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1/13外研版高中英语必修5CulturalCorner逐句翻译B5M1CulturalCorner逐句翻译TheManWhoMadeSpellingSimple简化拼写的人InEnglishthespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound.在英语中，单词的拼写并不总是能表现出发音。Sopeoplesay/rait/butspellitright,orwrite,orevenrite.因此人们发/rait/的音，却拼写为right，或是write，甚至rite。Combinationsofletters(likeough)maybepronouncedinanumberofways.字母组合（像ough）可能会有好多种发音。Andsomewordsjustseemtohavetoomanyletters.有些单词看起来有太多的字母。ForAmericansthingsarealittlebiteasier,对美国人来说，情况就较为简单，thankstotheworkofNoahWebster,ateacherwhograduatedfromYaleUniversityin1778.这多亏了诺亚﹒韦伯斯特的贡献，他是1778年毕业于耶鱼大学的一名教师。asayoungmanhehadfoughtagainsttheBritishintheAmericanWarofindependence,andhefeltthatwrittenEnglishinthenewlyindependentUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive“American”look.年轻的时候，他参加了反对英国的美国独立战争，并且他觉得英语的书写在新生的美国应该有一个独特的“美国式”面貌。SohebeganhisworkonAmericanEnglish.因此他开始了关于美国英语方面的工作。Hisfirstbook,theElementarySpellingBook,suggestedsimplifyingthespellingofEnglishwords.他的第一本书——《基础拼写》，提出了简化英语单词的拼写。Thebookwasextremelypopular.Bythe1850sitwassellingonemillioncopiesayear,makingitoneofthemostpopularschoolbooksever.这本书极为畅销。到19世纪50年代，它的年发行量达到100万册，使它成为历史上最流行的校园读物之一。Manyofthesuggestionswerequicklyadopted.书中的很多建议很快就被采纳了。Centerinsteadofcentre,programinsteadofprogramme,andflavorinsteadofflavour.如用center代替centre,program代替programme,flavor代替flavour。Others,however,suchasremovingsilentletterslikethesinislandorthefinaleinexamine,werenot.如用center代替centre,program代替programme,flavor代替flavour。WebsterisbestknownforhisAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,whichfirstappeared1828.韦伯斯特最为著名的是他的《美式英语词典》，这本书是在1828年第一次出版的。itintroducedlotsofnewAmericanwords,withinformationabouttheirpronunciationanduse,and,ofcourse,thenewspelling.书中介绍了很多新的美式单词，并且带有发音和用法，当然还有新式拼写。TheBritishcriticizedthedictionary,butitquicklybecameastandardreferencebookintheStates.Today,Webster’sdictionaryisstillthenumberonedictionaryforAmericanstudents.英国人批判这本词典，但是在美国它很快就成为一本标准的参考书。今天，韦伯斯特的词典仍然是美国学生的首选词典。2/13TheManWhoMadeSpellingSimpleInEnglishthespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound.Sopeoplesay/rait/butspellitright,orwrite,orevenrite.Combinationsofletters(likeough)maybepronouncedinanumberofways.Andsomewordsjustseemtohavetoomanyletters.ForAmericansthingsarealittlebiteasier,thankstotheworkofNoahWebster,ateacherwhograduatedfromYaleUniversityin1778.asayoungmanhehadfoughtagainsttheBritishintheAmericanWarofindependence,andhefeltthatwrittenEnglishinthenewlyindependentUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive“American”look.SohebeganhisworkonAmericanEnglish.Hisfirstbook,theElementarySpellingBook,suggestedsimplifyingthespellingofEnglishwords.Thebookwasextremelypopular.Bythe1850sitwassellingonemillioncopiesayear,makingitoneofthemostpopularschoolbooksever.Manyofthesuggestionswerequicklyadopted.Centerinsteadofcentre,programinsteadofprogramme,andflavorinsteadofflavour.Others,however,suchasremovingsilentletterslikethesinislandorthefinaleinexamine,werenot.WebsterisbestknownforhisAmeri...