人教版高中英語必修一-unit-2-period-1-素材-文庫吧
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【正文】 blue cover.For 100 years, Noah39。s book taught children how to read, spell, and pronounce words. It was the most popular American book of its time. Ben Franklin used Noah39。s book to teach his granddaughter to read.In 1789, Noah married Rebecca Greenleaf. They had eight children. Noah carried raisins and candies in his pockets for the children to enjoy. The Websters lived in New Haven, then moved to Amherst, MA. There, Noah helped to start Amherst College. Later the family moved back to New Haven.When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words differently. He thought that all Americans should speak the same way. He also thought that Americans should not speak and spell just like the English.Noah used American spellings like color instead of the English colour and music instead of musick. He also added American words that weren39。t in English dictionaries like skunk and squash. It took him over 27 years to write his book. When finished in 1828, at the age of 70, Noah39。s dictionary had 70,000 words in it.Noah did many things in his life. He worked for copyright laws, wrote textbooks, Americanized the English language, and edited magazines. When Noah Webster died in 1843 he was considered an American hero. British English, American English and Chines
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