The word encyclopedia began as a Greek word and means% N8 D% i4 M9 G
"instruction in the whole circle." It was the first used in __1__ `/ A% p- X, W2 e" u# C H% N; ^$ A) ^
English by sir Thomas Eloyt in 1538. Encyclopedias today3 [7 [7 ~( O; s1 D& \; n
are usually arranged in alphabetical order, but in early times. M& L5 k' w1 U) n* ]$ a' q( u# ^
they were arranged in any way the author liked. One writer" c ~% q8 h% c9 \
in the Middle Ages began with a discussion of God and
) c0 U( l; [6 P8 Z angels and end with descriptions of scents and colors and __2__; R+ a" C, p* e+ J& c0 n0 A k
a list of 36 different kinds of eggs. The first* V v h0 M: Y ?
alphabetically arranged encyclopedia was published in 1704
8 {' K" G. {% b7 @% B$ a# R by an English clergyman named after John Harris. __3__+ O( h5 y- u4 u# k& N6 H* s
The oldest encyclopedia in reality was written during the __4__( _1 ~/ L% P- o y
first century A.D. by Plainy, a Roman. Its 37 volumes' i. \5 m6 l5 o
list over 20 thousand items. It is valued highly for hundreds __5__# @7 J* z i6 I0 ^, L. P) i9 z
of years. Up to 1536 43 editions had been published.0 T1 n* h: N# T2 d5 u5 r: }
The largest encyclopedia, the third Chinese encyclopedia
% m, G* ^/ e; Q# I# c( } containing over 5020 volumes and was compiled during the __6__
2 T; x3 `& g2 z4 @0 w eighteenth century. Between 1751 and 1765 the French
" x% Q% t y' S1 T* `! C4 x Encyclopedia appeared. This collecton was usual because __7__
/ T7 L3 `; v1 U. X2 Q, e contemporary famous men, imcluded Voltarie, Rousseau, and __8__7 C5 |3 o ^: J* I1 @2 T. H
Diderot, wrote aticles for it.
9 b* j4 x2 [6 `* ?' C! D$ v! L' u* G8 D The Encyclopedia Britannica is probably the best known
- ~& s% `. v9 |( B$ ` work for English-speaking people. It first appeared in Scotland __9__; K+ D& `9 y7 D/ I% s6 @
in 1771. In 1961 the world Book Company published a braille
) R: Z1 Q0 B, `/ H* _1 d edition of its encyclopedia for blind readers. __10__
, M& _; p3 A5 _4 p9 K% P 答案及解析:
1 _8 T% z7 A1 R) w0 Y 1. 去掉first前面的the% K+ n, R2 O) k& `) J; w6 }# `
2. end—ended
( Z" y/ W9 M2 n% c }) n A# W- { ended与began一同做谓语; X' T5 P, y, r# } u" r
3. 去掉named后面的after3 F Y+ h8 ~8 O5 w. \5 n z
4. reality—existence
: @% o9 a9 A, r# z. \* x 此处表示“现存的”
U/ y# l5 Q' F& I; n0 A! f 5. is—was
9 {7 G- ]( Z/ z 6. containing—contains/ e8 j% n# R% }1 m; C
7. ususl—unusual7 Q2 a2 w' |: x1 _8 k
8. included—including: D, Y+ K0 H% G& X
9. people—peoples
% n( R) Z; `8 I 表示“民族”
. ? h& c6 G( K3 L9 {. B 10. its之后加own3 Q0 i6 I1 X; f3 C1 J
强调该百科全书属于the world book company特有 |
发表于 2012-8-14 11:29:10
