默里要求读者提交“尽可 能多的注释一般词汇的引 言”，而不仅仅是那些看 上去“罕见的、废弃的、 过时的、新鲜的、陌生的 或者是用法奇特的词汇”。
退出
Answers to Activity 4:
1.basis 2.critic 3.simplified 4.omit 5.quotation 6.obscure 7.illustrate
Step 5 Finish Activity 5 , using the same steps as in Step 4.
(3)新书[新刊]目录 a monthly [weekly ] publication 月[周]刊
prehensive 广泛的， 全面的， 综合的； 综合教 育的 有理解力的； 容易了解的
a comprehensive knowledge 渊博的知识
a comprehensive mind 宽大的心胸
That's no fault of his.
这不是他的过错。
"The fault lies with me, not with you." "这是我的责任,不是你的责任。" （2）缺点；瑕疵 "There seems to be some fault in the
computer, and we're just looking
Words and expressions:
1.Britain’s greatest literary figures of all time
英国有史以来最伟大的文人 of all time 还有“无论何时”
pile vt.
汇集， 编辑， 编制； 搜集（资料）
compile a guide book 编指导手册
2.How did the editor James Murray improve the production of the dictionary? 3.How long did it take before the first part was published?
4.Why does the writer say the project was clearly too big for one person to take on? 5.How have things advanced since the publication of the first dictionary?
1.Trench, Coleridge, Furnivall.
2.By asking readers to report many instances of a word on the slips.
3. 27 years.
4.Because Murray had only managed the first volume between 1879 and 1884, it would take more than one person’s lifetime to complete the whole book.
I'll have to revise my ideas
about Tom. 我必须改变对汤姆的看法。 （3）温习；重温
I've been revising all week. 我整个星期都在复习。
4. contract 契约， 合同 signneself by contract 有契约约束
(2) （常与on, upon连用）详述 （3）[美] 释放
enlarge one's house 扩建房屋
enlarge one's views 开阔眼界, 增长知识 enlarge a photo放大照片
Complicated sentences：
1…and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
而最好的也不能指望完全正确
2…the filing system for the quotation slips was extremely Disorganised.
引言条的归档方式简直杂乱无章。
3.Murray asked readers to report “as many quotations as you can for ordinary words” as well as words that seemed “rare, obsolete, oldfashioned, new,strange or used in a strange way.
She slipped on the shiny floor and
fell. 她滑倒在发亮的地板上了。 (2)（常与in, out, away连用）溜走；悄悄 过去
She slipped away without being seen. 她悄悄溜走未被人看见。
He slipped the money into his pocket. 他悄悄地把钱塞进口袋。 (3)（与on, off连用）穿衣服，脱衣服
11.enlarge (1)增大，扩大 to enlarge a photo 放大照片
This photograph is a bit too old and probably won't enlarge well.
这张照片太老了些放大了很可能不好。
We're enlarging the production scale to produce more and better computers. 我们在扩充生产规模以便生产出更多更好的计 算机。
Answers: 1.spelling;2.generation; 3.biographer; 4.revise; 5.contract; 6.poet
Step 3 Read the passage and answer the questions:
1.Who were originally responsible for the concept of the OED?
into it." "这台电脑好象有点毛病,我们正在检查原 因。"
Your only fault is carelessness. 你惟一的缺点是粗心大意。
7.publication (1)公[颁]布, 发表[布] (2)发行, 出版 发行物, 出版物, 刊物
the list of new publications
Module 6
Step 1 Lead-in
Look at the picture of on page 72. Have you heard of Samuel Johnson? How much do you know about him?
Step 2 Read Part 1 quickly, then do Activity 2;
(4)跌落；变坏；降低
He has slipped in my
opinion. 我对他的评价已经降低了。 (5)犯小错误 (6)偷偷地给
(7)脱身，摆脱（束缚）
The dog slipped his collar. 狗挣脱项圈。 (8)忘记；遗漏；未被注意
10. obsolete adj.荒废的, 陈旧的 n.废词, 陈腐的人
compile an anthology of poems 编诗集
We are -ing an English-Chinese dictionary for high school students. 我们在编辑一本中学生用的英汉
3.revise
（1）校阅；校订 He was revising what he had written. 他正在修改他所写的东西。 （2）修正；改变
Which book do these
quotations come from? 这些引文出自哪本书？
(3)时价；行情；估价 His quotation for painting my house was too high. 他为我油漆房子索价太高。
6. fault （1）过失，过错 Who broke the cup? It's my fault, I dropped it. 谁把杯子摔了？这是我的过错，我摔的。
5.It has been computerised.
Step 4
Look through Part 1 to find the words in the table, and try your best to experience their meanings and usage in the sentences, then finish Activity 4.
A C-English Grammar for Foreign Students 《外国学生用综合英语语法》
a comprehensive planning 全面规化
A C-English-Chinese
Dictionary 《综合英汉词典》 comprehensive faculty 理解 力
9.slip (1)滑落；跌跤
a breach of contract 违反合同
break the contract
撕毁合同； 解除婚约
draw up a contract 草拟合同
negotiate a contract 缔结契约
keep a contract 遵守［履行］合同
5.quotation (1)引用 (2)引用语；语录