1、,*,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,Period 1,Module 1,British and American English,Introduction,Reading and Speaking,I,R,F,1,Introduction,A,We,have,really,everything in common,with America nowadays,except of course,language.,-Oscar Wilde,19,th,century writer,B,With,in,a century British and
2、American English speakers will not be able to understand each other.,-Henry Sweet,19,th,century linguist,2,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 America
3、n English.,-,Dave Sperling,founder of Daves ESL Cafe,3,Introduction-2.Discussion(5m),Read the quotations,and answer the questions,1.What is the topic of the quotations(引文)?,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 fo
4、r 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,4,Exercise 2.,Find the information and fill up the form.,British English,American English,Vocabulary,(including words and expressions),ta
5、xi,motorway,subway,gas,queue up,Spelling,centre,program,Grammar,Have you got?,on the weekend,cab,freeway,underground,petrol,stand in line,center,programme,Do you have?,at the weekend,5,英式英语,美式英语,中文,centre,center,中心,colour,color,颜色,labour,labor,劳工,organise,organize,组织,realise,realize,发现,theatre,theat
6、er,剧院,6,英式英语,美式英语,中文,autumn,fall,秋天,bangers and mash,sausage and potato,香肠和马铃薯,biscuit,cookie,饼干,brollie,umbrella,雨伞,car,automobile,汽车,care-taker,janitor,管理员,car park,parking lot,停车场,chips,french fries,薯条,crisps,potato chips,洋芋片,7,英式英语,美式英语,中文,flat,apartment,公寓,Full stop,period,句点,jumper,sweater,运动衫
7、,lift,elevator,电梯,lorry,truck,卡车;大货车,motorway,freeway,高速公路,on your Todd,on you own,你自己的方式,pavement,sidewalk,行人道,petrol,gasoline(gas),汽油,rubber,eraser,橡皮擦,shop,store,商店,sweets,candy,糖果,trainers,sneakers,运动鞋,trousers,pants,长裤,underground,/,tube,subway,地铁,wellingtons,rubber boots,长统靴,child(ren),kid(s),
8、小孩,mobile phone,cell phone,手机,football,soccer,英式足球,American football,football/rugby,美式橄榄球,boot(of a car),trunk(of a car),汽车尾部行李箱,holiday,vacation,假日,whiskey,scotch,苏格兰威士忌酒,8,英式英语,美式英语,中文,rubber,eraser,橡皮擦,shop,store,商店,sweets,candy,糖果,tap,faucet,水龙头,trainers,sneakers,运动鞋,trousers,pants,长裤,undergroun
9、d,/,tube,subway,地铁,wellingtons,rubber boots,长统靴,zebra crossing,pedestrian crossing,行人穿越道,child(ren),kid(s),小孩,mobile phone,cell phone,手机,football,soccer,英式足球,American football,football/rugby,美式橄榄球,boot(of a car),trunk(of a car),汽车尾部行李箱,holiday,vacation,假日,whiskey,scotch,苏格兰威士忌酒,9,Read para.1-4 and f
10、ind four ways in which British and American English are different.(find 4 key words),Vocabulary,Grammar,Spelling,pronunciation,skimming,10,1)Therere a lot of differences in grammar between British and American English.,2)Spelling is the first and most obvious difference between the two Englishes.,3)
11、British people say”write me”and”on the team”.,4)American spelling is simpler than British spelling.,5)Television and Internet have made it easier for the British and Americans to understand each other.,6)In the future,therell be only one kind of English.,11,探究新知,1 我们在各个方面与美国差不多,当然,语言除外.,We have real
