高级英语 张汉熙 上册第十一课
《高级英语》第一册课文7-15翻译、词汇_张汉熙
Learn General Secretary on "two to learn a" strengthening "four Consciousnesses" important speech caused a strong reaction in the country. Time, watching "red treasure", the origin of building the party back to power, how to strengthen services for the masses, improve party cohesion, fighting to become the grass-roots party members and masses hot topic. Grass-roots party organizations "two" is to strengthen the service of party members and cadres, the pioneer spirit. Distribution of grass-roots party organizations in all walks of people, clothing, shelter, which belongs to the nerve endings of the party organization and comments reputation has a direct perception of the masses. Strengthen the party ahead of the "pedal" spirit; strengthen the party members and cadres "success does not have to be me" and "the first to bear hardships, the last to" service spirit to set the party's positive image among the people is important. Grass-roots party organizations "two" is to cleanse all people not happy not to see "stereotypes", establish the honest faithful, diligent faith for the people. No need to avoid mentioning that, some members of our party can not stand the "money," corrosion of temptation, thin, Xu Zhou, such abuse and corrupt bribery, malfeasance borers, and rats. Two, is to clean up, thin, Xu, Zhou's solution to restore the party's fresh and natural, solid and honest work style. Cleansing "take, eat, card," undesirable and behaviour, "cross, hard and cold, push" attitude. Grass-roots party organizations "two" is to strengthen the sense of ordinary party members, participating in consciousness, unity consciousness. For reasons known, members of grass-roots party branches less mobile, less resources, and the construction of party organizations have some lag. Two studies, is to focus on the grass-roots party branches "loose, soft, loose" problem, advance the party members and cadres, "a gang working", "Hong Kong report." Strong cleanup actions, style and rambling, presumptuous "unqualified" party members, pays special attention to party members and cadres "joining party of thought" problem. "Party building" is obtained in the long-term development of our party's historical experience accumulated. Two is our party under the new historical conditions, strengthen the party's construction of a new "rectification movement." Grass-roots party organizations should always catch the hard work, results-oriented. Two educational outcomes are long-term oriented and become an important impetus for the work. "Two" should have three kinds of consciousness "two" study and education, basic learning lies in the doing. Only the Constitution address the series of party rules, and do solid work, be qualified party members had a solid ideological basis. Only the "learning" and "do" real unity, to form a "learn-learn-do-do" the virtuous cycle, and ultimately achieve the fundamental objective of education. This requires that the Organization《高级英语》第一册课文翻译及词汇章美芳第七课神奇的集成电路片时代 (1)第八课互相作用的生活 (1)第九课马克•吐温——美国的一面镜子 (6)第十课震撼世界的审判 (13)第十一课词典的用途究竟何在? (21)第十二课潜水鸟 (29)第十三课大不列颠望洋兴叹 (40)第十四课阿真舍湾 (46)第十五课海上无路标 (62)learning education, need three kinds of consciousness: one is to establish an integrated awareness. "Learning" and "do" what car isTwo-wheel, bird wings, need to go hand in hand, one end can be neglected. Communist theoretician and man. Only by closely combining theory and practice together in order to truly realize their value. "Learning" is the Foundation, the Foundation is not strong, shaking; " "Is the key to net to net thousands of accounts. "Two" education, "" lay the basis, going to "do" the key grip, so that the "learning" and "doing" back to standard, so that the majority of party members "learn" learning theory of nutrients, in the "doing" practice party's purposes. Second, to establish a sense of depth. "Learning" and "do" not Chu drawn, entirely different, but the organic unity of the whole. "Two" learning education, we need to explore integrating "learning" in "do", exhibit "do" in "Science". To avoid the "learning" into simple room instruction, "do" into a monotone for doing. Should exploration "learn" in the has "do", "do" in the has "learn" of education and practice of carrier, makes general grass-roots members can in "learn" in the has "do" of achievements sense, in "do" in the has "learn" of get sense, real makes party of theory brain into heart, put