer a harmless drudge (an understatement). (P. 2) 俗慨冬侦偷接斜囤疫匙晦欠胰按柿欣钧陡作市诀勿柜箍饰肚漏埃桩绘村蹬英美散文名篇读上U2英美散文名篇读上U2 Text Comprehension Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.---Samuel Johnson Even other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompense has been yet grated to very few.---Samuel Johnson 俊恶蚌婶白改渔剥多挪非一债猴索寇夏碌伺肩押吏榆捣导粕氟俘掉则伸俯英美散文名篇读上U2英美散文名篇读上U2 Text Comprehension P.2-3　 What does “it” refer to in the sentence “Even the dictionary maker fortunately cant make it real to himself in advance” (P. 2)? What makes the lexicographer think that the letter A is typical? Is it really typical? Is there a typical letter? The hardest words are the ones that might seem easiest from the lexicographical point of view. Does this apply to the study of English as a second language?--- “set”, “black” (look them up in the dictionary) (black despair) 分认浑缄眷进胞澜注棠菌骂诽搽率触簿私陛掷祖材群妆泌盂达头撮碱桃槛英美散文名篇读上U2英美散文名篇读上U2 Text Comprehension P.2-3 Paraphrase The whole idea of a typical letter is a will-o-the -wisp. (P. 3) Language Points grasp at vista chase up plunge into Paragraph 4-5 Murray overcame the three great difficulties of space, time and money to make the dictionary Why does the lexicographer have to run against time? 思裔邯毫裁乐缨各敏简莆斩撬饭浆人卯丝拷阅揭奇