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1、目录第一部分必修三Unit1FestivalsaroundtheworldUnit2Healthyeating多媒体语篇精读课——阅读理解多功能精读方案（一）Unit3TheMillionPoundBankNoteUnit4Astronomy:thescienceofthestarsUnit5Canada—“TheTrueNorth”多媒体语篇精读课——阅读理解多功能精读方案（二）超链接人物类[精读语篇](2012·山东高考阅读理解B)OneofthegreatestcontributionstothefirstOxfordEnglishDictionarywasa
2、lsooneofitsmostunusual.In1879,OxfordUniversityinEnglandaskedProf.JamesMurraytoserveaseditorforwhatwastobethemostambitiousdictionaryinthehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage.ItwouldincludeeveryEnglishwordpossibleandwouldgivenotonlythedefinitionbutalsothehistoryofthewordandquotations(引文)showingho
3、witwasused.ThiswasahugetasksoMurrayhadtofindvolunteersfromBritain,theUnitedStates,andtheBritishcoloniestosearcheverynewspaper,magazine,andbookeverwritteninEnglish.Hundredsofvolunteersresponded,includingWilliamChesterMinor.Dr.MinorwasanAmericansurgeonwhohadservedintheCivilWarandwasnowli
4、vinginEngland.Hegavehisaddressas“Broadmoor,Crowthorne,Berkshire，”50milesfromOxford.MinorjoinedthearmyofvolunteerssendingwordsandquotationstoMurray.Overthenext17years,hebecameoneofthestaff'smostvaluedcontributors.Buthewasalsoamystery.Inspiteofmanyinvitations,hewouldalwaysdeclinetovisitO
5、xford.Soin1897,MurrayfinallydecidedtotraveltoCrowthornehimself.Whenhearrived,hefoundMinorlockedinabooklinedcellattheBroadmoorAsylum(精神病院)fortheCriminallyInsane.MurrayandMinorbecamefriends,sharingtheirloveofwords.Minorcontinuedcontributingtothedictionary,sendinginmorethan10,000submissio
6、nsin20years.MurraycontinuedtovisitMinorregularly,sometimestakingwalkswithhimaroundtheasylumgrounds.In1910,MinorleftBroadmoorforanasyluminhisnativeAmerica.Murraywasattheporttowavegoodbyetohisremarkablefriend.Minordiedin1920,sevenyearsbeforethefirsteditionoftheOxfordEnglishDictionarywasc
7、ompleted.The12volumesdefined414,825words,andthousandsofthemwerecontributionsfromaveryscholarlyanddevotedasylumpatient.功能一、听先浏览题目然后带着问题听录音1．WhoaskedMurraytoeditthedictionary?A．Thegovernment.B．OxfordUniversity.C．Himself.2．WhydidMurrayhavetofindvolunteerstodothework?A．Becausehewaslazy.B
