课件40张PPT。Module 6Module 6 Why Do We Need DictionariesStep 1 Lead-inLook at the picture of
on page 72.
Have you heard of
Samuel Johnson?
How much do you
know about him?Step 2
Read Part 1 quickly,
then do Activity 2;Answers:
1.spelling;2.generation;
3.biographer; 4.revise;
5.contract; 6.poetStep 3 Read the passage and answer the questions:1.Who were originally
responsible for the
concept of the OED?2.How did the editor
James Murray improve
the production of the
dictionary?
3.How long did it take
before the first part
was published?4.Why does the writer
say the project was
clearly too big for one
person to take on?
5.How have things
advanced since the
publication of the first
dictionary?1.Trench,
Coleridge,
Furnivall. 2.By asking readers
to report many
instances of a word on the slips.3. 27 years.4.Because Murray had
only managed the first
volume between 1879
and 1884, it would
take more than one
person’s lifetime to
complete the whole
book.5.It has been
computerised.Step 4Look through Part 1 to
find the words in the
table, and try your best
to experience their
meanings and usage
in the sentences, then
finish Activity 4.Answers to Activity 4:
1.basis 2.critic
3.simplified 4.omit
5.quotation
6.obscure
7.illustrateStep 5
Finish Activity 5 ,
using the same
steps as in Step 4. Words and expressions:Britain’s greatest
literary figures of
all time英国有史以来最伟大的文人
of all time 还有“无论何时”2.compile vt. 汇集, 编辑, 编制; 搜集(资料)
compile a guide book
编指导手册
compile an anthology of poems
编诗集
We are -ing an English-Chinese
dictionary for high school students.
我们在编辑一本中学生用的英汉
辞典。3.revise (1)校阅;校订
He was revising what he had written.
他正在修改他所写的东西。
(2)修正;改变
I'll have to revise my ideas
about Tom.
我必须改变对汤姆的看法。
(3)温习;重温
I've been revising all week.
我整个星期都在复习。4. contract 契约, 合同
sign a contract
签订合同
bind oneself by contract
有契约约束
a breach of contract
违反合同
break the contract撕毁合同; 解除婚约
draw up a contract
草拟合同
negotiate a contract
缔结契约
keep a contract
遵守[履行]合同5.quotation
(1)引用
(2)引用语;语录
Which book do these quotations come from?
这些引文出自哪本书? (3)时价;行情;估价
His quotation for painting my house was too high.
他为我油漆房子索价太高。
6. fault
(1)过失,过错
Who broke the cup? It's my fault, I dropped it.
谁把杯子摔了?这是我的过错,我摔的。
That's no fault of his.这不是他的过错。
"The fault lies with me, not with you."
"这是我的责任,不是你的责任。"
(2)缺点;瑕疵
"There seems to be some fault in thecomputer, and we're just looking into it."
"这台电脑好象有点毛病,我们正在检查原因。"
Your only fault is carelessness.
你惟一的缺点是粗心大意。7.publication
(1)公[颁]布, 发表[布]
(2)发行, 出版
发行物, 出版物, 刊物
the list of new publications(3)新书[新刊]目录
a monthly [weekly ] publication
月[周]刊8.comprehensive
广泛的, 全面的, 综合的; 综合教育的
有理解力的; 容易了解的a comprehensive knowledge
渊博的知识
a comprehensive mind
宽大的心胸
A C-English Grammar for Foreign Students
《外国学生用综合英语语法》a comprehensive planning
全面规化
A C-English-Chinese Dictionary
《综合英汉词典》
comprehensive faculty 理解力9.slip
(1)滑落;跌跤
She slipped on the shiny floor and fell.
她滑倒在发亮的地板上了。
(2)(常与in, out, away连用)溜走;悄悄过去She slipped away without being seen.
她悄悄溜走未被人看见。
He slipped the money into his pocket.
他悄悄地把钱塞进口袋。
(3)(与on, off连用)穿衣服,脱衣服 (4)跌落;变坏;降低
He has slipped in my opinion.
我对他的评价已经降低了。
(5)犯小错误
(6)偷偷地给 (7)脱身,摆脱(束缚)
The dog slipped his collar.
狗挣脱项圈。
(8)忘记;遗漏;未被注意
10. obsolete
adj.荒废的, 陈旧的
n.废词, 陈腐的人11.enlarge
(1)增大,扩大
to enlarge a photo
放大照片
This photograph is a bit too old and probably won't enlarge well.这张照片太老了些放大了很可能不好。
We're enlarging the production scale to produce more and better computers.
我们在扩充生产规模以便生产出更多更好的计算机。(2) (常与on, upon连用)详述
(3)[美] 释放
enlarge one's house
扩建房屋
enlarge one's views
开阔眼界, 增长知识
enlarge a photo放大照片Complicated sentences:1…and the best cannot be
expected to go quite true.而最好的也不能指望完全正确2…the filing system for
the quotation slips
was extremely
Disorganised.引言条的归档方式简直杂乱无章。3.Murray asked readers to report “as many quotations as you can for ordinary words” as well as words that seemed “rare, obsolete, old-fashioned, new,strange or used in a strange way.默里要求读者提交“尽可能多的注释一般词汇的引言”,而不仅仅是那些看上去“罕见的、废弃的、过时的、新鲜的、陌生的或者是用法奇特的词汇”。退出The end