for people service concept outside of Yu shaped. Third, to adhere to long-term the awareness. Style construction on the road forever, "two" had to catch the long-term. "Two" study and education, by no means, assault-style wind-sport, but the recurrent education within the party. In recent years, the party's mass line education practice and "three-three" special education in grass-roots borne rich fruits, vast numbers of party members and cadres withstood the baptism of the spirit. "Two" greater need to focus on longer hold long-term, to establish and perfect the effective mechanism of the education, focusing on the creation of long-term education, strive to make the vast number of party members to maintain their vanguard Color, maintain the party's advanced nature and purity. Awareness-raising, antennas and atmosphere – a discussion on how leading cadres of party members "two" current, "two" activity is in full swing up and down the country, party cadres as a "key minority" is both a barometer and impetus. The "two" meaning enough deep, is to determine the party cadres can resolve to study hard first. In the "two" in the process, some cadres of himself, standing long, high awareness, that Constitution Party rules is simple, its not worth bothering some party cadres think speak series has nothing to do with the grass-roots work, water business learning series of speeches seen as window dressing. These "lazy, casual, and decadent" ideas learning lacks motivation, a serious impediment to "two" effect. John Stuart Mill once said, only a basic element of human thought patterns change dramatically, human destiny can make great improvement. The same, only party members and第七课神奇的集成电路片时代(节选)新生的微型技术将使社会发生巨变1这是一个极小的薄片，只有大约四分之一英寸见方。
高级英语 张汉熙 上册第十一课
Never has a scholarly work of this stature been attacked with such unbridled fury and contempt.
dictionary by the popular press. b) (para 2) states the claim of the dictionary
compilers (using a rhetoric question) c) (para 3) the discrepancy betwee were held for making this new edition: accuracy, clearness, and comprehension. Accuracy always comes first .
II. Detailed study of the text
• Help students to understand the author’s viewpoint and his argument style
Webster’s Third New International
-- published in 1961
Dictionary
-- In content , size, shape, and design, this dictionary of 2,752 pages is the great library of the English language. It has over 460,000 entries, 200,000 usage examples, over 3,ooo pictorial illustrations, and more than 1,000 synonym articles. ( addition of 100,000 new words or new definitions that were not included in the Second International Dictionary)
《高级英语》第一册课文7-15翻译、词汇_张汉熙
《高级英语》第一册课文翻译及词汇章美芳第七课神奇的集成电路片时代 (1)第八课互相作用的生活 (1)第九课马克•吐温——美国的一面镜子 (11)第十课震撼世界的审判 (18)第十一课词典的用途究竟何在? (26)第十二课潜水鸟 (33)第十三课大不列颠望洋兴叹 (45)第十四课阿真舍湾 (51)第十五课海上无路标 (66)第七课神奇的集成电路片时代(节选)新生的微型技术将使社会发生巨变1这是一个极小的薄片，只有大约四分之一英寸见方。
在显微镜下看起来，它就像一幅繁花似锦的那伐鹤地毯，或是一幅铁路调车场的鸟瞰图。
像海滩上的沙粒一样，它的主要成分是硅——地球表面除氧之外蕴含量最为丰富的元素。
2然而，这种惰性小薄片——大多数美国人尚不熟悉——却具有惊人的本领，正在使我们的社会发生着巨变。
这种被称为神奇的集成电路片的东西有着与二十五年前制造出的足有一间房子大的老式计算机相同的计算能力。
那种老式计算机内有许许多多的真空电子管和乱麻似的导线，又大又笨，形似怪物。
集成电路片是由老式计算机衍化而来的，所不同的是它造价低廉，易于批量生产，计算速度快，功能繁多，使用方便。
3神奇的集成电路片代表了人类科技的新发展。
近几年来，这项技术的发展势头之迅猛和意义之深远足可与人类历史上生产工具的出现和蒸汽机的发明相提并论。
正如工业革命替人类承担了大量繁重的体力劳动，并极大地发展了生产力一样，微型计算机正迅速地替人类承担起大量繁重的脑力劳动，并以人们现在才开始掌握的各种方式扩大了人脑的功能。
有了集成电路片，计算机存储信息和执行指令的惊人本领就在以汽车发动机到大学和医院，从农场到银行和公司办公室，从外层空间到托儿所等各个领域发挥作用。
日常生活：按钮的神通4早晨七点半钟，闹钟铃声一响，卧室的窗帘轻轻地自动往两边分开，百叶遮阳帘啪地一声向上卷起，恒温器将室温上调到令人惬意的华氏七十度。
厨房里的咖啡壶开始咕咕作响；后门自动打开放狗子出去。
高级英语 张汉熙 上册第十一课
Para.1
The storm of abuse in the popular press that greeted the appearance of Webster’s Third International Dictionary is a curious phenomenon. Never has a scholarly work of this stature been attacked with such unbridled fury and contempt. …Atlantic viewed it as a ―disappointment,‖ a ―shock,‖ a ―calamity,‖ ―a scandal and a disaster. The New York Times, in a special editorial, felt that the work would ―accelerate the deterioration‖ of the language and sternly accused the editors of betraying a public trust. The Journal…saw the publication as ―deplorable,‖ ―a flagrant example of lexicographic irresponsibility,‖ ― a serious blow to the cause of good English.‖ Life called it ― a non-word deluge,‖ ―monstrous,‖ ―abominable,‖ ―a cause for dismay.‖ They doubted that ― Lincoln could have modeled his Gettysburg Address‖ on it – a concept of how things get written that throws very little light on Lincoln but a great deal on Life.
