2014届高考英语人教版二轮复习多媒体语篇精读课—阅读理解多功能精读方案-人物类.ppt

目 录;超链接; This was a huge task so Murray had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English. Hundreds of volunteers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an American surgeon who had served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as “Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire，” 50 miles from Oxford. ; Minor joined the army of volunteers sending words and quotations to Murray. Over the next 17 years, he became one of the staffs most valued contributors. But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations, he would always decline to visit Oxford. So in 1897, Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived, he found Minor locked in a book-lined cell at the Broadmoor Asylum (精神病院) for the Criminally Insane. ; Murray and Minor became friends, sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributing to the dictionary, sending in more than 10,000 submissions in 20 years. Murray continued to visit Minor regularly, sometimes taking walks with him around the asylum grounds. In 1910, Minor left Broadmoor for an asylum in his native America. Murray was at the port to wave goodbye to his remarkable friend. ; Minor died in 1920, seven years before the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed. The 12 volumes defined 414,825 words, and thousands of them were contributions from a very scholarly and devoted asylum patient. ;功能一、听 先浏览题目然后带着问题听录音 1．Who asked Murray to edit the dictionary? A．The government. B．Oxford University. C．Himself.; 2．Why did Murray have to find volunteers to do the work? A．Because he was lazy. B．Because he was tired. C．Because it was a huge task. 3．Minor was from________. A．America　　　B．England　　　　C．Canada 答案：1.B　2.C　3.A;功能二、读 第一步：速读文章，掌握文章大意 1．Whats the passage mainly about? ———————————————