12、ly everything in common with,America nowadays,except of course,language.,有许多相同之处,除了,.,之外,have everything/a lot/,much in common,Except,12,1 in common with,1我们彼此有很多共同之处。,2 和很多人一样,他喜欢古典音乐不喜欢流行音乐。,We have a lot in common with each other.,In common with many people,he prefers classical music to pop.,温故知新
13、,13,sb have a lot/much/everything in,some/a little/nothing in,in common 共用的,in common with sb.和一样,Its commonly believed that,大家普遍认为,Its knowledge among sb.that.,众所周知,common,common sense/knowledge,常识,common disease,常见病,common mistake,常犯的错误,common saying,俗话,14,辨析:,common ordinary general usual,common,
14、强调“常见的,不足为奇的”,ordinary,强调“平常的,平淡无奇的”,general,意为“普遍的,一般的,,公众的,4.usual,一贯如此的,习惯性的,15,2 except 除了之外,辨析:,except,besides,except for,except that,but,except,除去,之外(不再有),表示从整体中除去一部分,除去的是同一类事物,常与,no,all,none,nothing,everything,anything,等连用,一般不位于句首,16,besides,除,以外(还有)。,except for,除了,(表示对句子主题,进行细节校正或附加说明,而且前后,提
15、到的事物往往不同类),except that,除了,以外,后接句子。,对已说过的内容进一步作详细解释,,而且前后提到的事物往往不同类,17,but,表示除了,以外时 有时可与,except,通用,需要特别注意的,but,固定短语,have no choice but to do sth.,have nothing to do but do sth.,只得做某事,but for,如果不是,cant help but do sth.,不得不做,18,3.divide&separate,divide,指把整体分成部分,常与,into/,between/among,连用,e.g.Lets divide
16、 the cake into three.,separate,把不同的人或物分开,常与,from,连用,e.g.The teacher separated the boys,from the girls.,19,Make a difference,有影响或使不同,The sea air has made a difference to her health.,It,makes no difference to me,whether he goes or not.,Make some difference to sb/Sth.,对某人,/,某物有作用,影响,这场雨对比赛没有多大影响,The ra
17、in didnt make much difference to the game.,Tell the difference.,20,accent&language,accent,指一个人讲话的“口音”,language,指一个民族、国家的“语言”,21,Reading and speaking,22,Reading and Speaking-1.Warming-up(5m),Check the following statements.,People from Hong Kong can understand people from Beijing.,People from Shanghai
18、 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.,23,Reading and Speaking-2.Skimming(5m),Read the pa
19、ssage one by one and find the differences between British English and American English.,24,First paragraph,British and American English are different _ many ways.The first way is in the _.There are hundreds of different words which are,not used _ the other side of the Atlantic,or _ _ used with a dif
20、ferent meaning.,in,vocabulary,on,Which are,25,n.difference,差异,差别,分别,tell the difference,分辨,区分,1.be different in,在,方面不同,different from/to sb./sth.,与某人,/,物不同的,the sameas,与,相同,be similar to,类似于,与,相似,different adj.,不同的,be different from,vi.differ,不同,相异,differ from,与,不同,differ in,在,方面不同,differ with,与,不一致
21、,26,2.obvious adj.,明白的,显然的,obvious,指极为明显的、大家都能够,看见的事情,强调不需要说明或论证,clear,清楚的,明白的 既可以指事,物清晰易见,也可以指人对事物清楚,明白,强调不会引起误会,27,obvious adj.,显然的,;,显而易见的,There is no obvious solution.,Be obvious to sb/sth.,对某人来说很清楚,It is obvious that,很显然的,每个人都能看出他很失望,.,很显然他在撒谎,.,It is obvious to all that he is very disappointed
22、.,It is obvious that he is lying.,28,3.prefer to do,更愿意,/,喜欢做,prefer+,doing/to do sth.,宁愿做某事,sb.to do sth.,宁愿某人做某事,to,喜欢,不喜欢,doing to doing,宁愿做,而不愿做,to do rather than do,宁愿做,而不愿做,29,e.g.I prefer going by bus.,我宁愿坐公共汽车去。,I prefer horse-riding to shooting.,我喜爱骑马胜过射击。,She preferred to go with us rather
