Unit 5 Languages Around the World Wordbook the books that keeps on growing 备课包-2024-2025学年高一英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

THE BOOK THAT KEEPS ON GROWING It is one of the most famous books in the world; yet it has no story and no interesting characters，no exciting beginning and no satisfying ending. And yet this book keeps being printed—and it keeps growing！At its last printing，it was 20 volumes，with nearly 22,000 pages. This strangely popular book is one of the most famous dictionaries in the English-speaking world，the Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary，or OED for short，began in 1857 as just an idea of a group of people who thought the world needed an English-language dictionary to show the history ofEnglish words from 1150 CE to the present. It wasn’t until the late 1870s，however，when James Murray joined the project that it began to grow. Murray planned for a dictionary of about 6400 pages in four volumes，completed in 10 years. James Murray (1837-1915) did most of his work in a small metal building called the Scriptorium. That small building, hot in summer and cold in winter, was the place where Murray and his assistants collected millions of pieces of paper, each one with a word and an example sentence or phrase written on it. Murray and his assistants worked hard, but after five years they had only reached the word ant!  It was not until 1928 that the dictionary was declared complete and published: 10 volumes with over 400,000 words and phrases. James Murray did not live to see the completion of his life's work; he passed away in 1915, over a decade before the OED came out. As soon as the dictionary was published, however, the editors started to update it! In 1933, the Oxford English Dictionary was reprinted in 12 volumes. Between 1972 and 1986, four more volumes were added with new technical and scientific vocabulary and words from other English-speaking countries, such as Canada,the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. In1989, the entire dictionary was reprinted in 20 volumes! Three years later, all 20 volumes were put onto CD-ROM, and the entire dictionary is available online today. With about 600,000 words and three million quotations from over 1,000 years of English,the OED not only is a record of where the English language has come from but has also become an important part of the history of English-speaking cultures around the world. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$null THE BOOK THAT KEEPS ON GROWING 学案 一、Vocabulary 1.volume_____________________ 2.for short_____________________ 3.declare_____________________ 4.decade_____________________ 5.completion_____________________ 6.update_____________________ 7.reprint_____________________ 8.available_____________________ 二、Read for text Para.1 What is the function of Paragraph 1？ Point out the figure of speech（修辞格） used in Para.1 Para.2 1.Why was OED needed in 1857?(underline related sentences on the textbook.) 2.What is Murray's plan?Did he achieve his goal? Para.3 1.What can we learn from Murray's experience of editing OED? 2.What does Scriptorium mean? Para.5 Fill in the chart. Para.5 mainly talks about the _____________ of OED. Para.6 What is the comment on the OED? Para.6 shows the _____________ of the OED. Post-reading Questions 1.How much longer than Murray predicted did it take to publish the first OED? 2.Why is a dictionary of a living language never truly finished? 3.What is the writing purpose of the text? 4.Who is the passage written for ? 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ THE BOOK THAT KEEPS ON GROWING n. 卷；册；音量；量；体积；容量 短语 简称；缩写；简略地说 v. 宣布；声明；宣称；断言 n. 十年；十年期 n. 完成；结束；竣工；实现 v. 更新；使现代化；向…… 提供最新信息；n. 更新；最新消息 v. 重印；再版；n. 重印本；再版本 adj. 可获得的；可购得的；可找到的；有空的；有利用价值的；有效的 1.volume 2.for short 3.declare 4.decade 5.completion 6.update 7.reprint 8.available Vocabulary Textual Pattern Analysis(文本模式分析) 1.It is one of the most famous books in the world; yet it has no story and no interesting characters, no exciting beginning and no satisfying ending. And yet this book keeps being printed—and it keeps growing! At its last printing, it was 20 volumes, with nearly 22,000 pages. This strangely popular book is one of the most famous dictionaries in the English - speaking world, the Oxford English Dictionary. What is the function of Paragraph 1？ Point out the figure of speech used in Para.1 Introduction parallelism Cohesive words indicate a transition Para.2 The Oxford English Dictionary, or OED for short, began in 1857 as just an idea of a group of people who thought the world needed an English-language dictionary to show the history of English words from 1150 CE to the present. It wasn't until the late 1870s, however, when James Murray joined the project that it began to grow. Murray planned for a dictionary of about 6, 400 pages in four volumes, completed in 10 years. 1.Why was OED needed in 1857? 2.What is Murray's plan?Did he achieve his goal? Situation: background for editing OED Para.3 James Murray (1837-1915) did most of his work in a small metal building called the Scriptorium. That small building, hot in summer and cold in winter, was the place where Murray and his assistants collected millions of pieces of paper, each one with a word and an example sentence or phrase written on it. Murray and his assistants worked hard, but after five years they had only reached the word ant. What can we learn from Murray's experience of editing OED? The project was a big challenge and they suffered hardship(苦难), but they never gave up. Scriptorium "写作室"，尤指修道院或修道院中专门用于写作或抄写手稿的房间，1774年，这是一个古董学家的词，源自晚期拉丁语scriptorium"写作之地" Para.5 As soon as the dictionary was published, however, the editors started to update it! reprinted in 12 volumes added four more volumes reprinted in 20 volumes available online time order 1933 1972-1986 1989 1992 CD-Rom the improvements of OED Para.6 With about 600,000 words and three million quotations(引语) from over 1,000 years of English, the OED not only is a record of where the English language has come from but has also become an important part of the history of English-speaking cultures around the world. What is the comment on the OED? The importance of the OED 1.How much longer than Murray predicted did it take to publish the first OED? 1.It took about 40 years longer than Murray predicted to publish the first OED. 2.Why is a dictionary of a living language never truly finished? 2.New words will constantly be discovered and added to a living language; therefore, a dictionary of a living language is never truly finished. Post-reading Questions Purpose: to tell us the history and improvements about the OED. Readers: to English learners. Post-reading Questions 3.What is the writing purpose of the text? 4.Who is the passage written for ? null 158508.94 $$