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1、Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishSectionⅣOtherPartsoftheModule[原文呈现][读文清障] TheManWhoMadeSpellingSimpleInEnglishthespellingofwordsdoesnotalways①represent②thesound.Sopeoplesay/raIt/butspellitright,orwrite,orevenrite.Combinations③ofletters(likeough)maybepronoun
2、cedinanumberofways④.Andsomewordsjustseemtohavetoomanyletters.ForAmericansthingsarealittlebit⑤easier,thanksto⑥theworkofNoahWebster,ateacherwhograduatedfrom⑦YaleUniversityin1778⑧.Asayoungman⑨hehadfoughtagainst⑩theBritishintheAmericanWarofIndependence,andhefel
3、tthatwrittenEnglishinthenewlyindependentUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive⑪“American”look⑫.①notalways并不总是,表示部分否定。②representvt.代表;描写③combination/ˌkɒmbI'neIʃn/n.组合;结合④inanumberofways以多种方式⑤alittlebit稍微⑥thanksto幸亏,多亏⑦graduatefrom毕业于⑧ateacher是NoahWebster的同位语,who
4、引导定语从句,修饰ateacher。⑨asayoungman年轻时,注意as不要直译为“作为”。⑩fightagainst与……作斗争;为反对……而斗争fightfor为……而斗争⑪distinctive/dI'stIŋktIv/adj.与众不同的⑫look/lʊk/n.外观;外表;样子用作复数时,意为“相貌”。简化拼写的人[第1~2段译文]在英语中单词的拼写并不总是代表其发音。所以人们说/raIt/,但是拼写成right或write,甚至rite。字母的组合(如ough)可能有很多发音方式,并且一些单词看上
5、去有太多的字母。对美国人来说,事情(单词拼写)稍微容易些,这多亏了一位叫诺亚·韦伯斯特的人,他是一位1778年毕业于耶鲁大学的教师。年轻时,他就参加过反对英国的美国独立战争,并且他觉得书面英语在新独立的美国应该有明显的“美国”特色。非常感谢上级领导对我的信任,这次安排我向股份公司述职,既是对我履行职责的监督,也是对我个人的关心和爱护,更是对**百联东方商厦有限公司工作的高度重视和支持。SohebeganhisworkonAmericanEnglish.Hisfirstbook,TheElementarySpe
6、llingBook,suggested⑬simplifying⑭thespellingofEnglishwords.Thebookwasextremely⑮popular.Bythe1850sitwassellingonemillioncopiesayear,making⑯itoneofthemostpopularschoolbooksever⑰.Manyofthesuggestionswerequicklyadopted⑱.Centerinsteadofcentre,programinsteadofprog
7、ramme,andflavorinsteadofflavour.Others,however,suchasremovingsilentletters⑲likethesinislandorthefinaleinexamine,werenot.Websterisbestknownfor⑳hisAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,whichfirstappearedin1828.ItintroducedlotsofnewAmericanwords,withinformati
8、onabouttheirpronunciationanduse,and,ofcourse,thenewspelling.TheBritishcriticisedthedictionary,butitquicklybecameastandardreferencebookintheStates.Today,Webster’sdictionaryisstillthenumberonedictionaryf