高中人教版英语必修一同课异构课件：Unit 2 Section D Using language 1.pptVIP

The Oxford English Dictionary Reading task on P51 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 The Oxford English Dictionary 的历史 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 Do you know who is the writer of The Oxford English Dictionary? James Murray, Samuel Johnson, and Noah Webster. Samuel Johnson (1709-84) Noah Webster James A. H. Murray hard working, intelligent, determined, etc Note on James Murray’s life Country Education Job Scotland No formal education,taught himself while working Worked in a bank before beginning to compile the OED Make notes about Murray’s life according to the passage. Note on James Murray’s life Most important task compiling the first edition of the OED Its difficulties: 1 worded in a shed in his garden and behind his house 2 very cold as it was one metre underground * Unit 2 English around the world Using language and reading in workbook 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. Lead in standard 标准, 规格 dialect 方言 southern 南部的 midwestern 中西部的 Spanish 西班牙的 New words play a part 扮演一个角色