SamuelJohnsonHaveyouheardofhisname?HowdoyouknowaboutSamuelJohnson?Whatdoyouthinkheis?ReadPassage1quicklyandanswerthequestions1.Duringthe18thcentury,wherewerethebestdictionariesproduced?FranceandItaly2.Howmanyyearsdidittaketoproducethedictionaries?About9years3.WhatkindoffaultsdidSamuelJohnson’sdictionaryhave?Old-fashioned;nohelpwithpronunciation;useoldspellingsbasiccriticillustrateobscureomitquotationsimplified1.The_________ofsomethingiswhatitstartswith.2.A_________issomeonewhowritesaboutbooks,plays,etc.andgivestheiropinionsofthem.3.Somethingthatis____________hasbeenmademucheasier.4.Whenyou________something,youdonotincludeit.5.A___________isapieceofspeechorwritingthatyouuseasanexample.6.Somethingthat__________isunusualandhardtofind.7.Ifyou___________themeaningofsomething.Youuseanideaorapicturetoshowwhatitmeans.basiscriticsimplifiedomitquotationobscureillustrate1.SamuelJohnsonwasoneofthegreatestliteraryfiguresofalltimeinAmerica2.SamuelJohnsonfinishedhisdictionaryinthreeyears.3.Johnson’sdictionarywasthefirsttoillustratethemeaningsofwordsbyusingliteraryquotation.4.Johnson’sdictionaryhadmanyfaults,includingold-fashionedandolderwords1.WhowereoriginallyresponsiblefortheconceptoftheOED?2.HowdidtheeditorJamesMurraytheproductionofthedictionary?3.Howlongdidittakebeforethefirstpartwaspublished?4.Howhavethingsadvancedsincethepublicationofthefirstdictionary?Trench,Coleridge,FurnivallByaskingreaderstoreportmanyinstancesofawordontheslips27yearsIthasbeencomputerisedobsoletebasedonpublicationfilingsystemcomprehensive1.A___________isawayofkeepingpiecesofinformationinthecorrectordersothatyoucanfindthemeasily.2.Ifsomethingis_________aparticularidea,thatideaisusedtostartthenewthing.3.Ifsomethingis___________,itincludesallornearlyalltheinformationpossible.4.Somethingthatis___________isnolongerusedorproduced.5.A_____________isabook,magazine,etc.thathasbeenpublished.filingsystembasedoncomprehensiveobsoletepublicationWhichdoyouprefer,SamuelJohn’sDictionaryorOxfordEnglishDictionary?Useyourdictionariestoconsultthewordsinthevocabulary
