英语必修1&2Unit 2 English around the world多媒体教学课件ppt

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Unit 2 English arund the wrld
The Oxfrd English Dictinary
Hw it began 1857: The Phillgical Sciety f Lndn calls fr a new English Dictinary.Mre wrk than they thught1884: Five years int a prpsed ten-year prject.
The histry f the Oxfrd English Dictinary
One step at a time1884-1928: The Dictinary is published in fascicles.Keeping it current1933-1986: Supplements t the OEDMaking it mdern1980s: The Supplements are integrated with the OED t prduce its Secnd Editin.
Int the electrnic age1992: The first CD-ROM versin f the OED is published.The future has begunThe present: The OED is nw being fully revised, with new material published in parts nline.
D yu knw wh is the writer f The Oxfrd English Dictinary?
James Murray, Samuel Jhnsn, and Nah Webster.
James A. H. Murray
Samuel Jhnsn
Nah Webster
brn in Sctland
n frmal educatin; taughthimself while wrking
wrked in a bank befre beginning t cmpile the OED
Make ntes abut Murray’s life accrding t the passage.
cmpiling the first editin f the OEDIts difficulties:1 wrded in a shed in his garden and behind his huse2 very cld as it was ne metre undergrund
3 n heating; he had t wear a cat and put his feet in a bx t keep warm4 n electric light; he wrked at night with candles
Qualities needed:1 cmmitment2 perseverance3 accuracy
at first just James Murray; later his tw daughters; finished by ther editrs after his death
first editin tk frty-fur years t cmpile