23、,than stay behind.,她宁愿和我们一起去,而不愿留下。,30,Second paragraph,Sometimes the same word has a slightly different meaning,which can be _.The chips _the British know and love are _ _ on the other side of the Atlantic.,confusing,which,French fries,31,4.while conj.,然而,(=but),while+,在,期间(,=when),虽然,尽管(,=though),
24、只要(,=as long as),while,时间段,when,时间点,+,时间段,引导让步状语从句,时必须位于句首,32,e.g.,Someone is singing while you are sleeping.,当你谁叫的时候,有人在唱歌。,There will be life while there is water and air.,只要有水和空气,就会有生命。,While he was bad,I would help him.,尽管他很坏,我也要帮助他。,33,5.queue up (for sth.),排队等候,美式英语,stand in line,因为与字母“,Q”,同音,
25、有时会见到,“,Please Q-up!”,的说法。,34,6.confusing,令人迷惑的,confusing,(物)令人迷惑的,指物令人感到困惑的,confused (,人)迷惑不解的,指人感到不知所措的,困惑的,类似的:,interesting interested.,35,confusing,adj,.令人困惑的;难懂的,(1)confuse,v,t,.使困惑;使难于理解,confuse A with/and B把A和B混淆,be confused by sth.被,搞糊涂了,(2)confused,adj,.,感到困惑的,感到难懂的,(3)confusion,n,困惑,混乱,混淆,
26、in confusion困惑地;困窘地,36,7.for example,例如,for example,一般例举一个例子,,位置较灵活,前后常用逗号隔开,such as,可以举一个或多个例子,,其后一般为名词,为不完全举例,,放在列举事物前,namely/that is,用于完全举例,I teach two classes,namely/that is,class four and five.,37,The first two paragraphs:the differences in vocabulary,British English,American English,cars,freew
27、ay,gas,underground,taxi,torch,stand in line,chips,automobiles,motorway,petrol,subway,cab,flashlight,queue up,French fries,38,The third paragraph,The third para:the differences in grammar,British English,American English,Have you got?,My friend just arrived.,in the team/at the weekend,write me soon!,
28、Do you have?,My friend has,just arrived,on the team/,weekend,Write to me soon!,39,8.omit vt.,删去,略去,排除,omit to do sth.,忘记做某事,故意不做某事,omit doing sth.,忽略做某事,故意不做某事,omit sth.,删去,/,遗漏某物,omit from,从,中删去,40,Comparison n.,Compare.With,和,.,相比,Compare to,把,比作,Beyond/without compare,无与伦比,Compared,to/with.,与,相比,
29、(,通常作状语,),Compare notes,交流意见,compare,vt,.&,vi,.,比较,对比;,把,喻为;匹敌,41,Compare this car with that one and you will find the differences between them.,把这辆汽车与那辆汽车相比,你就会发现他们之间的区别。,My works don,t compare with yours.,我的作品不能和你的相比。,We often compare children to flowers of our country.,我们常常把孩子比做祖国的花朵。,Teachers ar
30、e often compared to gardeners while students flowers.,人们常把老师比做园丁,而将学生比做花朵。,Compared to/with most women,,,she was indeed very fortunate.,与大多数妇女相比,她确实是很幸运。,42,The forth paragraph,The 4th paragraph:the differences in spelling and pronunciation,British English,American English,spelling,Pronuncia-tion,/,
31、/,centre,colour programme,center,color program,43,seem,look,appear,以客观,为依据,以视觉印,象为依据,多用于强调与,事实不相符,It looks,as if,look+,adj.,/,prep.,It appears,that,appear,to do,/,adj.,9.seem vi.,好像,似乎,It seems,that,/,as,if,seem,to do,/,adj.,/,prep.,44,e.g.It seems that you will win.,He looked as if he was ill,becau
