高一英语unit2UsingLanguagereadingtaskinworkbook课件必修1.pptVIP

* * * The Oxford English Dictionary Reading task on P51 Do you know who are the writers of early dictionaries? Do you know who are the writers of early dictionaries? James Murray, Samuel Johnson, and Noah Webster. Samuel Johnson (1709-84) Noah Webster James A.H.Murray Read the passage and make notes about Murray’s life Education Job Country Note on James Murray’s life Scotland No formal education,taught himself while working Worked in a bank, then in Oxford. Other information Date of completion Who worked on the dictionary At first just James Murray; later his two daughters; finished by others editors after his death 1928 First edition took forty-four years to complete *