外研版高中-英语必修5 cultural corner逐句翻译.docVIP

` ```` 外研版高中英语必修5 Cultural Corner逐句翻译 B5 M1 Cultural Corner逐句翻译 The Man Who Made Spelling Simple简化拼写的人 In English the spelling of words does not always represent the sound. 在英语中，单词的拼写并不总是能表现出发音。 So people say /rait/ but spell it right, or write, or even rite. 因此人们发/rait/的音，却拼写为right，或是write，甚至rite。Combinations of letters (like ough) may be pronounced in a number of ways. 字母组合（像ough）可能会有好多种发音。And some words just seem to have too many letters.有些单词看起来有太多的字母。 For Americans things are a little bit easier, 对美国人来说，情况就较为简单，thanks to the work of Noah Webster, a teacher who graduated