安全教育学习是提高员工安全防范意识的重要措施。“百日安全活动”开展以来，保卫部从自身着手对本部门所有员工开展集中安全教育培训Module 1 British and American English Section Other Parts of the Module原文呈现读文清障The Man Who Made Spelling SimpleIn English the spelling of words does not always represent the sound. So people say/raIt/but spell it right, or write, or even rite. Combinations of letters (like ough) may be pronounced in a number of ways. And some words just seem to have too many letters.For Americans things are a little bit easier, thanks to the work of Noah Webster, a teacher who graduated from Yale University in 1778. As a young man he had fought against the British in the American War of Independence, and he felt that written English in the newly independent United States should have a distinctive“American” look.not always并不总是，表示部分否定。represent vt.代表；描写combination/kmbIneIn/n.组合；结合in a number of ways以多种方式a little bit稍微thanks to幸亏，多亏graduate from毕业于a teacher是Noah Webster的同位语，who引导定语从句，修饰a teacher。as a young man年轻时，注意as不要直译为“作为”。fight against与作斗争；为反对而斗争fight for为而斗争distinctive/dIstIktIv/adj.与众不同的look/lk/n.外观；外表；样子用作复数时，意为“相貌”。简化拼写的人第12段译文在英语中单词的拼写并不总是代表其发音。所以人们说/raIt/，但是拼写成right或write，甚至rite。字母的组合(如ough)可能有很多发音方式，并且一些单词看上去有太多的字母。对美国人来说，事情(单词拼写)稍微容易些，这多亏了一位叫诺亚韦伯斯特的人，他是一位1778年毕业于耶鲁大学的教师。年轻时，他就参加过反对英国的美国独立战争，并且他觉得书面英语在新独立的美国应该有明显的“美国”特色。So he began his work on American English. His first book, TheElementarySpellingBook, suggestedsimplifying the spelling of English words. The book was extremely popular. By the 1850s it was selling one million copies a year, making it one of the most popular school books ever.Many of the suggestions were quickly adopted. Center instead of centre, program instead of programme, and flavor instead of flavour. Others, however, such as removing silent letters like the s in island or the final e in examine, were not.Webster is best known for his AmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage, which first appeared in 1828. It introduced lots of new American words, with information about their pronunciation and use, and, of course, the new spelling. The British criticised the dictionary, but it quickly became a standardreference book in the States. Today, Websters dictionary is still the number one dictionary for American students.suggest doing .建议做simplify/sImplIfaI/vt.简化extremely adv.尤其，非常现在分词短语在此处作结果状语。ever与最高级连用，意为“空前，有史以来”；与比较级连用，意为“曾经，以往任何时候”，用来加强语气。adopt vt.采用，采纳；领养注意形似词adapt，意为“使适应，改编”。silent letters不发音的字母be best known for因而最著名原级：be well known forwhich引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词AmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage。introduce vt.引进pronunciation n发音， pronounce v发音criticise/krItIsaIz/vt.批评criticise sb. for sth.因某事批评某人standard/stndd/adj.标准的reference/refrns/n.参考；查阅a reference book参考书第35段译文因此他开始了美式英语的工作。他的第一本书，TheElementarySpellingBook，建议简化英语单词的拼写。这本书非常受欢迎。到19世纪50年代，每年售出100万册，结果使它成为史上最受欢迎的校园用书之一。许多建议很快被采纳了。center代替了centre， program代替了programme， flavor代替了flavour。然而，其他的，例如去掉island中不发音的字母s和examine中的最后一个字母e，则没有被采纳。韦伯斯特最出名的是他的AmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage，这本词典在1828年首次出版。书中引进了大量新的美式单词，且带有它们的发音和用法，当然也有新的拼写方式。英国人批评该词典，但是在美国它却很快成为标准的参考书。今天，韦伯斯特的词典对于美国学生来说依然是头号重要的词典。Read the passage The Man Who Made Spelling Simple and choose the best answers.1What is Webster best known for?ATheElementarySpellingBook.BFighting against the British.CSimplifying some English words.DAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.2Why did Noah Webster begin his work on American English?ABecause he graduated from Yale University.BBecause he fought against the French as a young man.CBecause he thought written English in the new country should have a distinctive “American” look.DBecause the newly independent country had no written English.3Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?AWebster was a teacher.BHe fought against the British.CHe wrote TheElementarySpellingBook.DHe led the American War of Independence.4Which of the following is NOT true?ABritish spelling seems simpler than American spelling.BWebster graduated from Yale University.CAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage first appeared in 1828.DAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage is still of great use.答案：14DCDA一、这样记单词记得准写得对记得快记得多.基础词汇1.rapidlyadv.迅速地2.editionn. (广播、电视节目的)期；版3.cuteadj. 逗人喜爱的4.presentvt. 陈述；提出(观点、计划等)5.attemptn. 努力；尝试6.distinctiveadj. 与众不同的7.lookn. 外观；外表；样子.拓展词汇1.announcementn声明；宣告announce vt.宣布；宣告2.addvt.加；增加addition n增添；添加3.simplifyvt.简化simple adj.简单的4.combinationn组合；结合combine v使结合5.referencen参考；查阅refer v参考；查阅1.rapidly adv.迅速地同义quickly adv.迅速地，很快地fast adj.迅速的，快速的adv.迅速地directly adv.直接地；立即；马上swiftly adv.很快地2. edition n(广播、电视节目的)期；版记法词根edit(编辑)tion(名词后缀)联想盘点后缀tion名词situation情况；形势；处境starvation饿死；挨饿operation手术 reaction反应，感应3.distinctive adj.与众不同的