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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Introduction-1.Reading(3m),Read the quotations and tell whether you agree or disagree.,A,We,have,really,everything in common,with America nowadays,except of course,language.,-Oscar Wilde,19,th,century writer,B,With a century British and American English speakers will not be able to understand each other.,-Henry Sweet,19,th,century linguist,C,America and England are two countries,divided by,a common language.,-George Bernard Shaw,20,th,century writer,D,It doesnt,make much of a difference,whether a teacher speaks British or American English.,-,Dave,Sperling,founder of Daves ESL Cafe,Key to the answers,The second writer is American.,some of the reasons we know are:,British English,American English,Mum,Mom,programme,program,theatre,theater,realised,realize,write to me,write me,Reading and Speaking-2.Skimming(5m),Read the passage and find the differences between British English and American English.,Read the titles and the first sentences of each paragraph and find four ways in which British and American English are different.,Vocabulary,Grammar,Spelling,pronunciation,Reading and Speaking-3.Scanning(10m),Read again paragraph by paragraph and make notes of the differences.,The first two paragraphs:the differences in vocabulary,British English,American English,cars,freeway,gas,underground,taxi,torch,stand in line,chips,automobiles,motorway,petrol,subway,cab,flashlight,queue up,French fries,Word,BE,AE,pieces of hot fried potato,chips,French fries,very thin and are sold in packets,crisps,chips,Read the third paragraph,The third paragraph:the differences in grammar,British English,American English,Have you got?,My friend just arrived.,in the team/at the weekend,write me soon!,Do you have?,My friend has just arrived,on the team/weekend,Write to me soon!,Read the 4th paragraph,The 4th paragraph:the differences in spelling and pronunciation,British English,American English,spelling,pronunciation,centre,colour,programme,center,color program,Notes:,There are hundreds of different words,which are not used on the other side of the Atlantic,or which are used with a different meaning.,The other two areas,in which the two varieties differ,are spelling and pronunciation.,The accent,which,is most similar to,British English,can be heard on the East Coast of the US.,A Londoner,has more difficulty understanding,a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.,at the flick of a switch,But it has also,led to,lots of American words and structures,passing,into British English,This international,dimension,suggests,that in the future,there are going to be,many“,Englishes,”,not just two main varieties.,课时分配,课时,板块结合范例,Period 1,Introduction+Reading and Speaking,Period 2,Vocabulary+Grammar+Function,Period 3,Vocabulary and Listening+,Everyday English,Period 4,Speaking and Writing,Cultural Corner,Period 1,Module 5,British and American English,Introduction,Reading and Speaking,Read the third paragraph,The third paragraph:the differences in grammar,British English,American English,Have you got?,My friend just arrived.,in the team/at the weekend,write me soon!,Do you have?,My friend has just arrived,on the team/weekend,Write to me soon!,Introduction-2.Discussion(5m),Read the quotations,and answer the questions,1.What is the topic of the quotations?,2.Which is the most optimistic?,3.Which is the most pessimistic?,4.Which(if any)do you think are funny?,5 Which is good news for students of English?,6.Can you guess which quotations are from British people?,Keys,The difference between British and American English,D,B,(open),D,Henry Sweet,Introduction-3.Imagination(2m),Write down your expectations,What do you expect British and American English to be like?,Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the British and American English?,Introduction-4.Reading(5m),Read the e-mails and decide which writer is American,Which is American and which is British?,(point out the reason),Reading and Speaking-1.Warming-up(5m),Check the following statements.,People from Hong Kong can understand people from Beijing.,People from Shanghai sound the same as people from,Xian,.,Chinese characters can be understood by all speakers of Chinese.,American English is very different from British English.,People from Britain cant understand people from America.,Discuss and the answers are open.,Word,BE,AE,pieces of hot fried potato,chips,French fries,very thin and are sold in packets,crisps,chips,Reading and Speaking-4.Practice(5m),Read the passage and complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases.,There are _ differences between American and British varieties of English.,A.no B.a few C.lots of,Americans _ understand what the British are saying.,A.Sometimes B.usually C.never,There are _ differences between British and American grammar.,A.no B.many C.not many,B,B,C,4.,American spelling is _ British spelling.,A.the same as B.simpler than C.harder than,For a Londoner,an American accent may be easier to understand than _.,A.a Chinese accent B.some British accents,C.a CNN newsreader,Television and the Internet have made it _ for the British and Americans to understand each other.,A.harder B.easier C.impossible,B,B,B,Reading and Speaking-5.Discussion(5m),Discuss the following questions.,How many main varieties of Chinese are there?,In what ways are they different?,Do Chinese people from different regions have problems understanding each other?,What will happen to Chinese in the future?,Homework Task of the lesson,Try to collect more words or expressions which are different in British English and American English in the 4 ways.(vocabulary,grammar,spelling and pronunciation),Find some information about the Chinese that people in different regions of China speak.,
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