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Unit 2
Exploring English
Unit 2
You can recognize the differences between British English and American English.
You can ask for and explain daily-used English words’ meanings.
You can write a story about misusing English expressions.
You can know some culture about English.
The Differences in Vocabulary
British American
lift
motorway
petrol
underground
taxi
elevator
highway
gas
subway
cab
Write down the British / American way of expressing the following words.
The Differences in Spelling
British English American English
color
center
theater
colour
centre
theatre
Written forms of American and British English has some difference. For example, different words are used in American English and British English, such as pants, trousers; different spelling: center--centre; program--programme; labor—labour.
There is also difference in pronunciation. “Worker” in American is pronounced as /'w :rk /, in British English it is pronounced as /'w :k / in British English, there is /a:/, but in American English it is read as / /, such as “pass” /pa:s/, /p s/.
Pay attention to the proper situation that the expressions are used.
Take notes of the English expressions that you are not familiar when your classmates are performing.
Perform the conversation you have made in the last class with your partners.
Think of a situation where an English expression you have talked in the last step can be used.
The expression should have something that can confuse a foreigner.
You should use the Past Tense.
Discuss and make up a story about the misusing of English expressions.
Talk about creative ways to learn English.
List your ideas on a piece of paper.
changing your mobile phone language to English
doing a voice-over for English language films
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Introduce your idea.
Explain why it’s useful.
Describe what you should do.
Choose the most creative idea and prepare a short presentation.
I think… is the most creative idea.
It can help us...
At first, we can…
Then, …
Use the expressions to help you.
Work in groups. Talk about creative ways to learn English.
List your ideas on a piece of paper.
Discuss to choose the most creative idea.
Prepare a presentation of your creative idea.
Your introduction of ideas should be direct so that the reader can clearly know your opinion at the beginning of your report.
Your explanation should be logical(有逻辑的). You can list your ideas by using “First,…”; “Second…”…
At the end of your presentation, you should restate your key point again.
I think watching English TV series is the most creative idea of learning English.
At first, we can practice listening when watching English TV series. The TV plays always happen in a situation so we can easily get what they may mean. Then, we can know some cultural backgrounds in the plays. The plays presents English natives’ daily life which is different from what we learn in class.
So I think we should watch English TV series to help us have a better understanding of English.
Reflection
After completing this unit, I can rate my performance 1 (excellent), 2 (good) or 3 (in need of improvement).
□ recognize differences between American
English and British English
□ ask for and give clarification
□ write a story based on given pictures
□ notice and analyse specific language
phenomena
□ be aware of cultural differences
I’ve learnt to make use of the following words and expressions:
title, behavior, unique, alarm, reflect, creativity, creative, type, unfamiliar, contact, organization, likely, subway, gas, petrol, apartment, flat, context, addition, resource, misadventure, remind, rather, comment, downtown, boot, entrance, section, exit, actually, downstairs, odd, negative, error, intend, informal, recognize, base, aware
come across, have a frog in one’s throat, burn up, burn down, wind up, be aware of
I still need to improve:
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have trouble doing
get…doing
in one’s free time
speaking of
wonder at
burn up/ down
fill in/ out a form
表示“做某事有困难”
开始做……
在某人的空闲时间
谈到，论及
对……感到奇怪或惊奇
烧毁，烧尽
填写表格
human race
wind up
play safe
have a frog in one’s throat
spend time doing
look forward to doing
人类
给（机械）上发条；使（活动、会议等）结束
注意安全
（尤因喉咙痛）说话困难
花费时间做某事
期盼做某事
Prepare your presentation and present to the class.British English and American English
英语是当代国际交往中使用最广泛的语言，同时又在不断发展变化。那么美国英语与英国英语有什么区别呢？
British English and American English are almost exactly the same. But there are minor (较小的) differences between British English and American English in vocabulary, pronunciation and spelling.
The first difference between British and American English is in vocabulary. Almost all the words used in British English and American English are exactly the same. Only a very small number of words are used differently. For example, Americans would say “an apartment”, but the British would say “a flat” to talk about the place they live. In addition to (除了) some common words, many idiomatic (惯用的) expressions are different. An example of idiomatic expression is the expression for telephoning someone. In England people might say, “I’ll ring you up tonight,” but in the U.S., people might say, “I’ll call you up tonight.”
The second difference between British and American English is pronunciation. The main difference in pronunciation concerns the vowels (元音). Some American dialects and some British dialects use these vowels in different ways. Sometimes, Americans and the British don’t understand each other’s pronunciation. But most of the time the British and Americans do understand each other’s pronunciation, because most of the sounds of the two accents are the same.
The third difference is in spelling. A few kinds of words are spelled differently in British and American English. The most common example is a word like “center”. In British English this word would be spelled C-E-N-T-R-E, while in American English the same word would be spelled C-E-N-T-E-R. Another example is “or” or “our”. The word colour is spelled C-O-L-O-U-R in Britain, but C-O-L-O-R in the U.S.
