Reading and Speaking.ppt

1、高二外研版必修五,Module 1 British and American English Reading and Speaking,Lead-in,Reading and Speaking,Listen to the tape and pay more attention to the words you cant pronounce correctly. Look at the following pictures to learn more about the following topic.,As you know, China is big in size and full of

2、many dialects.,What difficulties do you think people from Hong Kong will have in understanding when they are in Beijing? 2. Do people from Shanghai sound the same as those from Xian? 3.What about Chinese characters? 4. Do you think people from different regions of China have difficulty in understand

3、ing Chinese characters?,Lead-in,5. What about British English and American English? 6. Do you think they are quite different? 7. Can people from the two countries understand each other?,英语的历史,英语语言的发展经历了三个阶段： 古英语时期（450-1150）：英语的历史 从1500多年前的北欧开始。英语是在公 元五世纪由三个日耳曼部落盎格鲁、撒 克逊、裘特人带过来的。盎格鲁人原来 的语言是“Englisc”，

4、-这就是今天 “English”一词的来历了。 在此时，古英语内部的发展朝着简化词 形变化的方向在走，其语法也在某些方 面不同于现代英语语法。,近代英语时期（1150-1500）：1066年，诺曼人征服英国。诺曼征服对英语有显著的冲击，改变了英语单词的拼法，更引入了许多新的诺曼词汇。在此时，英文的文法与单词都有变化。现代英语时期（1500-至今）：在这个时期，来自拉丁语和希腊语的词汇被归入英语。在19世纪和20世纪，英语词汇迅速增长。在独立后的美国，英语逐渐演变成具有自己的特征的、反映美国人生活和社会的语言，即美语。英语在大西洋两岸逐渐分化，形成了当今英语语言的两大主流英国英语和美国英语。,S

5、kimming,Read the passage and find four ways in which British and American English are different.,Vocabulary Grammar Spelling pronunciation,Read the first paragraph and find out the topic sentence and then fill in blanks.,Topic sentence: The first and most obvious way is in the vocabulary.,Americans

6、drive _ down freeways and fill up with gas. The British drive cars along _ and fill up with _.,As a tourist, you will need to use the underground in London or the _in New York, or maybe you will prefer to get around the town by taxi (British) or_ (American).,automobiles,motorways,petrol,subway,cab,T

7、he second paragraph of the passage and find out the topic sentence and then fill in blanks.,Americans use a _, while for the British, its a torch. The British queue up; Americans _. Sometimes the same word has a slightly different meaning, which can be confusing._, for example, are pieces of hot fri

8、ed potato in Britain; in the states chips are sold in packets. The British call these _. The chips the British know and love are _ on the other side of the Atlantic.,flashlight,stand in line,crisps,French fries,Chips,Topic sentence: Sometimes the same word has a slightly different meaning, which can

9、 be confusing.,Read the third paragraph find out the topic sentences and fill in blanks.,Topic sentence: There are a few differences in Grammar, too.,Do you have?,My friend has just arrived,on the team/weekend,Write to me soon!,Read the fourth paragraph and check the following statements.,1. America

10、ns prefer center, color, and program instead of centre, colour and programme.,T,2. The accent, which is most similar to British English, can be heard on the West Coast of the US. 3. George Bernard Shaw is a famous British writer.,F,F,Read the fifth part of the passage (Para 5, 6填满 他把水桶装满水。 He filled

11、 up the bucket with water.,6. Americans use a flashlight, while for the British its a torch. 美国人用的是flashlight(手电筒)而英国人则 用torch(手电筒)。 while: 然而;而;而且。此处表对比。 他喜欢打篮球,而我喜欢听音乐。 He likes playing basketball, while I like listening to music.,7. .or maybe you will prefer to get around the town by taxi (Britis

12、h) or cab (American). prefer to do 更愿意/喜欢做,prefer +,doing/to do sth. 宁愿做某事 sb. to do sth. 宁愿某人做某事 to 喜欢不喜欢 doing to doing 宁愿做 而 不愿做 to do rather than do 宁愿做 而不愿做,e.g. 我宁愿坐公共汽车去。 I prefer going by bus. 我喜爱骑马胜过射击。 I prefer horse-riding to shooting. 她宁愿和我们一起去，而不愿留下。 She preferred to go with us rather t

