外研版必修第一册Unit2 Exploring English-Period4 Listening and speaking课件（11张PPT）
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Unit2 Exploring English
——Listening and speaking
American and British English
Learn to know the American English words and their English equivalents.
Watch Video for fun!
Look at the pictures and get to know the American English words and their English equivalents.
Now complete the passage with the words above.
Today, American English is in common international use. It is different from British English in several ways, mostly in spelling and vocabulary. Some American spellings were created by Noah Webster, who made one of America’s first dictionaries. He changed “-re” spelling to “-er”, which is why ________ is spelt ________ in American English.
theatre
theater
The Americans and the British also use different words for everyday things. For example, Americans talk about putting ______ in their cars and driving along the ________, whereas in the UK, people put ________ in their cars and drive along the ___________. Americans take the ________ to the top floor of a building, but the British use the _____.
gas
highway
petrol
motorway
elevator
lift
In the US, they take the ________ , but in the UK, people travel on the ____________. Americans live in a(n) ___________, while the British live in a(n) ______.
It’s not as confusing as it seems: usually people from the two countries can understand each other from the context. But that doesn’t stop them having a friendly argument about which word is the “right” one!
subway
underground
apartment
flat
Listen to three conversations and match them to the pictures.
Answers:
Conversation 1-b
Conversation 2-c
Conversation 3-a
Words Meaning Origin
dim sum a kind of traditional ____________ from ______________
______________
_______ using a cellphone without caring about others a combination of the words _________ and _________
______ a shorter way of saying ______________ from the Internet
Chinese food
the Guangdong dialect
cellfish
cellphone
selfish
LOL
“laugh out loud”
Listen again and complete the table.
Unit2 Exploring English
——Listening and speaking
American and British English
Learn to know the American English words and their English equivalents.
Watch Video for fun!
Look at the pictures and get to know the American English words and their English equivalents.
Now complete the passage with the words above.
Today, American English is in common international use. It is different from British English in several ways, mostly in spelling and vocabulary. Some American spellings were created by Noah Webster, who made one of America’s first dictionaries. He changed “-re” spelling to “-er”, which is why ________ is spelt ________ in American English.
theatre
theater
The Americans and the British also use different words for everyday things. For example, Americans talk about putting ______ in their cars and driving along the ________, whereas in the UK, people put ________ in their cars and drive along the ___________. Americans take the ________ to the top floor of a building, but the British use the _____.
gas
highway
petrol
motorway
elevator
lift
In the US, they take the ________ , but in the UK, people travel on the ____________. Americans live in a(n) ___________, while the British live in a(n) ______.
It’s not as confusing as it seems: usually people from the two countries can understand each other from the context. But that doesn’t stop them having a friendly argument about which word is the “right” one!
subway
underground
apartment
flat
Listen to three conversations and match them to the pictures.
Answers:
Conversation 1-b
Conversation 2-c
Conversation 3-a
Words Meaning Origin
dim sum a kind of traditional ____________ from ______________
______________
_______ using a cellphone without caring about others a combination of the words _________ and _________
______ a shorter way of saying ______________ from the Internet
Chinese food
the Guangdong dialect
cellfish
cellphone
selfish
LOL
“laugh out loud”
Listen again and complete the table.