高中英语 Module 1 British and American English Section Ⅳ Other Parts of the Module教学案 外研版必修5-外研版高二必修5英语教学案

Module 1 British and American English Section Ⅳ Other Parts of the Module[原文呈现][读文清障] The Man Who Made Spelling SimpleIn English the spelling of words does not always① represent② the sound. So people say/raIt/but spell it right, or write, or even rite. Combinations③ of letters (like ough) may be pronounced in a number of ways④. And some words just seem to have too many letters.For Americans things are a little bit⑤ easier, thanks to⑥ the work of Noah Webster, a teacher who graduated from⑦ Yale University in 1778⑧. As a young man⑨ he had fought against⑩ the British in the American War of Independence, and he felt that written English in the newly independent United States should have a distinctive⑪“American” look⑫.①not always 并不总是，表示部分否定。②represent vt.代表；描写③combination/ k mbI'neI n/ˌ ɒʃn.组合；结合④in a number of ways 以多种方式⑤a little bit 稍微⑥thanks to 幸亏，多亏⑦graduate from 毕业于⑧a teacher 是 Noah Webster 的同位语，who引导定语从句，修饰 a teacher。⑨as a young man 年轻时，注意 as 不要直译为“作为”。⑩fight against 与……作斗争；为反对……而斗争fight for 为……而斗争⑪distinctive/dI'stI ktIv/ŋadj. 与 众 不 同的⑫look/l k/ʊn.外观；外表；样子用作复数时，意为“相貌”。简化拼写的人[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。So he began his work on American English. His first book, TheElementarySpellingBook, suggested⑬simplifying⑭ the spelling ⑬suggest doing ...建议做……⑭simplify/...