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厄诺·韦伯斯特 Noah Webster厄诺·韦伯斯特(1758-1843)：他不仅是美国词典编纂者、课本编写者，还是拼写改革宣导者和政治家，被誉为“美国学术和教育之父”。他于1828年编纂了一本韦氏大词典，收集了七万多个词条，是第一本美国英语字典。在美国，他的名字等同于「词典」 美国独立之初，大约有60%的人说英语，并且口音各不相同。其他人说德语、瑞典语和荷兰语。肯德尔说，当时身为教师的韦伯斯特认为我们应该说美国英语。韦伯斯特的拼写方法更适合人们透过发音记住单词写法。例如，他把「centre」变成「center」；删除传统英语中的「u」，把「colour」变为「color」；去掉「musick」单词中多余的字母「k」。 Module 1  British and American English Cultural Corner Have you ever used this dictionary before? Do you know who writes it? Noah Webster a teacher who graduated from Yale University in 1778 Fast-reading Read quickly and check the answers with deskmates. 1. What does the first paragraph talk about? 2. What does it say about the spelling of English? British English is so complicated. The spelling of words does not always represent the sound. 3. What’s the relation between the spelling and the sound in English? 4. Does English spelling always represent its sound? The spelling of words does not always represent the sound. No, it doesn’t. Read again and answer the following questions. 1. What reasons did Webster have for writing an American dictionary? He wanted to simplify the spelling of English and make it look different from British English. 2. What was his first work? The Elementary Spelling Book, which suggested simplifying the spelling of English words was extremely popular. 1. For Americans things are a little bit easier, thanks to the work of Noah Webster, … 对美国人来说, 事情稍微好办些, 这多亏了一位叫诺亚 · 韦伯的人, …… Language points thanks to 由于, 因为;幸亏,多亏 常位于句首, 表感谢或讽刺意味。 Thanks to your help, we finished the work head of time.  多亏你的帮助, 我们提前完成了任务。 Thanks to the bad weather, the match had been put off.  多亏这倒霉的天气, 比赛推迟了。 2. due to sth./sb. 某人[某事物]引起的; 由于某人[某事物] The team’s success was largely due to her efforts. 该队的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力。 They arrived late du