1.What can you see in the picture? 2. Does everybody have a dictionary? 3. How often do you use your dictionary? 4. When do you usually refer to your dictionary?

Think of as many words connected with dictionaries as possible refer to … look up…. consult… hard paper…

Read the questions and add an extra example 1.What part of speech is the word? Example: (1) dictionary (none) (2) ____________ 2. Is the plural form irregular? Example: (1) man-men (2) __________ 3. Does it usually have a capital letter? Example: (1) Monday (2) _________ 4. Does the word have more than one meaning? Examples: (1)book (2)___________ 5. Are there any synonyms (words with the same meaning)? Examples: (1)fast-quick (2) ___________ write sheep-sheep Muslim rival tired-exhausted

Complete the sentences in Part 2 with the words in the box commonly correctly explanation expression history main In addition, a good dictionary should have the following: 1.At least one sentence or _____________ with the word used __________ 2.A(n) ___________ of any special uses of the word 3.Any words which are ___________ used in combination with the word 4.The ___________ of the word– does it come from Latin, Greek, etc.? 5.Other words which are derived from the headword (i.e.the ________ word) expression correctly explanation commonly history main

Samuel Johnson

Have you heard of his name? How do you know about Samuel Johnson? What do you think he is?

Read Passage 1 quickly and answer the questions 1. During the 18 th century, where were the best dictionaries produced? France and Italy 2. How many years did it take to produce the dictionaries? About 9 years 3. What kind of faults did Samuel Johnson’s dictionary have? Old-fashioned; no help with pronunciation; use old spellings

basic critic illustrate obscure omit quotation simplified 1.The _________ of something is what it starts with. 2.A _________ is someone who writes about books, plays,etc. and gives their opinions of them. 3.Something that is ____________ has been made much easier. 4.When you ________ something, you do not include it. 5.A ___________ is a piece of speech or writing that you use as an example. 6.Something that __________ is unusual and hard to find. 7.If you ___________ the meaning of something. You use an idea or a picture to show what it means. basis critic simplified omit quotation obscure illustrate

1.Samuel Johnson was one of the greatest literary figures of all time in America 2.Samuel Johnson finished his dictionary in three years. 3.Johnson’s dictionary was the first to illustrate the meanings of words by using literary quotation. 4.Johnson’s dictionary had many faults, including old- fashioned and older words

1.Who were originally responsible for the concept of the OED? 2.How did the editor James Murray the production of the dictionary? 3.How long did it take before the first part was published? 4.How have things advanced since the publication of the first dictionary? Trench, Coleridge, Furnivall By asking readers to report many instances of a word on the slips 27 years It has been computerised

obsolete based on publication filing system comprehensive 1.A ________ ___ is a way of keeping pieces of information in the correct order so that you can find them easily. 2.If something is _________ a particular idea, that idea is used to start the new thing. 3.If something is ___________, it includes all or nearly all the information possible. 4.Something that is ___________ is no longer used or produced. 5.A _____________ is a book, magazine,etc. that has been published. filing system based on comprehensive obsolete publication

Which do you prefer, Samuel John’s Dictionary or Oxford English Dictionary?

Use your dictionaries to consult the words in the vocabulary

Do you remember James Murray? Here is what happened to him when he was working on the OED. What do you think the astonishing discovery might be?

Read part One of the passage. Decide what the astonishing discovery might be. Dr. W.C.Minor sent thousands of quotation to the editor James Murray. Dr Minor described himself as a surgeon and gave his address as Crowthorne, Berkshire. Murray invited Dr Minor to visit him in Oxford, but Dr Minor was never able to travel the short distance between Crowthorne and Oxford.

1.Why did James Murray want to visit Dr W.C. MINOR? 2.What kind of man do you think he imagined Dr W.C.to be? 3.Was the man behind the desk someone important after all? He had sent so many quotation slips to Murray. A rich learned intellectual Yes, he was.

Before coming to the passage 2, let’s deal with some difficult words.

1. It’s ordered that everyone passing by the general bow to him. 2. If you want to improve your English, you’d better take every chance to practice using it. 3. Your shoes need polishing badly. 4. It’s not astonishing that many people recommended that the temple be restored as soon as possible. 5. The second letter in this word can be omitted. 6. His worried look on his face suggested that he hadn’t found his missing child. 7. It happened when we went to watch the musicians’ rehearsal the other day. 8. The little girl stood beside her father watching him correcting her spelling. 9. Last week the young teacher failed to control the class. 10. I managed to spoil some wine on the hostess--- I was so embarrassed.

1. sounding quieter than normal 2. mentally ill 3. unfriendly or frightening 4. very sad and serious 5. producing a lot of work 6. an old-fashioned word for a hospital for mentally ill people muffled forbidding solemn insane prolific asylum

Read and find: 1. Three words that describe sounds 2. Two words that have the same meaning as enormous 3. Three words to describe a person who is living in an asylum

Work in pairs. Four students a group. Discuss your answers to the questions. How does the writer imply that the house James Murray was visiting impressed him greatly? List the words and phrases he uses.

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Can you remember: 1. how many words there are in the Oxford English Dictionary? 2. who James Murray was? 3. when it was first prepared? 4. how many volumes it has today?

Look at the title of the passage. Choose the most likely main idea. A. Past, present and future of the OED B. New developments in writing dictionaries. C. The future of the OED online. D. A history of dictionaries.

read the text carefully and finish the table according to the text

pastpresentfuture Sorting quotation slips Explanation of words and how used Electronic dictionary Available on the WWW 60 million words Structure and organization Accurate display of words Unlimited space Biographical and geographical entries Multimedia

pastpresentfuture Sorting quotation slips----- Explanation of words and how used----- Electronic dictionary----- Available on the WWW million words----- Structure and organization----- Accurate display of words----- Unlimited space----- Biographical and geographical entries----- Multimedia-----

How often do you use a Chinese dictionary? What kind of information are you usually looking for?

Do a survey about the history of Oxford Dictionary

Read the passage and answer the questions. 1. Would you prefer to use Roget’s Thesaurus or an A-Z Thesaurus? 2. What Chinese language reference books do you know?