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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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2017-02-01
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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 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 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.
It is implied in the last paragraph that, in approaching socio-cultural content in a dictionary, special thought should be given to _____.
选项
A、the language levels of its users
B、the number of its prospective purchasers
C、the different tastes of its users
D、the various cultural backgrounds of its users
答案
D
解析
由最后一段第2句“我们不得不面对这样的情形:许多字典使用者至少是有不同的社会文化观,也可能在世界观上与西方人截然相反,甚至敌对”可知,字典使用者的不同文化背景是撰写过程中必须予以考虑的,也只有D说到了关键词cultural background,故选D。
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