高中英语 Module1《British and American Englishcorner》introduction,reading and voca课件2 外研版必修5.ppt

1、English is the most common language in the earth village,English as the first language,Britian,America,Australia,Jamaica 牙买加,English as official language,India,English as the foreign languge,China,Japan,France,British and American English,Fast-reading,There are seven paragraphs in the passage Which

2、paragraphs tell the ways in which British and American English are different? Which paragraphs predict (预测） the future of these two varieties(kinds) of English?,Paragraph One, Two, Three and Four.,Paragraph Five, Six and Seven.,?,Para1 Words, words, words British and American English are different i

3、n many ways. The first and most obvious way is in the vocabulary. There are hundreds of different words which are not used on the other side of the Atlantic, or which are used with a different meaning. Some of these words are well-known Americans drive automobiles down freeways and fill up with gas;

4、 the British drive cars along motorways and fill up with petrol. As a tourist, you will need to used the underground in London or the subway in New York, or maybe you will prefer to get around the town by taxi (British) or cab (American),Paragraph 1 The first and most obvious way is in the vocabular

5、y.,Para2 Chips or French fries?,But other words and expressions are not so well known. Americans use a flashlight, while for the British, its a torch. The British queue up; Americans stand in line. Sometimes the same word ahs a slightly different meaning, which can be confusing. Chips, for example,

6、are pieces of hot fried potato in Britain; in the States chips are very thin and are sold in packets. The British call these crisps. The chips the British know and love are French fries on the other side of the Atlantic,Paragraph 2 But other words and expressions are not so well known.,Para3 Have or

7、 have got?,There are a few differences in grammar, too. The British say Have you got? while Americans prefer Do you have? An American might say My friend just arrived, but a British person would say My friend has just arrived. Prepositions, too, can be different: compare on the team, on the weekend

8、(American) with in the team, at the weekend (British). The British use prepositions where Americans sometimes omit them (Ill see you Monday; write me soon!),Paragraph 3 There are a few differences in grammar, too.,Para4 Colour or color?,Colour or color? The other two areas in which the two varieties

9、 differ are spelling and pronunciation. American spelling seems simpler: center, color and program instead of centre, colour and programme. Many factors have influenced American pronunciation since the first settlers arrived four hundred years ago. The accent, which is most similar to British Englis

10、h, can be heard on the East Coast of the US.,When the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw made the famous remark that the British and the Americans are two nations divided by a common language, he was obviously thinking about the differences. But are they really so important? After all, there is probab

11、ly as much variation of pronunciation within the two countries as between them. A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.,Paragraph 4 The other two areas in which the two varieties differ are spelling and pronunciation.,Para5-7 Turn on the

12、TV,Some experts believe that the two varieties are moving closer together. For more than a century communications across the Atlantic have developed steadily. Since the 1980s, with satellite TV and the Internet, it has been possible to listen to British and American English at the flick of a switch.

13、 This non-stop communication, the experts think, has made it easier for British people and Americans to understand each other. But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing into British English, so that some people now believe that British English will disappear.,However, if y

14、ou turn on CNN, the American TV network, you find newsreaders and weather forecasters all speaking with different accents American, British, Australian, and even Spanish. One of the best-known faces, Monita Rajpal, was born in Hong Kong, China, and grew up speaking Chinese and Punjabi, as well as En

15、glish.,Para 6,Para7,This international dimension suggests that in the future, there are going to be many “Englishes”, not just two main varieties. But the messages is “Dont worry.” Users of English will all be able to understand each other wherever they are.,Read para. 1- 4 and find four ways in whi

16、ch British and American English are different.(find 4 key words),Vocabulary Grammar Spelling pronunciation,skimming,fill the blanks,holiday,maths,soccer,fall,first floor,garbage,Ready for para.1&2,listen to para.1&2 fill the blanks,automobiles,motorway,petrol,subway,cab,flashlight,queue up,French fr

17、ies,Para. 3 the differences in grammar,Do you have?,My friend has just arrived,on the team/ weekend,Write me soon!,Para.4 the Differences in Spelling,centre colour programme,center color program,Para.4 difference in pronunciation,Enjoy Briitish and American English,Enjoy BBC,一般来说，英式英语读音比较平，硬。 美式英语大多

18、是卷舌，比较好听 。,Do you Know?,check Para.14,There are _ differences between American and British varieties of English. A. no B. a few C. lots of,2. Americans _ understand what the British are saying. A. sometimes B. usually C. never,3. There are _ differences between British and American grammar. A. no B.

19、 many C. not many,4. American spelling is _ British spelling. A. the same way B. simpler than C. harder than,5. For a Londoner, an American accent may be easier to understand than _. A. a Chinese accent B. some British accents C. a CNN newsreader,Read para5-7 T (True ) or F (False).,There are a few

20、differences between American and British English. Americans always have difficulty in understanding what the British are saying. There is going to be only one English left-British English.,T,F,F,sometimes,not,Monita Rajpal is a CNN news reporter. She was born in Hong Kong and spent much of her childhood there, before moving to Ca