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1、Writing&CulturalcornerTheOriginofChineseWhatisChinese?VarietiesofChineseReadtheparagraphinPart3.Decidewhichisthebesttitle?AndWhy?NoahWebsterBorn:October16,1758Place:Hartford,ConnecticutDied:May28,1848Place:NewHaven,ConnecticutCulturalcornerDoyouknowthisman?NoahWebsterwasatrulyremarkableman,pa
2、ssionate,learnedandenergetic.HewastheauthorofthefirstAmericanDictionary.Fastreading1.Whatdoesthefirstparagraphtalkabout?2.WhatdoesitsayaboutthespellingofEnglish?BritishEnglishissocomplicated.Thespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound.3.What’stherelationbetweenthespellingandthesoundinEng
3、lish?4.DoesEnglishspellingalwaysrepresentitssound?Thespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound.No,itdoesn’t.Readagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhatreasonsdidWebsterhaveforwritinganAmericandictionary?HewantedtosimplifythespellingofEnglishandmakeitlookdifferentfromBritishEnglish.2.Wh
4、atwashisfirstwork?TheElementarySpellingBook,whichsuggestedsimplifyingthespellingofEnglishwordswasextremelypopular.1.ForAmericansthingsarealittlebiteasier,thankstotheworkofNoahWebster,…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,……Languagepointsthanksto由于,因为;幸亏,多亏常位于句首,表感谢或讽刺意味。Thankstoyourhelp,wefinishedth
5、eworkheadoftime.多亏你的帮助,我们提前完成了任务。Thankstothebadweather,thematchhadbeenputoff.多亏这倒霉的天气,比赛推迟了。duetosth./sb.某人[某事物]引起的;由于某人[某事物]Theteam’ssuccesswaslargelyduetoherefforts.该队的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力。Theyarrivedlateduetothestorm.他们由于风暴而来迟。owingto:由于;因为Owingtotherain,themeetinghastobeputoff.会议因雨而推迟了。Icouldn
6、’tattendthemeetingowingtoillness.我因病不能出席会议。becauseof用在句首或句子后面，表示原因Becauseoftheheavyrain,thesportsmeethasbeenputoff.Icamelatebecauseoftheheavyrain.短语比较：compare…with…把…和…进行比较compare…to…把…比作…Comparedto/with与…相比(固定搭配,常作状语)1.Lifeisoften____________voyage.2._________________thesizeofthewholeearth,t
7、hebiggestoceandoesnotseembigatall.3.Hebeganto________himselfwiththeworkersinhisworkshop.comparedtoComparedto/withcompare单词比较：adopt/adaptadopt采取;采纳;吸收过继,收养(as)adapt使适应,使适合(to)改编,改写(for)1.Aftermuchdeliberation,thepresidentdecidedto______hersugg
