2017-2018学年高中英语（浙江专用必修一）教师用书：Unit 2+SectionⅠ　Warming+Up++Reading—Preparing+Word版含答案.docVIP

Unit 2　English around the world 你是否觉得有些英语单词太长拼写太麻烦而且不好记？你是否希望把英语单词的拼写简化一下？simplify the spelling of English words.Unlike other languages，English sometimes spells the same sounds in very different ways.For example，there is “light” but “white”，“loan” but “phone”． The American President Theodore Roosevelt almost succeeded in simplifying English spelling.In 1906，Andrew Carnegie started the Simplified Spelling Board.He was one of the richest men in the United States of America.The boards plan was to make the spelling of words nearer to the way they sound.For example，the word “though” would be spelt “tho”and “through” would be “thru”．Other people on the board were Melvil Dewey，the head of the New York libraries，and Professor Brander Matthews of Columbia University.They explained their idea to President Roosevelt，who thought that it was indeed logical.He immediately asked the government printer to use simplified spelling in all government letters. But people didnt like the change，even if it made life easier.So the new simpler spelling was not popular.More importantly，when the American politicians discussed the plan，they did not like it either.Because Roosevelt did not want to have any problems with the politicians，he changed his mind and told the printer to go back to the old way of spelling. Since then no one in any government has dared to simplify English spelling.However，people do simplify some words，mainly in advertisements.For example，we often see “tonite” instead of “tonight” and “thru” instead of “through”． 1．simplify vt. 简化使简易2．logical adj. 逻辑(上)的3．politician n. 政客；政治家4．succeed in doing sth. 成功做某事5．change ones mind 改变主意6．go back to 追溯；回溯 1．Why do many people want to simplify English spelling? 2．Who were against the plan? 【答案】　1.Because they want to make life easier.　2.The American politicians.SectionⅠ　Warming Up Reading —Preparing 根据提示写出下列单