1)a shameless example of irresponsibility in making the dictionary
2)What causes the abuse in the popular press?
3)Each language cannot be described according to other language, or even by its own past.
4)Every living language is in a process of constant change.
5)Even in spelling, which is so stable and hardly debatable, a dictionary cannot always decide absolutely which is right and which is wrong.
6) A dictionary should record the fact without bothering whether it can satisfy the vanity of those who use a dictionary to prove their unyielding position in an argument or help those who bet some money in support of their conviction.
7)Has the dictionary failed to do its duty?
8)Lexicography is a science and its judgment, like the judgment of God, cannot be swayed by anybody no matter what high social position he may occupy.
9)And this is also complicated, delicate, and always changing.
10)The editorial accuses the Third International of being pedantically and confusingly wordy.
IV.
1)anemia 2)anesthesia 3)behavior 4)favorite5)check 6)center 7)meter 8)defense 9)dialog 10)gram 11) program 12)modeled 13)practice14)maneuver 15)Moslem 16)fulfill
V .
1)shame, disgrace 2)speed up the lowering of the quality 3)horrible, shocking/disgusting, very bad 4)quotations 5)difference, disagreement 6)forces 7)removed, taken away/irrelevant, not essential 8) given up, neglected 9)listeners 10) wordiness 11)increase 12)removal
Vl.
1)to see sth. as 2)hoax 3)to charge 4)to set up 5)to follow 6)quotation 7)to limit 8)to record 9)current 10)distinction 11)to be the business of
Ⅶ.
1)Life regarded the dictionary being full of words that have not come to be accepted.
2)The difference...is by no means insignificant, it is basic.
3) Modern linguistics take Leonard Bloomfield's Language (1933)as its authority.
4)But if so, he has made unconsciously one of the biggest mistakes one is liable to make in dictionary making.
5)Anyone who tries to sort out the many meanings now included under door may have to sacrifice brevity to accuracy.
6)And, sure enough, in the definition which made the Post angry...
1)alliteration and sarcasm 2)assonance and antithesis 3)metonymy 4) metonymy5) synecdoche 6) sarcasm 7)synecdoche
IX .
1)Never has a scholarly work of this stature been attacked with such unbridled fury and contempt.
2)Is all this a fraud, a hoax?
3)The first—and essential—step in the study of any language is observing and setting down precisely what happens when native speakers speak it．
4)Change is constant—and normal．
5)But he wants—and has a right to—the truth，the full truth．
6)And this，too，is complex，subtle，and forever changing．
7)The fine print in the lease…-and the rent is computed on the number of rooms．
8)But one thing is certain：anyone who…nonsense．
Ⅹ．
1)我们已达成了协议。
2)他总是从钱的角度考虑问题。
3)谈到这个男孩时他们总是赞扬。
4)从那时起两国一直保持着友好关系。
5)你必须把这件事记在他的帐上。
6)我们把成功归于你的帮助。
7)他的父母帮他开设了律师事务所。
8)他们被大雾耽搁了。
9)工作是困难的，但你一定要坚持下去。
10)她改行搞演唱了。
Ⅺ．
1)The Garden of Harmonious Interest was modelled on a garden in Wuxi．
2)He called on the children to model themselves on the PLA heroes．
3)This work may be relegated to philosophy．
4)Benjamin Franklin was as much a scientist and an inventor as a statesman．
5)He set down a ll the findings of every experiment in his notebook．
6)Can you sum up the central idea of this ancient poem in plain terms?
7)We should constantly adapt our thinking to the changing conditions.
8) The young soldier was frozen to death in the snow, his hands still hanging on to the gun.
9) The said company will furnish them with lodging and transportation.
10)The speed of motor vehicles is restricted to 55 km. per hour.
11)The cable message conveyed the deepest concern of the people in the capital for those in the quake-afflicted areas.
12)What can you infer about the author from the article it-self?
13)She has a preference for classical music.
14)The teacher urges the students to use English-English dictionaries in preference to