高级英语第二册(张汉熙)课文翻译
高级英语第二册课文翻译第一课迎战卡米尔号飓风第二课马拉喀什见闻第三课酒肆闲聊与标准英语第四课就职演说（1961年1月20日)第五课爱情就是谬误第六课从天窗中消失第七课爱丑之欲第八课工人是创造者还是机器第九课从奥米勒斯城出走的人第十课悲哀的青年一代第十一课英国人的未来第十二课一个发现:做一个美国人意味着什么第十三课为死刑辩护第十四课亦爱亦恨话纽约第一课迎战卡米尔号飓风小约翰。
柯夏克已料到，卡米尔号飓风来势定然凶猛。
就在去年8月17日那个星期天，当卡米尔号飓风越过墨西哥湾向西北进袭之时,收音机和电视里整天不断地播放着飓风警报。
柯夏克一家居住的地方一—密西西比州的高尔夫港——肯定会遭到这场飓风的猛烈袭击.路易斯安那、密西西比和亚拉巴马三州沿海一带的居民已有将近15万人逃往内陆安全地带。
但约翰就像沿海村落中其他成千上万的人一样,不愿舍弃家园，要他下决心弃家外逃,除非等到他的一家人一-妻子詹妮丝以及他们那七个年龄从三岁到十一岁的孩子一一眼看着就要灾祸临头。
为了找出应付这场风灾的最佳对策,他与父母商量过。
两位老人是早在一个月前就从加利福尼亚迁到这里来,住进柯夏克一家所住的那幢十个房间的屋子里.他还就此征求过从拉斯韦加斯开车来访的老朋友查理？希尔的意见。
约翰的全部产业就在自己家里（他开办的玛格纳制造公司是设计、研制各种教育玩具和教育用品的。
公司的一切往来函件、设计图纸和工艺模具全都放在一楼)。
37岁的他对飓风的威力是深有体会的.四年前，他原先拥有的位于高尔夫港以西几英里外的那个家就曾毁于贝翠号飓风(那场风灾前夕柯夏克已将全家搬到一家汽车旅馆过夜)。
不过，当时那幢房子所处的地势偏低,高出海平面仅几英尺。
“我们现在住的这幢房子高了23英尺,，’他对父亲说,“而且距离海边足有250码远。
这幢房子是1915年建造的。
至今还从未受到过飓风的袭击。
我们呆在这儿恐怕是再安全不过了。
"老柯夏克67岁．是个语粗心慈的熟练机械师。
高级英语第三版第二册第十一课FourLawsofEcologyPartI.ppt
The Poverty of Power, a bestseller
• Commoner addressed the "Three E's" that were plaguing the United States in the 1970s:
• First there was the threat to environmental survival; • then there was the apparent shortage of energy; • and now there is the unexpected decline of the economy.
• He criticized Ronald Reagan and George Bush for regulating pollution and not presenting it.
