“The creation of Merriam-Webster’s Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary reflects the reality that English has become an international language, and that American English, in particular, is now being used and studied every day by millions of people around the world.”
“The average ratio of classes conducted in English at national and public universities is less than 3 percent, while their ratio of foreign teaching staff is also lower than that of private universities.”
一名美国男子每天花费10个小时、历时一年时间,终于通读完近2.2万页的《牛津英语大词典》(Oxford English Dictionary)。据英国《每日电讯报》报道,这名男子名叫安蒙谢伊,现年37岁,他在一家图书馆的地下室里阅读了共20卷的《牛津英语大词典》,并仔细研究了词典中的5900万个单词。