13、han being left alone.,Sometimes the same word has a slightly different meaning, which can be confusing. confusing （物）令人迷惑的 指物令人感到 困惑的。 confused (人）迷惑不解的 指人感到不知所措 的，困惑的。,Chips, for example, are pieces of hot fried potato in Britain; in the states chips are very thin and are sold in packets. for examp

14、le 一般例举一个例子， 位置较 灵活，前后常用逗号隔开。 such as 可以举一个或多个例子，其后一 般为名词，为不完全举例，放在列举事物 前。 namely/that is 用于完全举例。,10. Prepositions, too, can be different: compare on the end, on the weekend (American) with in the team, at the weekend (British). 介词也不同:把美国的 on the end, on the weekend 与英国的 in the team, at the weekend

15、比较一下。,compare compare A with B 把A和B进行比 较。 在今天的课堂上我们的老师比较了 李白和杜甫。 In todays class, our teacher compared Li Bai with Du Fu.,(2) compare A to B 把A比作B 莎士比亚把世界比作舞台。 Shakespeare compares the world to a status. (3) compared with/to 与相比(在句中常作 状语) 与很多妇女相比她确实很出名。 Compared with/to many women, she was indeed ve

16、ry famous.,_ China with the Pacific Ocean, we can find China is too small. _ with the Pacific Ocean, China is too small.,Comparing,Compared,11. The British use prepositions where Americans sometimes omit them. omit vt. 删去，略去，排除 omit to do sth. 忘记做某事，故意不做某事 omit doing sth. 忽略做某事，故意不做某事 omit sth. 删去/遗

17、漏某物 omit from 从中删去,12. American spelling seems simpler. seem 好像 以客观为依据 主要句型： It seems that/as if ; seem to do/adj./prep. look 以视觉印象为依据 主要句型： It looks as if; look +adj./prep. appear 多用于强调与事实不相符 主要句型： It appears that; appear to do/adj,e.g. 看起来你会赢的。 It seems that you will win. 他看起来好像生病了，因为他的脸很红。 He loo

18、ked as if he was ill, because his face was very red. 你母亲六十岁了，但是她看起来年轻许多。 Your mother is sixty years old, but she appears a lot younger.,13. The accent, which is most similar to British English, can be heard on the East Coast of the US. 这种对英国英语来讲非常相似的口音可以在 美国的东部沿海一带听到。 is similar to 类似于,与相似 我的新衣服和你的那

19、件相似。 My new dress is similar to the one you have.,14. After all, there is probably as much variation of pronunciation within the two countries as between them. 毕竟, 两个国家境内的发音的差别可能 跟两国之间的发音差别一样多。,(1) after all 毕竟;仍然: 我们仍然选择乘飞机。 We chose to take a plane after all. 终究;最终: 天气终于转晴了。 It has turned out to b

20、e a nice day after all.,(2) as much/many as 意思是“多达, 之多”, as as 中间常接形容词或副词原形, 即 as +adj./adv. +as。 这次旅行的费用高达50,000人民币。 The cost of the trip is as much as 50,000 yuan.,asas在否定句中也可将第一个as 换成so。 迈克不如他姐姐聪明。 Mike is not so/as clever as his sister.,15. A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman

21、 from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker. 伦敦的居民听懂来自格拉斯哥的苏格 兰人的话要比听懂一个纽约人的话难 得多。,have difficulty,in doing sth.,with sth.,干某事有困难,你英语（学习）上有困难吗？ Do you have any difficulty with English? 政府很难说服人们离开他们的村庄。 The government had great difficulty in persuading people to leave their villages.,16. This inter

22、national dimension suggests that in the future, there are going to be many “Englishes”, not just the two main varieties. (1) suggest 建议 suggest doing suggest that 从句，用虚拟（should）+do e.g: 我建议你应该好好学习。 I suggested that you should study hard. (2) suggest 暗示，表明 suggest that 从句，用陈述语气 他苍白的脸色表明他病了。 His pale face suggested that he was ill.,Beautiful sentences 1. The British use prepositions where Americans sometimes omit them. The new school will be built _ _. (曾经有一座电影院的地方) 2. A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman. You can never imagine the difficulty I have