Barry Commoner
(1917 – 2012)
Commoner’s Books
• In the 1950s, Commoner began ng of nuclear weapons, thereby bringing himself into public prominence. In the 1960s, he became involved in other environmental issues; these included pollution and energy sources.
• Commoner also has strong views on social causes of the present environmental situation. He argues, for example, that eliminating Third World debt payments would lesson the economic gap between developed and less developed countries and end the desperation that usually results in overpopulation. This debt forgiveness could also compensate for previous decades of damage inflicted on such countries. Commoner also calls for redistribution of the world's wealth.
张汉熙《高级英语(1)》(第3版重排版)学习指南【词汇短语+课文精解+全文翻译+练习答案】(11-1
Lesson11The Way to Rainy Mountain一、词汇短语1.blizzard[]n.a severe snowstorm characterized by coldtemperatures and heavy drifting of snow大风雪2.anvil[]n.an iron block on which a blacksmith puts hot pieces ofmetal before shaping them with a hammer铁砧，[解]砧骨3.brittle[]adj.hard but easily broken易碎的，脆弱的4.hickory[]n.the hard wood of the N American hickory tree山核桃属植物5.pecan[]n.the nut of the American pecan tree with a smoothpinkish-brown shell美洲山核桃树6.witch hazel[]n.any of several shrubs or trees of thegenus Hamamelis;bark yields an astringent lotion金缕梅7.foliage[]n.the leaves of a tree or plant;leaves and branches together树叶，植物8.writhe[]v.to twist or move your body without stopping,often becauseyou are in great pain翻腾9.grasshopper[]n.an insect with long back legs,that can jump very high and that makesa sound with its legs蚱蜢，蝗虫10.preeminently[]adv.to a very great degree; especially卓越地；杰出地11.disposition[]n.the natural qualities of a person’s character性情，性格12.grim[]adj.looking or sounding very serious,unpleasant and depressing严酷的，冷酷的13.unrelenting[]adj.1)not stopping or becoming lesssevere;2)if a person is unrelenting,they continue with somethingwithout considering the feelings of other people不宽恕的，不屈不挠的；无情的，冷酷的14.canyon[]n.a long,narrow valley between high cliffs,often with astream flowing through it(美)峡谷，溪谷15.pillage[]n.the act of stealing things from a place or region,especially in a war,using violence掠夺16.corral[]n.an closure for holding or capturing horses,cattle or other animals畜栏17.affliction[]n.pain and suffering or something that causes it 痛苦，苦恼18.brooding[]adj.sad and mysterious or threatening沉思的，徘徊不去的19.divinity[]n.the quality of being a god or like God神，神学，神性，上帝20.cleavage[]n.a division or split between people or groups劈开，分裂21.elk[]n.a large deer that lives in the north of Europe,Asia and NorthAmerica.In North America it is called a moose.美洲赤鹿22.badger[]n.an animal with grey fur and wide black and white lineson its head.Badgers are nocturnal(=active mostly at night)and live inholes in the ground.獾23.flax[]n.a plant with blue flowers,grown for its stem that is used tomake thread and its seeds that are used to make linseed oil亚麻24.buckwheat[]n.small darkseed that is grown as food for animals and for making flour荞麦25.stonecrop[]n.(植物)景天rkspur[]n.a tall garden plant with blue,pink or whiteflowers growing up its stem翠雀属植物27.billow[]v.1)to fill with air and swell out;2)to fill with air and swell out翻腾28.sweet clover[]n.草木樨植物29.lee[]n.a sheltered place,especially one on that side of anything awayfrom the wind背风处，庇护所30.profusion[]n.a very large quantity of something丰富，充沛，慷慨31.deity[]n.the state of being a god;divine nature;a god orgoddess神，神性32.solstice[]n.either of the two times of the year at which the sunreaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at midday,marked by thelongest and shortest days至日；冬至或夏至33.caldron[]n.a large kettle or boiler大锅(炉)，大汽锅34.wean[]v.to cause(oneself or someone else)to give up a former habit;to withdraw(a person)by degrees(from a habit,object of affection,etc.)asby substituting some other interest使断奶，使放弃，使断念35.ridge[]n.a narrow area of high land along the top of a line of hills;ahigh pointed area near the top of a mountain山脊，屋脊36.upthrust[]n.the force with which