课件10张PPT。American English and British EnglishPre-readingDo you know American English?
Do you know British English?
Do you know VOA?
Do you know BBC?
Do you know the difference between A.E and B.E?(Voice of America美国之音)
(British Broadcasting Corporation
英国广播电台)ReadingRead the passage carefully and then answer the following questions:
Did most of people know these differences between A.E and B.E come about?
When Noah Webster published the first American dictionary?
When America stopped being a part of English in ?The difference between A.E and B.E1. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say “in hospital” and “Have you a pen?” Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?”
2. Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the r’s in words like “bird” and “hurt”. Some speakers of British English do not sound the r’s in these words. 3.There are differences between British and
American English in spelling and vocabulary.
For example, “colour” and “honour” are British,
while “color” and “honor” are American.
4. These differences in grammar, pronunciation,
spelling, and vocabulary are not important, however.
For the most part, British and American English are
the same language.
Common examples of the variances between spellings. ?American
?center
?check (money)
?color
?curb
?gray
?honor
?inquire
?British
?centre
?cheque
?colour
?kerb
?grey
?honour
enquire Writing根据下列提纲写一段话，比较美国英语和英国英语之间的不同（大约80个单词）。
1．拼写方面不同。例如英国人把“颜色”一词拼为“colour”，美国人拼为“color”。
2．发音方面不同。例如英国人把“dance”读作/da:ns/，美国人读作/d?ns/。
3．词汇方面不同。例如“秋天”一词，英国人说“autumn”，美国人说“fall”。
4．语法方面虽有不同，但区别不大。 ONE POSSIBLE VERSION:
There are three main differences between American English and British English.
They’re different in spelling. For example, the British people spell “颜色” “colour”, but Americans spell it “color”.
They’re different in pronunciation. For example, “dance” is pronounced [da:ns] in English, but [dens] in English.
They’re also different in words. “秋天”，for example, the British people say “autumn”, but Americans say “fall”.
Though they are different in grammar too, there are not so many differences between them.Exercises1．______English is more or less the same in Both Britain and America.
A. Speaking B. Writing C. Speak D. Written
2．How did the differences come______?
A. at B. to C. in D. about
3．The English______ in America changed sometimes.
A. speaks B. spoken C. is spoken D. is speaking
Answers:
DDB 3．Chinese is our______ language. The sentence means Chinese is our_____ tongue.
A. native; mother B. mother; native
C. native; native D. mother; mother
4．His composition is excellent, _______some spelling mistakes.
A. except B. except for
C. besides D. but
5．Sound travels in the same way as light_______.
A. does B. do C. travel D. travelled
Answer:
ABA
