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1、Module 1 British and American EnglishReading and vocabularyAs you know, China is big in size and full of many dialects. Hong Kong is part of China. Do you think we will have difficulty in understanding people from Hong Kong ? What difficulties in understanding do you think people from Hong Kong will
2、 have when they are in Beijing? Do people from Shanghai sound the same as those from Xian? What about Chinese characters? Do you think people from different regions of China have difficulty in understanding Chinese characters? What about Britain English and American English? Do you think they are qu
3、ite different? Can people from the two countries understand each other?Read the passage and find ways in which British and American English are different. vocabulary spelling grammar and pronunciation.Read the first part and find out the topic sentenceThe first and most obvious way is in the vocabul
4、ary.What is the example? Americans drive _ down freeways and fill up with gas. The British drive cars along _ and fill up with _. automobiles motorways petrol As a tourist, you will need to use the underground in London or the _in New York, or maybe you will prefer to get around the town by taxi ( B
5、ritish ) or_ (American). subway cabThe second part of the passageAmericans use a _, while for the British, its a torch. The British queue up; American_.Sometimes the same word has a slightly different meaning,which can be confusing._, for example, are pieces of hot fries potato in Britain; in the st
6、ates chips are sold in packets. The British call these _. The chips the British know and love are _ on the other side of the Atlantic.flashlight stand in linecrisps French fries ChipsThe main idea of this paragraph: Sometimes the same word has a slightly different meaning, which can be confusing. Th
7、e third part of the passageThe topic sentence:There are a few differences in grammar. According to the texts and tell us some example. The British say: Have you got? My friend has just arrived. in the team at the weekend Ill see you on Monday.Americans say: Do you have? My friend just arrived. on th
8、e team on the weekend. Ill see you Mondaythe fourth part of the passageThe difference is spelling, such as center, color, and ( American English) , _ , and programmes( British English)programcentrecolorThe British and the Americans are two nations divided by a common language. 英國和美國是被同一種語言分開的兩個民族。英國
9、和美國是被同一種語言分開的兩個民族。 the fifth part of the passageWhat is the main idea of the first paragraph of this part?It says the two varieties of English are moving closer.What is the reason? The reason is that for more than a century communication across the Atlantic have developed steadily.Will there be more
10、 than two varieties of English? Not just two main plete the sentences with the correct words or phrases. 1.There are _ differences between American and British varieties of English. A. no B. a few C. lots of 2.Americans_ understand what the British are saying. A. sometimes B. usually C. never 3.Ther
11、e are _ differences between British and American grammar. A. no B. many C. not many 4.American spelling is _ British spelling. A. the same as B. simpler than C. harder than 5.For a Londoner, an American accent may be easier to understand than _. A. a Chinese accent B. some British accents C. a CNN n
12、ewsreader. 6.Television and the Internet have made it _ for the British and Americans to understand each other. A. harder B. easier C. impossibleBBCBBBMatch the British and American words in the box. apartment autumn elevator fall first floor flashlight flat garbage gas ground floor holiday lift sta
13、nd in line lorry pavement petrol queue up rubbish sidewalk torch truck vacation British English: American English: flat autumn lift ground floor torch rubbish petrolholiday queue up lorry pavementapartment fall elevator first floor flashlight garbagegas vacation stand in line truck sidewalkRewrite t
14、he sentences using British words. 1. We really like going on vacation in the fall. 2. You dont need to take the elevator. Our apartment in on the first floor. 3. Did you see that truck come out of the gas station? 4. Pass me a flashlight, Eddie. Ive lost my wallet. We like going on holiday in the autumn very much. You dont need to use the lift. Our flat is on the ground floor. Did you see that lorry come out of the petrol station? Pass me a torch, Eddie. Ive lost my wallet.
四川省宣漢縣第二中學(xué)高中英語 Module 1 British and American English課件1 新人教版必修5
