British and American English.ppt

外研版高二年级(必修5)Module1,长流中学吴红英,Module1BritishandAmericanEnglish,Speakingandwriting,BritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,WorldEnglish,Workingroups.ReadthenotesanddecidewhichisthebestvarietyofEnglishtolearn.,TheGreatDebate:WhichEnglish?,BritishEnglishthe“original”varietyofthelanguagethelanguageofShakespeareandothergreatwritersTheBBCandmanyinternationalnewspapersuseit.,AmericanEnglishMostnativespeakersofEnglishuseanAmericanvariety.ThevarietymostusedininternationalbusinessMostEnglishlanguagefilmsareAmerican.,WorldEnglishneitherAmericannorBritishEnglishdoesntbelongtoonegroupofpeople.,Accentisnotimportantifpeopleunderstandeachother.Weneedtocommunicatewithnon-nativespeakersaswellasnativespeakers.,TheOriginofChineseWhatisChinese?VarietiesofChinese,ReadtheparagraphinPart3.Choosethebesttitle.,Collectinformationaboutthe3topicsandwritemoreparagraphs.,1.TheWritingSystemAbout50,000characters/mostpeopleknowabout20,000/elementsofmeaningandinformationaboutpronunciation/,2.VarietiesofChinese8mainvarieties/calleddialects/WenyanandBaihua/Putonghua-simplifiedChinese3.TheLanguageTodayPinyin,awritingsystemsince1958/helptousePutonghua,Culturalcorner,NoahWebsterBorn:October16,1758Place:Hartford,ConnecticutDied:May28,1848Place:NewHaven,Connecticut,Doyouknowthisman?,NoahWebsterwasatrulyremarkableman,shrewd,passionate,learnedandenergetic.HewastheauthorofthefirstAmericanDictionary.,Readquicklyandchecktheanswerswithdeskmates.,1.Whatdoesthefirstparagraphtalkabout?2.WhatdoesitsayaboutthespellingofEnglish?,BritishEnglishissocomplicated.,Thespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound.,3.WhatstherelationbetweenthespellingandthesoundinEnglish?4.DoesEnglishspellingalwaysrepresentitssound?,Thespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound.,No,itdoesnt.,Readagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.,1.WhatreasonsdidWebsterhaveforwritinganAmericandictionary?HewantedtosimplifythespellingofEnglishandmakeitlookdifferentfromBritishEnglish.,2.Whatwashisfirstwork?TheElementarySpellingBook,whichsuggestedsimplifyingthespellingofEnglishwordswasextremelypopular.,ForAmericansthingsarealittlebiteasier,thankstotheworkofNoahWebster,thanksto由于,因为;幸亏,多亏常位于句首,表感谢或讽刺。,Languagepoints,e.g.Thankstoyourhelp,wefinishedtheworkheadoftime.多亏你的帮助,我们提前完成了任务。Thankstothebadweather,thematchhadbeenputoff.多亏这倒霉的天气,比赛推迟了。,2.duetosth./sb.某人/某物引起的;由于某人/某物e.g.Theteamssuccesswaslargelyduetoherefforts.该队的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力。Theyarrivedlateduetothestorm.他们由于风暴而来迟。,3.infavorof同意，支持e.g.Sheisallinfavorofmysuggestion.她完全赞同我的建议。Areyouinfavorofhisopinion?你会赞成他的意见吗?,4.单词比较：adopt/adapt,adopt采取;采纳;吸收过继,收养(as)adapt使适应,使适合(to)改编,改写(for),1.Aftermuchdeliberation,thepresidentdecidedto_hersuggestion.2.Theauthorisgoingto_hisplayfortelevision.3.Mr.Kern_theorphanashisownson.4.Hetriedhardto_himselftothenewconditio