【正文】 t。現(xiàn)有茶葉加工場 980 平方米，有檢測室、審評室各一個，茶葉加工機械設(shè)備 25i denti ty? O nl y tim e wil l tel. STAN DARD EN GLISH AN D DIALECTS What is standard Engli sh? Is i t spoken i n Bri tai n, the US, Canada, Austral i a, Indi a and N ew Zealand? Beli eve i t or not, there i s no such thi ng as standard Engli sh. Many people bel i eve the Engl i sh spoken on TV and the radi o i s standard Engli sh. Thi s i s because in the earl y days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excel l ent Engl ish. However, on TV and the radi o you wi l hear di fferences i n the way peopl e speak. When peopl e use words and expressions different from the “standard l anguage”, it is cal l ed a dial ect. American English has many di alects, especi al y the Mi dwestern, southern, Afri can Am eri can and Spani sh di al ects. Even i n som e parts of the USA, two people from neighbouri ng towns speak a l ittl e di fferentl y. Am eri can Engli sh has so m any di al ects because peopl e have e from al over the worl d. Geography al so pl ays a part i n m aki ng di al ects. Som e peopl e who l ive i n the m ountai ns of the eastern USA speak wi th an ol der ki nd of Engl i sh di al ect. When Am eri cans m oved from one pl ace to another, they took thei r di alects wi th them . So peopl e from the m ountains i n the southeastern USA speak wi th alm ost the sam e di al ects as peopl e i n the northwestern USA. The USA i s a l arge country i n whi ch many di fferent di al ects are spoken. Al though m any Am eri cans m ove a l ot, they stil l recognize and understand each other’s dial ects. TH E O XFO RD EN GLISH DICTION ARY You may thi nk that Engl i sh dicti onaries have been used for m any, m any centuri es. The spel li ng of Engli sh has al ways been a problem but i t was m ore of a probl em in the days before a di cti onary. Then peopl e coul d spel l word i n di fferent ways whi ch you mi ght fi nd i t i nteresting. But i t m ade readi ng Engl i sh m uch m ore di ffi cult. So di cti onari es were i nvented to encourage everybody to spel the sam e. In fact, an Engl ish dictionary like the kind you use today wasn’t made until the time of the l ate Qing Dynasty. There men did most of the i m portant earl y work on di cti onari es: Sam uel Johnson, Noah Webster, and Jam es Murray. These m en spent nearl y al of thei r li ves tryi ng to col ect words for their dictionaries. For them, it wasn’t onl y a job。t know the best way of getti ng to pl aces, she i nsi sted that she ani ze the tri p properl y. N ow, I know that the proper way i s al ways her way. I kept asking her, When are we l eavi ng and when are we i ng back? I asked her whether she had l ooked at a m ap yet. O f course, she hadn39。i denti ty? O nl y tim e wil l tel. STAN DARD EN GLISH AN D DIALECTS What is standard Engli sh? Is i t spoken i n Bri tai n, the US, Canada, Austral i a, Indi a and N ew Zealand? Beli eve i t or not, there i s no such thi ng as standard Engli sh. Many people bel i eve the Engl i sh spoken on TV and the radi o i s standard Engli sh. Thi s i s because in the earl y days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excel l ent Engl ish. However, on TV and the radi o you wi l hear di fferences i n the way peopl e speak. When peopl e use words and expressions different from the “standard l anguage”, it is cal l ed a dial ect. American Engli sh has m any di alects, especi al y the Mi dwestern, southern, Afri can Am eri can and Spani sh di al ects. Even i n som e parts of the USA, two people from neighbouri ng towns speak a l ittl e di fferentl y. Am eri can Engli sh has so m any di al ects because peopl e have e from al over the worl d. Geography al so pl ays a part i n m aki ng di al ects. Som e peopl e who l ive i n the m ountai ns of the eastern USA speak wi th an ol der ki nd of Engl i sh di al ect. When Am eri cans m oved from one pl ace to another, they took thei r di alects wi th them . So peopl e from the m ountains i n the southeastern USA speak wi th alm ost the sam e di al ects as peopl e i n the northwestern USA. The USA i s a l arge country i n whi ch many di fferent di al ects are spoken. Al though m any Am eri cans m ove a l ot, they stil l recognize and understand each other’s dial ects. TH E O XFO RD EN GLISH DICTION ARY You may thi nk that Engl i sh dicti onaries have been used for m any, m any centuri es. The spel li ng of Engli sh has al ways been a problem but i t was m ore of a probl em in the days before a di cti onary. Then peopl e coul d spel l word i n di fferent ways whi ch you mi ght fi nd i t i nteresting. But i t m ade readi ng Engl i sh m uch m ore di ffi cult. So di cti onari es were i nvented to encourage everybody to spel the sam e. In fact, an Engl i sh dicti onary li ke the kind you use today wasn’t made until the time of the l ate Qing Dynasty. There men did most of the important earl y work on di cti onari es: Sam uel Johnson, Noah Webster, and Jam es Murray. These m en spent nearl y al of thei r li ves tryi ng to col ect words for their dictionaries. For them, it wasn’t onl y a job。t。 it was a wonderful journey of discovery. The l argest dictionary i n the worl d i s the O xford Engli sh Di cti onary, or O ED for short. The i dea for thi s di cti onary cam e from an i m portant m eeti ng i n Bri tai n i n 1857. Twentytwo years l ater, O xford Uni versity asked Jam es Murray to be the edi tor of i ts new di cti onary. Murray had never been to col ege. At the age of fourteen, he l eft hi s vi l age school i n Scotl and and taught him self whil e working i n a bank. Later he became a great teacher. After O xford gave him the job, Murray had a pl ace buil t i n the garden behi nd hi s house to do hi s work. Part of i t was one m eter underground. In wi nter i t fel t l i ke a barn, he had to wear a heavy coat and put hi s fet i n a box to keep warm. Every m orning, Murray got out of bed at five o’c