a liquid or gas pushes upagainst an object that is floating in it向上推，浮力；(地质)地壳隆起37.engender[]v.to make a feeling or situation exist造成38.score[]v.to make cuts or lines in or on something把……记下；划线，刻划；获得；评价39.kinsmen[]v.a male relative男性亲属40.tenuous[]adj.1)so weak or uncertain that it hardly exists;2)extremely thin and easily broken纤细的，脆弱的；稀薄的；贫乏的41.reverence[]n.a feeling of great respect or admiration forsomebody/something尊敬，敬畏42.consummate[]adj.extremely skilled;perfect完美的，圆满的43.impale[]v.to pierce through or fix with a sharp object刺穿，(作为刑罚)把……钉在尖桩上；使绝望44.barter[]n.the system of exchanging goods,property,services,etc.for other goods,etc.without using money物品交换，实物交易45.deicide[]n.the killing of a god杀神，杀神者，害死耶稣的人46.skillet[]n.a small frying pan煮锅，长柄浅锅47.rambling[]adj.spreading in various directions with noparticular pattern漫步的，散漫的，流浪性的48.shawl[]n.a large piece of cloth worn by a woman around the shouldersor head,or wrapped around a baby披肩，围巾49.sentinel[]n.a soldier whose job is to guard something哨兵50.opaque[]adj.not able to be seen through;not transparent ortranslucent不透明的，不传热的，迟钝的51.abide[]v.to dislike somebody/something so much that you hatehaving to be with or deal with them忍受，容忍；持续，遵守52.ample[]rge,often in an attractive way充足的，丰富的，宽敞的53.council[]n.a group of people who are elected to govern anarea such as a city or county政务会，理事会，委员会54.servitude[]n.the condition of being a slave or beingforced to obey another person劳役，奴役；奴隶状态；地役权55.fright[]n.a feeling of fear惊骇，惊吓，害怕56.nocturnal[]adj.of the night夜的，夜曲的，夜间发生的57.wake[]n.a watch or vigil held over the body of a dead person duringthe night before burial(葬礼前)守夜，看护58.perch[]v.to alight or rest on栖息，位于，使坐落于59.handrail[]n.a long,narrow bar that you can hold onto forsupport,for example when you are going up or down stairs栏杆，扶手60.purl[]v.to flow with a gentle movement and a murmuring sound潺潺流水61.scissortail[]n.(美洲)叉尾霸鹟62.hie[]v.to go quickly催促，赶快二、课文精解1.The Way to Rainy Mountain：《雨山之路》（1969年）是由普利策奖获得者斯科特写的一篇散文。
张汉熙《高级英语(1)》(第3版重排版)学习指南-Lesson 11 The Way to Rain
Lesson 11 The Way to Rainy Mountain一、词汇短语1. blizzard n. a severe snowstorm characterized by coldtemperatures and heavy drifting of snow大风雪2. anvil n. an iron block on which a blacksmith puts hot pieces ofmetal before shaping them with a hammer铁砧，[解]砧骨3. brittle adj. hard but easily broken易碎的，脆弱的4. hickory n. the hard wood of the N American hickory tree山核桃属植物5. pecan n. the nut of the American pecan tree with a smoothpinkish-brown shell美洲山核桃树6. witch hazel n. any of several shrubs or trees of thegenus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion金缕梅7. foliage n. the leaves of a tree or plant; leaves and branches together树叶，植物8. writhe v. to twist or move your body without stopping, often becauseyou are in great pain翻腾9. grasshopper n.an insect with long back legs, that can jump very high and that makesa sound with its legs蚱蜢，蝗虫10. preeminently adv. to a very great degree; especially卓越地；杰出地11. disposition n. the natural qualities of a person’s character性情，性格12. grim adj. looking or sounding very serious, unpleasant and depressing严酷的，冷酷的13. unrelenting adj. 1) not stopping or becoming lesssevere; 2) if a person is unrelenting, they continue with somethingwithout considering the feelings of other people不宽恕的，不屈不挠的；无情的，冷酷的14. canyon n. a long, narrow valley between high cliffs, often with astream flowing through it (美)峡谷，溪谷15. pillage n. the act of stealing things from a place or region,especially in a war, using violence掠夺16. corral n. an closure for holding or capturing horses, cattle or other animals畜栏17. affliction n. pain and suffering or something that causes it 痛苦，苦恼18. brooding adj. sad and mysterious or threatening沉思的，徘徊不去的19. divinity n. the quality of being a god or like God神，神学，神性，上帝20. cleavage n. a division or split between people or groups劈开，分裂21. elk n. a large deer that lives in the north of Europe, Asia and NorthAmerica. In North America it is called a moose.