Wordpower-Nadia.ppt

Wordpower Unit2 AmericanVSBritishEnglish Discussion Inwhichaspects 方面 aretheAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishdifferent pronunciationspelling grammar vocabulary vacation sweater eraser program truck fall parkinglot AmericanVSBritishEnglish Differences B E A E 1 spelling 2 pronunciation 3 grammar 4 vocabulary spelling pronunciation grammar vocabulary LiHua Hello isthisDaiJun DaiJun Yes Hi LiHua howareyou LiHua I mokaynow butIjusthadtheworstmorningever DaiJun Whathappened LiHua IwenttotheshoppingcenternearHuaihaiRoad tochangethenewshoesIbought theonesthatfitbadly forbiggerones OnesaleswomanwasinthebathroomandtheotherwaswatchingaTVprogrambehindthecounter Neitherofthemwouldhelpme Finally Igothelp buttheyonlyhadtheshoesinacolorIdidn tlike Iwantedtocomplain butwhenIaskedtoseethemanager theytoldme Oh sorry shejustwenthome DaiJun Whataterribleshop Whatdidyoudo LiHua Theygavemeanumbertophonethemanagerat soIcalledwhenIgothome NowIfeelabitbetter butIstilldon thavenewshoes isthat centre fitted toilet programme colour she sjustgonehome on UsetheinformationfromabovetochangetheunderlinedwordsandphrasesfromAmericantoBritishEnglish Then practisethenewdialoguewithapartner Colloquialisms AcolloquialismisaninformalexpressionusedinspokenEnglish ColloquialismsareneverusedinformalEnglishorinwriting butareoftenusedinconversations n 俗话 白话 口语 Readthesecolloquialismsandlookatthematchingpictures Choosethecorrectmeaningforeachonefromtheboxbelow jokewithsomeonesomethingeasytounderstandlisteningcarefullyboring afraidtohavefun Icantellyouthat That sano brainer somethingeasytounderstand 1 no brainer不必花脑筋的事物A Howdoyouusethisprogram Itlooksquitecomplicated 你怎么用这个软件呢 看起来蛮复杂的 B No Lookscanbedeceiving Thisthingisactuallyano brainer Letmeshowyou 不会 外表有时是会骗人的 这个东西其实很容易 不必花脑筋的 我玩给你看 Don tbeawetblanket Havesomefun boring afraidtohavefun 2 awetblanket令人扫兴的人 这一表达的来源是 当发生火灾的时候 为了扑火 把湿毛毯盖到火上 后用来指在社交场合泼冷水 令人扫兴的人 如 I msorrytobesuchawetblanket butI mafraidIhavetogohomenow Goon tellme I mallears listeningcarefully 3 allears形容很专心地倾听 全神贯注 WheneveryoutellJohnnysomegossip he sallears 每当你说闲话给约翰尼听时 他总是全神贯注 Areyouserious Don tpullmyleg jokewithsomeone 4 topullone sleg意思是逗别人 开别人玩笑 Myroommatesaidthisgirlhadtoldhimshewouldn tmindgoingoutwithme ButwhenIinvitedhertoamovie Ilearnedhewasjustpullingmyleg 我的室友说 那个女孩愿意和我一起出去玩 可是 当我请她去看电影的时候 我才发现我那同学是逗我 开我的玩笑 PartB 1 MrsBlack sgardenisthebestinourtown Shehasrealgreenfingers 2 Hejustcan tdoanythingright Heisallthumbs Sheisgoodatgardening 园艺能手 Heisveryclumsyandcan tdothingsskillfully 笨拙 3 YouaretellingmeI mlazy Ha lookwhatamessyourroomis Thatislikethepotcallingthekettleblack 4 IwishIhadbroughtmyumbrella It srainingcatsanddogs Thatislikecriticizingsomeoneelseforafaultyouhaveyourself 责人严而律己宽 Itisrainingheavily 下倾盆大雨 5 Don tmakeamountainoutofamolehill It snotthatserious Don texaggeratesomething 小题大做 1 Thoughyouarebusy couldyoujustlendmeanearforamoment 2 IfHustonrocketscanwinthisbasketballgamebytwentypoints Iwilleatmyhat 3 I veneverexpectedlilytoactascoolasacucumberinthetrafficaccident Itmeans tolistenandpayattentionto Itmeans Youare100percentcertainthatsomethingwillhappen Itmeans verycalmandcontrolledindifficultsituations MoreColloquialisms 1 lendmeanear tolistenandpayattentionto倾听 注意 仔细地听2 eatmyhat Youare100percentcertainthatsomethingwillhappen 3 ascoolasacucumber verycalmandcontrolledindifficultsituations 像黄瓜一样凉爽就是当一个人碰到困难和麻烦时很冷静 很放松 MoreColloquialisms Exercises Fillintheblanksbyusingthefollowingcolloquialisms lendmeaneareatmyhatano brainerawetblanketpullmyleggreenfingersraincatsanddogsgreenhandmakeamountainoutofamolehillasquietasamouse Kate don tbe attheparty Let sdancetogether 2 Alice Canyoutellmewhatthissentencemeans Tim Thisone Oh itis Icantellyou 3 Jim whenIexplainthelanguagepoints youshould 4 Robisalwayslateforschool Ifhecanarr