2023学年完整公开课版《M1BritishandAmericanEnglish》教学

Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishCulturalcorner&taskTeachingaim:

TolearnaboutWebsterwhomadespellingsimpleTomasterthesentencepatternsandusethemfreelyListentothetapeandpaymoreattentiontothewordsyoucan’tpronouncecorrectly.Lookatthefollowingpicturestolearnmoreaboutthefollowingtopic.M1CulturalCorner.mp3Answerthefollowingquestions.Doyouknowthisman?DoyouknowAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage?NoahWebsterBorn:October16,1758Place:Hartford,ConnecticutDied:May28,1843Place:Newhaven,ConnecticutBackgroundinformationCharacter:trulyremarkableshrewd,passionate,learnedandenergetic,God-fearingandpatriotic.Fame:authorofthefirstAmericandictionaryremarkable不平常的

shrewd精明的passionate热情的

God-fearing虔诚的patriotic爱国的Asayoungadult,NoahWebsterwasateacher.Atthattime,thecolonieswerefightingforindependencefromBritain.YetthebooksthatAmericanchildrenusedinschoolallcamefromBritain.ThebookswereallaboutBritishpeopleandBritishplaces.WebsterwantedbooksthatwouldmeanmoretoAmericanchildren’s-agrammarbook,aspellingbook,andareader.Thesebookswereverypopular,andmillionsofthemweresold.Websterwasinterestedinchangingthespellingsofwords.Hewantedwordstobespelledthewaytheywerepronounced.Forexample,hethoughttheword“head”shouldbespelled“hed”,andtheword“laugh”shouldbespelled“laf”.PeoplelikedWebster’ssuggestions.Unfortunately,though,fewwordschangedwerewordsinwhichanunpronouncedufollowedano.ThatiswhyAmericanswritecolorandlabor,andtheBritishwritecolourandlabour.

Withthemoneyhemadefromhisbooks,Websterwasabletostartonhisgreatwork.Thisworktookmorethantwentyyearstowrite.ItwasthefirstAmericanEnglishdictionary,publishedin1828.Webster’sdictionaryhadover70,000wordsandgavethemeaningandoriginofeach.Tothisday,Webster’sworkistheexamplethatmostdictionariesofAmericanEnglishfollow.Discussandshareyourideawithyourpartner.WhatreasonsdidWebsterhaveforwritinganAmericandictionary?HewantedtosimplifythespellingofEnglishandmakeitlookdifferentfromBritishEnglish.TheworkofsimplifyingChinesehasmadeitconvenientforpeopletoread,understandandusetheChineselanguage.SohasWebster’sworkforAmericanpeople.2.CanyouseeanysimilaritiesbetweenWebster’sworkandattemptstosimplifyChinese?1.WhomadethespellingofAm.Englishsimple?Noah

Webster2.WhatwasNoahWebster?HewasateachergraduatedfromYaleUniversity.3.Whatdidhedoasayoungman?HefoughtagainsttheBritishintheAmericanWarofIndependence.AnswerthequestionsaboutNoahWebster.4.WhydidhedecidetowriteanAm.Englishdictionary?HefeelthatwrittenEnglishinthenewlyindependentUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive“American”look.5.Whatwashisfirstwork?TheElementarySpellingBook.6.Whatdidhesuggestinhisfirstbook?HesuggestedsimplifythespellingofEnglishWords.7.WhatisWebsterbestknownfor?AmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.8.Howdoyouknowhisdictionaryisveryimportant?Itquicklybecameastandardreferencebookinthestates.Today,Webster’sdictionaryisstillthenumberonedictionaryforAmericanStudents.1.InEnglishthespellingofwordsdoesn’talwaysrepresentthesound.Represent(1)=speakforsb代表（某人/团体）在这次会议上，他被选中代表该公司出席。Hewaschosentorepresentthecompanyattheconference.Represent(2)=symbolize象征，表示在这张地图上，红线代表铁路。Theredlinesonthemaprepresent

railways.2.Combinationsofletters(likeough)maybepronouncedinanumberofways.combinationn.combineAwithB一系列的综合因素应该为癌症病例的增多负责。ACombinations

offactorsmayberesponsiblefortheincreaseincancer.让我们把工作和娱乐结合在一起吧！Let’scombinebusinesswithpleasure=workandenjoyyourselfatthesametime.3....thankstotheworkofNoahWebster…E.g.多亏了你的帮助，我按时完成了我的工作。Thankstoyourhelp,Ifinishedmyworkontime.由于坏天气，我们不得不推迟举行运动会。

Thankstothebadweather,wehadtoputoffthesportsmeeting.4.…suggestedsimplifyingthespellingofEnglishwords.suggest建议，表明他建议我应该服一些药。HesuggestedthatIshouldtakesomemedicine.Hesuggestedmytakingsomemedicine.他苍白的脸色表明他生病了。Hispalefacesuggestedthathewasill.5.Many

ofthesuggestionswerequicklyadopted.收养收养一个孤儿adoptanorphan

(2)采取；采纳采纳这项政策adoptthepolicy采纳某人的建议/计划adoptone’ssuggestion/one’splan

6.Others,however,suchasremovingsilentletterslikethesinislandorthefinaleinexamine,werenot.remove

除去；使迁移；解雇；脱掉请把后院的草除掉。Pleaseremovetheweedsinthebackyard.(2)母亲让我把钢琴从这间屋子里搬到那间屋子里。Mothertoldmetoremove

thepianofromthisroomtothatone.(3)那个足球队员被队里开除了。Thefootballplayerwasremovedfromtheteam.(4)请脱掉脏鞋。Remove

themuddyshoesplease.7.TheBritishcriticised

(批评)thedictionary,butitquicklybecameastandardreferencebookintheStates.(1)criticise批评criticisesb.for(doing)sth.因做某事批评某人beopentocriticism乐于接受批评(2)adj标准的n标准你应该用标准的英语写作。YoushouldwriteinstandardEnglish.创建标准：setastandard达到标准：reach/meetastandard生活标准：thestandardofliving超标：abovestandard未达标：belowstandard(3)referencen.参考，查阅；论及，提到areferencebook参考书in/withreferenceto…关于……Eg:Inreferencetoyourletterofyesterday,wecan’taccepttheoffer.makereferenceto提到Eg.他没提到他的猫。Hemadenoreferencetohiscat.Task:

IdentifyingavarietyofEnglishComparetheonlineeditionsoftwoEnglishlanguagenewspapers,suchas:TheGuardian(www,guardian.co.uk)USAToday()FindanarticleonthesametopicineacheditionLookfordifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.Makealistofdifferencesinspellingandgrammar.Modulefile: comparewithleadto infavourofbelongto referto…as… addto besimilartohavedifficultyin incommonwithmakeadifference have…incommonthankstoThestudentswholikereadingare_____________theprogramme.Thetwokindsofoldfolkmusichavemuch_____________rockandlightmusic.Wedon’tthinkthatit_________________whetheryoulovetheperformanceornot.Themanager’sbeingillyesterday_____________ourdifficultyincompletingtheprojectintime.---Doyou__________________understandingtheEnglishnews?---Yes.Ifindithardtofollow.infavour