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1、EXERCISES11I.Givebriefanswerstothefollowingquestions,usingyourownwordsasmuchaspossible: 1)WhatcriticalviewsdidthepopularpressexpressonthepublicationofWebster'sThirdNewInternationalDictionary? 2)Howmucheffortandmoneywasspentonthemakingofthisdictionary? 3
2、)Whatnewsciencecameintobeingbetweentheappearanceofthetwoeditionsofthedictionary?Whataresomeofthefeaturesofthisnewscience? 4)Whyarenewdictionariesneeded? 5)Howdoesthewriterrefutethecriticismsofthepopularpress? 6)Whatdoesthewritersayaboutspellingandpronun
3、ciation? 7)Whyisthedefinitionofa‘door’socomplicated? 8)HastheThirdNewInternationalDictionaryanyfaults?II.Paraphrase: 1)aflagrantexampleoflexicographicirresponsibility 2)Whatunderliesallthissoundandfury? 3)Itcannotbedescribedintermsofanyotherlanguage,ore
4、venintermsofitsownpast. 4)Alllanguagesaredynamicratherthanstatic 5)Eveninsosettledamatterasspelling,adictionarycannotalwaysbeabsolute. 6)Butneitherhisvanitynorhispurseisanyconcernofthedictionary's 7)Hasthedictionaryabdicateditsresponsibility? 8)lexicogr
5、aphy,likeGod,isnorespecterofpersons 9)Andthis,too,iscomplex,subtle,andforeverchanging. 10)theeditorialchargestheThirdInternationalwith"pretentiousandobscureverbosity"III.TranslatethefollowingintoChinese' 1)Whatunderliesallthissoundandfury?Istheclaimofth
6、eG&CMerriamCompany,probablytheworld'sgreatestdictionarymaker,thatthepreparationoftheworkcost$3.5million,thatitrequiredtheeffortsofthreehundredscholarsoveraperiodoftwenty-sevenyears,workingonthelargestcollectionofcitationseverassembledinanylanguage--isal
7、lthisafraud,ahoax? 2)Thedefinitionreads:amovablepieceoffirmmaterialorastructuresupportedusu.alongonesideandswingingonpivotsorhinges,slidingalongagroove,rollingupanddown,revolvingasoneoffourleaves,orfoldinglikeanaccordionbymeansofwhichanopeningmaybeclose
8、dorkeptopenforpassageintooroutofabuilding,room,orothercoveredenclosureoracar,airplane,elevator,orothervehicle 3)Fortwohundredyearshisdefinitionofnetworkas"anythingreticulatedordecussated,atequaldistances,withintersticesbetweenthe
