高二英语BritishandAmericanEnglish课件.ppt

Module1BritishandAmericanEnglish Readingandvocabulary Asyouknow Chinaisbiginsizeandfullofmanydialects HongKongispartofChina DoyouthinkwewillhavedifficultyinunderstandingpeoplefromHongKong WhatdifficultiesinunderstandingdoyouthinkpeoplefromHongKongwillhavewhentheyareinBeijing DopeoplefromShanghaisoundthesameasthosefromXi an WhataboutChinesecharacters DoyouthinkpeoplefromdifferentregionsofChinahavedifficultyinunderstandingChinesecharacters WhataboutBritainEnglishandAmericanEnglish Doyouthinktheyarequitedifferent Canpeoplefromthetwocountriesunderstandeachother ReadthepassageandfindwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent vocabularyspellinggrammarandpronunciation Readthefirstpartandfindoutthetopicsentence Thefirstandmostobviouswayisinthevocabulary Whatistheexample Americansdrive downfreewaysandfillupwithgas TheBritishdrivecarsalong andfillupwith automobiles motorways petrol Asatourist youwillneedtousetheundergroundinLondonorthe inNewYork ormaybeyouwillprefertogetaroundthetownbytaxi British or American subway cab Thesecondpartofthepassage Americansusea whilefortheBritish it satorch TheBritishqueueup American Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning whichcanbeconfusing forexample arepiecesofhotfriespotatoinBritain inthestateschipsaresoldinpackets TheBritishcallthese ThechipstheBritishknowandloveare ontheothersideoftheAtlantic flashlight standinline crisps Frenchfries Chips Themainideaofthisparagraph Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning whichcanbeconfusing Thethirdpartofthepassage Thetopicsentence Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar Accordingtothetextsandtellussomeexample TheBritishsay Haveyougot Myfriendhasjustarrived intheteamattheweekendI llseeyouonMonday Americanssay Doyouhave Myfriendjustarrived ontheteamontheweekend I llseeyouMonday thefourthpartofthepassage Thedifferenceisspelling suchascenter color and AmericanEnglish andprogrammes BritishEnglish program centre color TheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonationsdividedbyacommonlanguage 英国和美国是被同一种语言分开的两个民族 thefifthpartofthepassage Whatisthemainideaofthefirstparagraphofthispart ItsaysthetwovarietiesofEnglisharemovingcloser Whatisthereason ThereasonisthatformorethanacenturycommunicationacrosstheAtlantichavedevelopedsteadily WilltherebemorethantwovarietiesofEnglish Notjusttwomainvarieties completethesentenceswiththecorrectwordsorphrases 1 Thereare differencesbetweenAmericanandBritishvarietiesofEnglish A noB afewC lotsof2 Americans understandwhattheBritisharesaying A sometimesB usuallyC never3 Thereare differencesbetweenBritishandAmericangrammar A noB manyC notmany4 Americanspellingis Britishspelling A thesameasB simplerthanC harderthan5 ForaLondoner anAmericanaccentmaybeeasiertounderstandthan A aChineseaccentB someBritishaccentsC aCNNnewsreader 6 TelevisionandtheInternethavemadeit fortheBritishandAmericanstounderstandeachother A harderB easierC impossible B B C B B B MatchtheBritishandAmericanwordsinthebox apartmentautumnelevatorfallfirstfloorflashlightflatgarbagegasgroundfloorholidayliftstandinlinelorrypavementpetrolqueueuprubbishsidewalktorchtruckvacation BritishEnglish AmericanEnglish flatautumnliftgroundfloortorchrubbishpetrolholidayqueueuplorrypavement apartmentfallelevatorfirstfloorflashlightgarbagegasvacationstandinlinetrucksidewalk RewritethesentencesusingBritishwords 1 Wereallylikegoingonvacationinthefall 2 Youdon tneedtotaketheelevator Ourapartmentinonthefirstfloor 3 Didyouseethattruckcomeoutofthegasstation 4 Passmeaflashlight Eddie I velostmywallet Welikegoingonholidayint