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1、ButWhat'saDictionaryFor?BergenEvans目的/重点Aimsofteaching1.thecomprehensionofthetextandthemasteryoftheimportantlanguagepoints2.theparaphraseofcertaincomplicatedordifficultsentences3.theenlargementofthestudents'vocabulary4.thefamiliarisationwiththestylesofcompositionanddevicesoffiguration课文内容ButWh

2、at'saDictionaryFor?BergenEvansThestormofabuseinthepopularpressthatgreetedtheappearanceofWebster'sThirdNewInternationalDictionaryisacuriousphenomenon.Neverhasascholarlyworkofthisstaturebeenattackedwithsuchunbridledfuryandcontempt.AnarticleintheAtlanticvieweditasa"disappointment,"a"shock,"a"cala

3、mity,""ascandalandadisaster."TheNewYorkTimes,inaspecialeditorial,feltthattheworkwould"acceleratethedeterioration"ofthelanguageandsternlyaccusedtheeditorsofbetrayingapublictrust.TheJournaloftheAmericanBarAssociationsawthepublicationas"deplorable,""aflagrantexampleoflexicographicirresponsibility

4、,""aseriousblowtothecauseofgoodEnglish."Lifecalledit"anon-worddeluge"monstrous","abominable,"and"acausefordismay."Theydoubtedthat"LincolncouldhavemodelledhisGettysburgAddress"onit–aconceptofhowthingsgetwrittenthatthrowsverylittlelightonLincolnbutagreatdealonLife.　　Whatunderliesallthissoundandf

5、ury?IstheclaimoftheG.RC.MerriamCompany,probablytheworld'sgreatestdictionarymaker,thatthepreparationoftheworkcost$3.5million,thatitrequiredtheeffortsofthreehundredscholarsoveraperiodoftwenty–sevenyears,workingonthelargestcollectionofcitationseverassembledinanylanguage--isallthisafraud,ahoax?　　S

6、omonstrousadiscrepancyinevaluationrequiresustoexaminebasicprinciples.Justwhat'sadictionaryfor?Whatdoesitproposetodo?Whatdoesthecommonreadergotoadictionarytofind?Whathasthepurchaserofadictionaryarighttoexpectforhismoney?　　Beforewelookatbasicprinciples,itisnecessarytointerposetwobriefstatements.

7、Thefirstoftheseisthatadictionaryisconcernedwithwords.Somedictionariesgivevariouskindsofotherusefulinformation.Somehavetablesofweightsandmeasuresontheflyleaves.Somelisthistoricaleventsandsome,homeremedies.Andthere’snothingwrongwiththeirs