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1、SectionⅣOtherPartsoftheModule[原文呈现]TheManWhoMadeSpellingSimpleInEnglishthespellingofwordsdoesnotalways①represent②thesound.Sopeoplesay/raIt/butspellitright,orwrite,orevenrite.Combinations③ofletters(likeough)maybepronouncedinanumberofways④.Andsomewordsjustseemtohavetoomanyletters.ForAmeri
2、cansthingsarealittlebit⑤easier,thanksto⑥theworkofNoahWebster,ateacherwhograduatedfrom⑦YaleUniversityin1778⑧.Asayoungman⑨hehadfoughtagainst⑩theBritishintheAmericanWarofIndependence,andhefeltthatwrittenEnglishinthenewlyindependentUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive⑪“American”look⑫.[读文清障]①n
3、otalways并不总是,表示部分否定。②representvt.代表;象征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
4、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17[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。SohebeganhisworkonAmericanEnglish.H
5、isfirstbook,TheElementarySpellingBook,suggested⑬simplifying⑭thespellingofEnglishwords.Thebookwasextremely⑮popular.Bythe1850sitwassellingonemillioncopiesayear,making⑯itoneofthemostpopularschoolbooksever⑰.Manyofthesuggestionswerequicklyadopted⑱.Centerinsteadofcentre,programinsteadofprogra
6、mme,andflavorinsteadofflavour.Others,however,suchasremovingsilentletters⑲likethesinislandorthefinaleinexamine,werenot.Websterisbestknownfor⑳hisAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,whichfirstappearedin1828.ItintroducedlotsofnewAmericanwords,withinformationabouttheirpronunciationanduse,
7、and,ofcourse,thenewspelling.TheBritishcriticisedthedictionary,butitquicklybecameastandardreferencebookintheStates.Today,Webster'sdictionaryisstillthenumberonedictionaryforAmericanstudents.⑬suggestdoing...建议做……⑭simplify/'sImplIfaI/vt.简化⑮extremelyadv.尤其,非常⑯现在分词短语在此处作结果状语。⑰ever与最高