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1、Period5:CULTURALCORNER—TheManWhoMadeSpellingSimpleObjectives●Toreadtoknowmoreaboutlanguage●ToreadmoreaboutspellinginEnglishProcedures▇BeforeyoureadPleasegooverthewordlistforthismodule,payingattentiontothepronunciationoftheword,therelationshipbetweenitspronunciationan
2、ditsspelling.▇WhileyoureadCut/thesentencesintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicates,underlinetheusefulexpressionsanddarkentheconnectives.TheManWhoMadeSpellingSimpleInEnglish/thespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound．Sopeoplesay/rait/butspellitright,orwrite,oreven
3、rite.Combinationsofletters(likeough)maybepronounced/inanumberofways.And/somewordsjustseemtohavetoomanyletters.ForAmericans/thingsarealittlebiteasier,thankstotheworkofNoahWebster,ateacher/whograduatedfromYaleUniversity/in1778.Asayoungman/hehadfoughtagainsttheBritish/i
4、ntheAmericanWarofIndependence,andhefeltthat/writtenEnglish/inthenewlyindependentUnitedStates/shouldhaveadistinctive"American"look.So/hebeganhiswork/onAmericanEnglish.Hisfirstbook,TheElementarySpellingBook,suggestedsimplifyingthespellingofEnglishwords．Thebookwasextrem
5、elypopular.Bythe1850s/itwassellingonemillioncopies/ayear,makingitoneofthemostpopularschoolbooks/ever.Manyofthesuggestionswerequicklyadopted.Centerinsteadofcentre,program/insteadofprogramme,andflavor/insteadofflavour.Others,however,suchasremovingsilentletterslikes/ini
6、sland/orthefinale/inexamine,werenot.Websterisbestknown/forhisAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,whichfirstappeared/in1828．ItintroducedlotsofnewAmericanwords,withinformationabouttheirpronunciationanduse,and,ofcourse,thenewspelling.TheBritishcriticisedthedictionary
7、,butitquicklybecameastandardreferencebook/intheStates.Today,Webster'sdictionaryisstillthenumberonedictionary/forAmericanstudents.▇AfteryoureadCopyalltheusefulexpressionsintoyourExpressionBook.Youmaymakesentenceswiththeseexpressions.Expressionsfrom:TheManWhoMadeSpelli
8、ngSimpleInEnglish,thespellingofwords,representthesound,combinationsofletters,bepronouncedinanumberofways,havetoomanyletters,forAmer
