外研版高中英语选修9module6whydoweneeddictionaries之二

外研版高中英语选修9module6whydoweneeddictionaries之二内容摘要：

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 puterised obsolete based on publication filing system prehensive 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 prehensive 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. 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 . MINOR? 2. What kind of man do you think he imagined Dr be? 3. Was the man behind the desk some。