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Three English dictionaries published recently all lay claim to possessing a "new" feature. The BBC English Dictionary contains b
Three English dictionaries published recently all lay claim to possessing a "new" feature. The BBC English Dictionary contains b
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2015-12-31
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问题
Three English dictionaries published recently all lay claim to possessing a "new" feature. The BBC English Dictionary contains background information on 1 000 people and places prominent in the news since 1988; the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary: Encyclopedic (百科全书 的) Edition is the OALD plus encyclopedic entries; the Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture is the LDOCE plus cultural information.
The key fact is that all three dictionaries can be seen to have a distinctly "cultural" as well as language learning content. That being said, the way in which they approach the cultural element is not identical, making direct comparisons between the three difficult.
While there is some common ground between the encyclopedic/cultural entries for the Oxford and Longman dictionaries, there is a clear difference, Oxford lays claim to being encyclopedic on content whereas Longman distinctly concentrates on the language and culture of the English-speaking world. The Oxford dictionary can therefore stand more vigorous scrutiny (审视) for cultural bias than the Longman publication because the latter does not hesitate about viewing the rest of the world from the cultural perspectives of the English-speaking world. The cultural objectives of the BBC dictionary are in turn more distinct still. Based on an analysis of over 70 million words recorded from the BBC World Service and National Public Radio of Washington over a period of four years, their 1 000 brief encyclopedic entries are based on people and places that have featured (占显著地位) in the news recently. The intended user they have in mind is a regular listener to the World Service who will have a reasonable standard of English and a developed skill in listening comprehension. In reality, though, the BBC dictionary will be purchased by a far wider range of language learners, as will the other two dictionaries. We will be faced with a situation where many of the users of these dictionaries will at the very least have distinct socio-cultural perspectives and may have world views which are totally opposed and even hostile to those of the West. Advanced learners from this kind of background will not only evaluate a dictionary on how user-friendly it is but will also have definite views about the scope and appropriateness of the various socio-cultural entries.
The BBC dictionary differs from Oxford and Longman in that______.
选项
A、it has a wider selection of encyclopedic entries
B、it is mainly designed to meet the needs of radio listeners
C、it lays more emphasis on language than on culture
D、it is intended to help listeners develop their listening comprehension skills
答案
D
解析
本题也是一道具体细节题。问BBC词典与牛津词典和朗文词典相比其不同点是什么。利用查阅式阅读法,我们可以在文章第三段第六句中找到相关信息。根据这部分内容,我们知道BBC词典的目标读者群是那些经常收听:BBC“World Service”节目的听众,他们将具备一定的英语水平和不断提高的听力理解技巧。将提高学习者的听力技巧作为自己的目标,这是BBC词典所独有的。因此,本题的正确答案应是选项D。选项A、C与文章内容不符。选项B表达不准确。Radio listener的部分学习需求也可以通过其他词典来满足。所以,A、B和C都是错误选项。
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