32、se his face was red.,Your mother is sixty years old,but she appears a lot younger.,45,10.instead of,代替,同义短语:,take the place of,take ones place,in place of,instead of+n./pron./gerund(,动名词,),adj.,常用于句末,有时也用于句首,I have no drink.Would you like water instead?,46,11.as many+n.U+as,和,一样多的,as many/much as,as
33、 long as,as far as,as+adj.+a(n)+n.(sing)+as,多达,.,长达,只要,远达,就,而论,和,一样,Teaching is as much an art as science.,47,1.British English and American,English are different _many,ways.,A.on B.by C.from D.in,Can you think of a situation in,which the two _ from each,other.,A.differs B.differ,C.different D.diffe
34、rence,D,B,12.differ vi.,差异,48,1 v.谈论,评论,2 n.评论,评述,remark,“,I thought it was odd”,he remarked.,make a few remarks about sb.on a,subject.,“我觉得很怪”,他说。,讲几句有关某人,/,某话题的话,13.,49,The last paragraph,Some experts _ that the two _ are moving,closer together.,This non-stop communi,-cation has also _ lots,of Ame
35、rican words _,into British English.,One of the best-known faces,Monita Rajpal,was,born in Hong Kong,and,grew _ _ Chinese and,Punjabi,as _ as English.,believe,varieties,led to,passing,Up speaking,well,50,14.more than,=over,超过,多于,后接,数词、名词、,动名词,或,句子,=very,很,非常,后接,形容词,或,副词,not more than,不超过,I have no mo
36、re than 10 dollars.,no more than,仅仅,no morethan,与,同样不,morethan,与其说,不如说,He is more a farmer than a scientist.,51,15.suggest,建议,+doing,+that,从句,用虚拟,(,should,),+do,暗示,表明,+that,从句,用陈述语气,I suggested that you should study hard.,His pale face suggested that he was ill.,52,16.find,发现,find+,宾语,do,doing,done,
37、强调整个过程,强调正在进行,强调跟宾语之间的,被动关系,I found a boy crying in that room.,I found a thief caught by a policeman.,53,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,54,FUNCTION,because,as,
38、for,since,now that,表原因时的区别,55,because,as,for,since,表示“原因”时的区别,because,as,for,since,这几个,词都是表示“原因”的连词,语气由强至,弱依次为:,becausesinceasfor,其中,because,since,as,均为从属,连词,引导原因状语从句;而,for,是,并列连词,引导并列句。,56,because,表示直接原因,它所指的原因通常是,听话人所不知道的,其语气最强。用,来回答,why,的提问,一般放于主句之,后,也可以单独存在。,57,例如:,(1)I stayed at home because it
39、 rained.,因为下雨我呆在家里。,(2)Because Lingling was ill,she didnt,come to school.,玲玲因病,没有上学。,(3)Why is she absent?,她为什么缺席?,Because she is sick.,因为她病了。,此外,在强调句型中,只能用,because.,例如:,(4)It was because I missed the early,bus that I was late for school.,我上学迟到是因为我没有赶上早班汽车。,58,2.since,侧重主句,从句表示显然的,或已为人所知的理由,常译为“因为”、
40、,“既然”,语气比,because,稍弱,通常,置于句首,表示一种含有勉强语气的原,因。例如:,59,(1)Since he asks you,youll tell him,why.,他既然问你,那就告诉他为什么吧。,(2)Since everyone is here,lets start.,既然大家都到齐了,我们就出发吧!,(3)Since I understood very little,Japanese,I couldnt follow the,conversation.,我日语懂得不多,因而听不懂对话。,60,3.as,是常用词,它表示的“原因”是双方,已知的事实或显而易见的原因,或者
41、,理由不是很重要,含义与,since,相同,,但语气更弱,没有,since,正式,比较,口语化,常译为“由于,鉴于”。,61,(1)We all like her as she is kind.,我们都喜欢她,因为她善良。,(2)As I had a cold,I was absent from,school.,因为我感冒了,所以没去上课。,(3)As XiaoWang was not ready,we went,without him.,由于小王没有准备好,我们只好不带他去了。,62,4.for,表示原因,是并列连词。它所表,示的原因用来做附加的说明,为前面,的事实提供一种推断的理由且,for,不,可置于句首。,The days are short,for it is now December.,白天短了,因为现在已是十二月份。,63,now that,意为“既然,”,与,since,同义,,但更突出事实本身。,that,可以省略。,Now that I am well again,I can go on,with my work.,Now that you have come,you may as,well stay.,64,The End,65,