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,*,*,*,Good Morning!,You and me,Theme song of the 2008 Beijing Olympics,Sarah,Brightman,George W.Bush,The same language?,The British English,The American,Englsih,America and England are two countries,divided by a common language.,Module 1 British and American
2、 English,I.Fast reading:,Read the first four titles and the first sentences of each paragraph and find four ways in which British and American English are different.,Vocabulary,Grammar,Spelling,Pronunciation,II.Skimming,(略读),Read the text aloud and carefully,generalize the main idea and do the follo
3、wing two exercises.,Paragraph 1,The first and most obvious way is in the vocabulary.,Paragraph 2,But other words and expressions are not so well known.,Paragraph 3,There are a few differences in grammar,too.,Paragraph 4,The other two areas in which the two varieties differ are spelling and pronuncia
4、tion.,Paragraphs 5-7,Some experts believe that the two varieties are moving closer together.Users of English will all be able to understand each other,wherever they are.,Scanning(,查读),Exercise 1.,Read through the text and do True or False exercise.,1)Therere a lot of differences in grammar between B
5、ritish and American English.,2)Spelling is the first and most obvious difference between the two,Englishes,.,3)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
6、 each other.,6)In the future,therell be only one kind of English.,Exercise 2.,Find the information and fill up the form.,British English,American English,Vocabulary,(including words and expressions),taxi,motorway,subway,gas,queue up,Spelling,centre,program,Grammar,Have you got?,on the weekend,cab,fr
7、eeway,underground,petrol,stand in line,center,programme,Do you have?,at the weekend,III.Group ActivitiesGroup-work:Please classify,(归类),the following words into British English and American English.,holiday,fall,colour,“,the ground floor,”,vacation,realise,lift,“,My friend has just arrived.,”,on the
8、 weekend,autumn,elevator,color,“,the first floor,”,realize,at the weekend,“,My friend just arrived.,”,British English,American English,holiday,vacation,autumn,fall,colour,color,lift,elevator,the ground floor,the first floor,realise,realize,at the weekend,on the weekend,My friend has just arrived.,My
9、 friend just arrived.,Language Points,1,、,British and American English,_many,ways,.,2.The British say“Have you got.?”,Americans,_,“Do you have?”.,3.The accent,which,most,_,British English,can be heard on the East Coast of the US.,4.A Londoner,more,_,a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Y
10、orker.,5.But it has also,lots of American words and structures,_,British English.,are different in,while,prefer,is,similar to,has,difficulty(in)understanding,led to,passing into,Sentence Making,1.,他们在学习风格上不同。,(,be different in,),2.,小张喜欢学习数学,然而小刘更喜欢学习英语。,(,while,prefer,),3.,他的答案和我的很相似。,(,be similar t
11、o,),4.,我听不太懂这个英国人的话。,(,have difficulty(in)doing,),5.,吸烟可能导致癌症(,cancer),。(,lead to,),They are different in study style.,Xiao Zhang likes learning maths,while Xiao Liu prefers English.,His answers are quite similar to mine.,I have some difficulty(in)understanding the British.,Smoking can lead to cancer.,Post-Reading,Homework,






