第十一课xin.pptVIP

Teaching Objectives of Unit 11 Acquaint students with basic ideas of dictionary making; Help students to understand the relation between the science of linguistics with dictionary making; Help students to understand the author’s viewpoint and his argument style Webster’s Third New International Dictionary -- published in 1961 -- In content , size, shape, and design, this dictionary of 2,752 pages is the great library of the English language. It has over 460,000 entries, 200,000 usage examples, over 3,ooo pictorial illustrations, and more than 1,000 synonym articles. ( addition of 100,000 new words or new definitions that were not included in the Second International Dictionary) -- This unabridged Merriam—Webster involved enormous work and money. over 200 permanent staff of language experts who specialize in dictionary making, together with a hundred special outside consultants. -- 27 years -- over $3.5 million were spent on the preparation and making of this dictionary. -- a total of 10 million citations were collected as background for definition. -- three virtues were held for making this new edition: accuracy, clearness, and comprehension. Accuracy always comes first . II. Detailed study of the text Detailed Study of the textPart 1: ( 1-3 ): Opening paragraphs: raising the question How did the writer raise the question? a) (para 1) sums up the worst attacks on the dictionary by the popular press. b) (para 2) states the claim of the dictionary compilers (using a rhetoric question) c) (para 3) the discrepancy between the criticism and the great efforts calls for an examination of dictionary-making principles (using four questions ) Para.1 The storm of abuse in the popular press that greeted the appearance of Webster’s Third International Dictionary is a curious phenomenon. Never has a scholarly work of this stature been attacked with such unbridled fury and contempt. …Atlantic viewed it as a “disappointment,” a “shock,” a “calamity,