湖南省长沙市美术学校高中英语 Unit 2 Growing pains Word power课件 牛津译林版必修1

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课件35张PPT。Word power
Unit2American vs British English
ColloquialismsRetell the play in a few sentences according to some key words. back, vacation, earlier than expected, Eric and Daniel, play soccer, surprised and frightened, room, a mess, money, dog food, gone, leave … in charge, not tolerate, fault, a chance to defend oneself, not deserve an explanation, hate, clinic, spend all day waiting there, be hard on, rude, punish …Unit 2 课件描述:
本课件旨在拓宽学生词汇接触面,提供英美语言与文化差异的体会。作为一个整体共有四个主题:
(1)Introduction of a movie;
(2)Differences between American and British English;
(3)Differences between American and British cultures;
(4)Colloquialisms 俗话,白话,口头语,The Parent Trap
What’s the difference between the twins?
Can you tell Annie from Hallie in the movie?
Chapter I MeetingChapter I Meeting
At Maine Summer Camp, eleven-year olds Californian Hallie Parker and Londoner Annie James meet each other. Though they look surprisingly ________ to one another, they develop a ________ for each other, and attempt to play tricks on one another in a series of childish competitions. alikedislikeChapter II RealizationChapter II Realization
Finally, both girls are punished to stay together in an isolation cabin, where they learn that they have much in ________. They then realize that they are in fact ________ sisters that were separated at birth. They each have one half of the same photograph, a wedding picture that their _________ took eleven years and nine months ago. commontwinparentsChapter III PlanChapter III Plan
Desperately wanting to meet the other parent they’ve never seen since ________, the sisters hatch a plan: Hallie will return to London ________ as Annie, and Annie will return to California as Hallie. Of course, the plan will eventually be __________, and the two girls imagine their parents having to meet after 11 years in order to change them back. birthactingdiscoveredChapter IV DiscoveryChapter IV DiscoveryChapter IV Discovery
After some training lessons, where they each learn about one another, they head 'home' separately, and the plan begins. Due to their slightly different ________, and their greatly different manners, they are soon discovered one after another. With the help of others, they continue with their plan to bring their parents back together again.languageChapter V Re-union
In the end, of course, they _______ in bringing the whole family together as one.succeedTrue or false:
1) Annie is from the USA while Hallie is from the UK.
2) They’ve never met each other before.
3) They recognize one another at the first sight.
4) They each have one half of the same picture.
5) According to their plan, Hallie will go to California, and Annie, London.
6) The language they speak is completely different.The Parent Trap
What’s the difference between the twins?
Can you tell Annie from Hallie??AnnieHalliefrom
language
examplesLondon, UK
British English
give me a fright
dizzy
My God! [?]California, USA
American English
scare me
woozy
My God! [ɑ?]British English VS American EnglishGrammarSpellingVocabularyPronunciationAmerican English VS British English
Despite such differences, all English speakers, Americans or Englishmen, can understand each other, just like the twins, Hallie and Annie.
Besides language, can you name any other differences between the cultures of the USA and the UK?Brain-storm: How much do you know?
1) Thanksgiving is observed only in _______.
2) People usually walk on the ______ side in the USA while in the UK people usually walk on the ______ side.
3) __________ behave in a more casual way while in _______ people are a bit more formal or traditional. AmericarightleftAmericansBritainBrain-storm: How much do you know?
4) Americans select ________ as the top leader of the country, while in the UK, the ______ or ______ is always the representative of the country.
5) Football has its origin in ______, but in America, where it is called ______, it is not so popular as American football, or ______.presidentKingQueenBritainsoccerrugbyColloquialisms
A colloquialism is an informal expression used in spoken English. Colloquialisms are never used in formal English or in writing, but are often used in conversations.
In many cases, we can guess the meaning of the colloquialisms through the words used.Match the two columns:Don’t worry. It’s a piece of cake!
Don’t be a wet blanket. Have some fun!
Go on, tell me. I’m all ears.
Are you serious? Don’t pull my leg.joke with someone
something easy to do
listening carefully
boring/afraid to have funGuess the meaning of the underlined:
Mrs Black’s garden is the best in our town. She has real green fingers.have green fingers:
to be good at making plants grow
Guess the meaning of the underlined:
He makes every decision in our company. He is the top dog.the person who has the most power in a group, especially after a struggle
Guess the meaning of the underlined:
Why did you give her the cold shoulder? You are good friends, aren’t you?be not friendly to her Guess the meaning of the underlined:
I wish I had brought my umbrella. It’s raining cats and dogs.to rain heavily
Guess the meaning of the underlined:
Football is just not my cup of tea - I like playing volleyball.not be the type of thing that I like, not really to my taste
Assignments:
Try to find more differences between the USA and the UK, both in language and in culture.
Try to find more colloquialisms by referring to the dictionary.