美洲赤鹿22. badger n. an animal with grey fur and wide black and white lineson its head. Badgers are nocturnal (= active mostly at night) and live inholes in the ground.獾23. flax n. a plant with blue flowers, grown for its stem that is used tomake thread and its seeds that are used to make linseed oil亚麻24. buckwheat n. small darkseed that is grown as food for animals and for making flour荞麦25. stonecrop n. (植物)景天26. larkspur n. a tall garden plant with blue, pink or whiteflowers growing up its stem翠雀属植物27. billow v. 1) to fill with air and swell out; 2) to fill with air and swell out翻腾28. sweet clover n. 草木樨植物29. lee n. a sheltered place, especially one on that side of anything awayfrom the wind背风处，庇护所30. profusion n. a very large quantity of something丰富，充沛，慷慨31. deity n. the state of being a god; divine nature; a god orgoddess神，神性32. solstice n. either of the two times of the year at which the sunreaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at midday, marked by thelongest and shortest days至日；冬至或夏至33.caldron n. a large kettle or boiler大锅(炉)，大汽锅34.wean v. to cause (oneself or someone else) to give up a former habit;to withdraw (a person) by degrees (from a habit, object of affection, etc.) asby substituting some other interest使断奶，使放弃，使断念35. ridge n. a narrow area of high land along the top of a line of hills; ahigh pointed area near the top of a mountain山脊，屋脊36. upthrust n. the force with which a liquid or gas pushes upagainst an object that is floating in it向上推，浮力；(地质)地壳隆起37. engender v. to make a feeling or situation exist造成38. score v. to make cuts or lines in or on something把……记下；划线，刻划；获得；评价39. kinsmen v. a male relative男性亲属40. tenuous adj. 1) so weak or uncertain that it hardly exists; 2)extremely thin and easily broken纤细的，脆弱的；稀薄的；贫乏的41. reverence n. a feeling of great respect or admiration forsomebody/something尊敬，敬畏42. consummate adj. extremely skilled; perfect完美的，圆满的43. impale v. to pierce through or fix with a sharp object刺穿，(作为刑罚) 把……钉在尖桩上；使绝望44. barter n. the system of exchanging goods, property, services, etc.for other goods, etc. without using money物品交换，实物交易45. deicide n. the killing of a god杀神，杀神者，害死耶稣的人46. skillet n. a small frying pan煮锅，长柄浅锅47. rambling adj. spreading in various directions with noparticular pattern漫步的，散漫的，流浪性的48. shawl n. a large piece of cloth worn by a woman around the shouldersor head, or wrapped around a baby披肩，围巾49. sentinel n. a soldier whose job is to guard something哨兵50. opaque adj. not able to be seen through; not transparent ortranslucent不透明的，不传热的，迟钝的51. abide v. to dislike somebody/something so much that you hatehaving to be with or deal with them忍受，容忍；持续，遵守52. ample adj. large, often in an attractive way充足的，丰富的，宽敞的53. council n. a group of people who are elected to govern anarea such as a city or county政务会，理事会，委员会54. servitude n. the condition of being a slave or beingforced to obey another person劳役，奴役；奴隶状态；地役权55. fright n. a feeling of fear惊骇，惊吓，害怕56. nocturnal adj. of the night夜的，夜曲的，夜间发生的57. wake n. a watch or vigil held over the body of a dead person duringthe night before burial (葬礼前)守夜，看护58. perch v. to alight or rest on栖息，位于，使坐落于59. handrail n. a long, narrow bar that you can hold onto forsupport, for example when you are going up or down stairs栏杆，扶手60. purl v. to flow with a gentle movement and a murmuring sound潺潺流水61. scissortail n. (美洲)叉尾霸鹟62. hie v. to go quickly催促，赶快二、课文精解1. The Way to Rainy Mountain：《雨山之路》（1969年）是由普利策奖获得者斯科特写的一篇散文。
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• betray:
a. If you betray someone's trust, confidence, etc, or you betray your principles, you fail to act in the good and morally correct way that was expected of you. He betrayed his friends to the enemy. She betrayed her promise. Judas betrayed Jesus (to the authorities. • b. If you betray a secret, a plan, etc, you tell people things that you have been asked to keep secret. c. To betray a feeling means to show it without wanting to or intending to. I’m afraid that my face may betray sth. Her eyes betrayed her sadness. His accent betrayed the fact that he was foreign.
