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1、ButWhat'saDictionaryFor?BergenEvans目的/重点Aimsofteaching1.thecomprehensionofthetextandthemasteryoftheimportantlanguagepoints2.theparaphraseofcertaincomplicatedordifficultsentences3.theenlargementofthestudents'vocabulary4.thefamiliarisationwiththestylesof
2、compositionanddevicesoffiguration课文内容ButWhat'saDictionaryFor?BergenEvansThestormofabuseinthepopularpressthatgreetedtheappearanceofWebster'sThirdNewInternationalDictionaryisacuriousphenomenon.Neverhasascholarlyworkofthisstaturebeenattackedwithsuchunbrid
3、ledfuryandcontempt.AnarticleintheAtlanticvieweditasa"disappointment,"a"shock,"a"calamity,""ascandalandadisaster."TheNewYorkTimes,inaspecialeditorial,feltthattheworkwould"acceleratethedeterioration"ofthelanguageandsternlyaccusedtheeditorsofbetrayingapub
4、lictrust.TheJournaloftheAmericanBarAssociationsawthepublicationas"deplorable,""aflagrantexampleoflexicographicirresponsibility,""aseriousblowtothecauseofgoodEnglish."Lifecalledit"anon-worddeluge"monstrous","abominable,"and"acausefordismay."Theydoubtedt
5、hat"LincolncouldhavemodelledhisGettysburgAddress"onit–aconceptofhowthingsgetwrittenthatthrowsverylittlelightonLincolnbutagreatdealonLife. Whatunderliesallthissoundandfury?IstheclaimoftheG.RC.MerriamCompany,probablytheworld'sgreatestdictionarymaker,tha
6、tthepreparationoftheworkcost$3.5million,thatitrequiredtheeffortsofthreehundredscholarsoveraperiodoftwenty–sevenyears,workingonthelargestcollectionofcitationseverassembledinanylanguage--isallthisafraud,ahoax? Somonstrousadiscrepancyinevaluationrequires
7、ustoexaminebasicprinciples.Justwhat'sadictionaryfor?Whatdoesitproposetodo?Whatdoesthecommonreadergotoadictionarytofind?Whathasthepurchaserofadictionaryarighttoexpectforhismoney? Beforewelookatbasicprinciples,itisnecessarytointerposetwobriefstatements.
8、Thefirstoftheseisthatadictionaryisconcernedwithwords.Somedictionariesgivevariouskindsofotherusefulinformation.Somehavetablesofweightsandmeasuresontheflyleaves.Somelisthistoricaleventsandsome,homeremedies.Andthere’snothingwrongwiththeirs
