1819 Module 6 Section Ⅰ Reading IntroductionReading and Vocabulary1

1、Section Reading Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary(1)新生词汇初识.词义搭配1biographerAa binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law2compileBmistake or offence3revise Ccollect information and arrange it in a book, list, report, etc.4contractDa sentence or phrase taken from a wor

2、k of literature or other piece5fault Esomeone who writes an account of a persons life6publication Fmake larger7enlarge Gchange sth.because of new information or more thoughts8quotation Hthe action of making a book available for sale【答案】1.E2.C3.G4.A5.B6.H7.F 8D.用下列短语的适当形式填空of all time；be available fo

3、r；be unhappy with；consist of；at the touch of；at the end of；at the time；be based on1Nowadays, some fruits which are not_us in winter in the past can be seen on the market.2With the development of science and technology, it is easy to get a good view of New York_the keyboard.3She is called the greates

4、t opera singer_.4I cant believe the movie_a fact.5The exploration team_six members is reported to have got to the top of the mountain.6Although he tried his best, I am still_his performance this time.7Much to his encouragement, he suddenly found a spark of light_the street.8_， he was alone in the of

5、fice, so he could turn to no one for help.【答案】1.available for2.at the touch of3.of all time4.is based on5.consisting of6.unhappy with7.at the end of8.At the time教材语篇细研.阅读P7273课文内容，判断正(T)误(F)1At the time, the best dictionaries in Europe were produced in England and Italy.()2Johnson spent more than th

6、ree years in writing a new dictionary.()3Now, Johnsons book is the best English dictionary available.()4The OED is a comprehensive dictionary of modern English.()5By the 1990s，the publishers began to publish the OED.()【答案】1.F2.T3.F4.T5.F.阅读P7273课文内容，完成下面表格Samuel Johnson(17091784)He was a critic, poe

7、t, 1._and lexicographer.He 2._the first real dictionary of the English language published in Britain.Johnsons new dictionaryHe signed a 3._in June 1746 but the dictionary did not appear until 1755.At the time dictionaries were often just lists of difficult or 4._words.Some 5._were embarrassingly sim

8、ple.Johnsons dictionary contained about 48,000 words, as the 6._of his new dictionary.His dictionary was the first to 7._the meanings of words by using 8._quotations, usually from works by the playwright and poet William Shakespeare.Johnsons dictionary also had many faults.Revising of Johnsonsdictio

9、naryTrench suggested writing a new dictionary based on 9._from a large number of volunteers.His idea was that 10._would write words and expressions they found in books on “quotation slips” and send them to an editor.Murry asked readers to report “as many 11._as you can for ordinary words” as well as

10、 words that seemed “rare, obsolete, oldfashioned, new，strange or used in a strange way”New dictionaryThe first part of the dictionary was12._.The project was too big for one person to 13._， so Murray enlarged the editing team.The complete dictionary finally 14._in 1928.Work started on the second 15.

11、_of the dictionary in 1957, and it took 29 years to complete.【答案】1.piled3.contract4.obscure5.definitions6.basis7.illustrate8.literary9.contributions10.volunteers 11quotations12.published13.edit 14appeared15.edition.阅读P72课文内容，完成课文缩写Johnsons dictionary was the first to 1._the meanings of words by usin

12、g literary 2._， usually from works by the 3._and poet William Shakespeare (15641616) and the English poets John Milton and John Dryden.The dictionary contained over 100,000 quotations.Samuel Johnsons dictionary had many 4._： it was oldfashioned, he gave no help with pronunciation and he used older spellings 5._the newer 6._spellings that most writers were using.Even so, Johnsons book was the best English dictionary 7._for nearly 150 yea