Para.1
The storm of abuse in the popular press that greeted the appearance of Webster’s Third International Dictionary is a curious phenomenon. Never has a scholarly work of this stature been attacked with such unbridled fury and contempt. …Atlantic viewed it as a ―disappointment,‖ a ―shock,‖ a ―calamity,‖ ―a scandal and a disaster. The New York Times, in a special editorial, felt that the work would ―accelerate the deterioration‖ of the language and sternly accused the editors of betraying a public trust. The Journal…saw the publication as ―deplorable,‖ ―a flagrant example of lexicographic irresponsibility,‖ ― a serious blow to the cause of good English.‖ Life called it ― a non-word deluge,‖ ―monstrous,‖ ―abominable,‖ ―a cause for dismay.‖ They doubted that ― Lincoln could have modeled his Gettysburg Address‖ on it – a concept of how things get written that throws very little light on Lincoln but a great deal on Life.
Comparison: statue, status • statue: figure of a person, animal, etc., in wood, stone, bronze, etc. the Statue of Liberty / Venus status: condition, position in relation to others one's class / political / social / marital status
II. Detailed study of the text
Textual Structure
Part 1: ( 1-3 ): Opening paragraphs: raising the question
Part 2: ( 4 – 17): Statements before basic principles
Webster’s Third New International
Dictionary -- published in 1961 -- In content , size, shape, and design, this dictionary of 2,752 pages is the great library of the English language. It has over 460,000 entries, 200,000 usage examples, over 3,ooo pictorial illustrations, and more than 1,000 synonym articles. ( addition of 100,000 new words or new definitions that were not included in the Second International Dictionary) -- This unabridged Merriam—Webster involved enormous work and money. over 200 permanent staff of language experts who specialize in dictionary making, together with a hundred special outside consultants. -- 27 years -- over $3.5 million were spent on the preparation and making of this dictionary. -- a total of 10 million citations were collected as background for definition. -- three virtues were held for making this new edition: accuracy, clearness, and comprehension. Accuracy always comes first .
Teaching Objectives of Unit 11
• Acquaint students with basic ideas of dictionary making; • Help students to understand the relation between the science of linguistics with dictionary making; • Help students to understand the author’s viewpoint and his argument style
b. wrong use, MISUSE, improper treatment,
Borrowing money is an abuse of friendship. abuse of power, drug abuse, to abuse one's power, authority, position, wealth, etc.
How did the writer raise the question? a) (para 1) sums up the worst attacks on the dictionary by the popular press. b) (para 2) states the claim of the dictionary compilers (using a rhetoric question) c) (para 3) the discrepancy between the criticism and the great efforts calls for an examination of dictionary-making principles (using four questions )
Para 3.
• So monstrous a discrepancy in evaluation requires us to examine basic principles. Just what’s a dictionary for? What does it propose to do? What has the purchaser of a dictionary a right to expect for his money?
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stature a. Someone's stature is their height and general size. She was rather small in stature. b. The stature of a person or of their achievements is the importance and reputation that they have. a musician of international stature
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• non-word deluge: It's like a flood of unacceptable words. non: so bad as not to deserve the name It was really a bad book --- non-story with non-characters. non-words: words that are not yet acceptable, such as new slang or newly coined words. • non-person: a person without social status or without legal identity 无用的人/无合法身份的人 • deluge: a sudden very heavy fall of rain, a great flood