Module 1 British and American English 学案

Book 5 Module 1 British and American English
Learning plan (1) Introduction and reading
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Step 1 导学预习
I 词汇
1. in ________with…与…有相似处 2. ________________使不相同
3.________________四处走动（旅行）4. a _________ of 各种各样的
5.________ A with/to B 比较… 6. ___________ 引起，导致
7. differ________ 8.variation_________ 9. ___________评论
10.________移民 11._________不断地 12.____________显然的
13._______ 省略 14._________口音 15.confusing_______- adj_______
-noun___________-vt__________
II 预读
1. There are ______differences between American and British varieties
of English. A. no B. a few C. lots of
2. American spelling is _____British spelling.
A. the same as B. simpler than C. harder than
3. For a Londoner, an American accent may be easier to understand than______.
A. a Chinese accent B. some British accents C. a CNN newsreader.
4. Television and the Internet have made it _____ for the British and Americans to understand each other. A. harder B. easier C. impossible
Step 2. 难点突破
1.America and England are two countries divided by a common language.
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2.It doesn’t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or
American English.
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3.quotation_________
4.The chips the British know and love are French fries on the other side of the Atlantic.
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5.The British use prepositions where Americans sometimes omit them.
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6.After all, there is probably as much variation of pronunciation within the two countries as between them.
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Step 3. 自主学习
I 阅读并完成以下题目a)According to para3 fill in the blanks.
Word BE AE
Pieces of hot fried potato
very thin and are sold in packets
b)Decide T or F
(1)There’re a lot of difference in grammar between British and American English.
(2) Spelling is the first and most obvious difference between the two.
(3) British people say ”write me” and ”on the team”.
(4) There’s not much variation in language within the country.
(5) Television and Internet have made it easier for the British and Americans to understand each other.
(6) In the future, there’ll be only one kind of English.
II 语言点学习
1.We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except of course, mon adj 普遍的，共同的，公共的
常用短语：in common with…与…有相同处
拓展have something/anything/nothing in common with…
即学即练:Sometimes I really wonder how I could make friends with a man who has little_________with me.
2. Lessons start tomorrow for students on the exchange programmes.
进行交流学习学生的课程明天将要开始了. exchange (1)noun 交换/交流
常用短语：in exchange for 作为交换；make an exchange 交换
(2) vt 互换/交流 短语：exchange sth for sth with sb
即学即练: He gave me an apple ____ _________ ______ a cake.
3. A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker. difficulty noun困难（uc）;困难的事（c）
常用短语：have some difficulty( in) doing …作某事有困难
拓展：have some trouble/ a hard time/no difficulty (in) doing…
即学即练:Having been ill in bed for nearly a month, he had a hard time_______(pass)the exam.
4. But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing into British English,… lead to doing…/sth 通向，引起，导致
拓展：lead to sb/sth doing… 短语中sb/sth 是doing 的逻辑主语
即学即练:His faults have led to so many people ________(lose) the chance of making a fortune.
5. while 1)尽管（引导让步状语从句）2）当…的时候（持续性的时间状语从句）3）然而（并列从句）
即学即练:________I like the color of the hat, I do not like its shape
6. at the flick of …
7. remark n. 言辞;谈论,评论
常用短语：make a… remark/ make… remarks on sth发表…的评论
即学即练：他有说幽默话的习惯.______________________________________.
8. influence n/ vt 影响 常用短语：have …influence on sb/sth
即学即练：You can’t imagine the great influence what he said _______on me.
9. as well as 1. 不但...而且2. 和...一样;和;也
即学即练: Your brother ___________you was very kind to me when I stayed
with you last summer vacation.
10. variety n 多变性，多样性；种类
常用短语：a variety of = varieties of各种各样的
拓展：vary vi 变化 various adj各种各样的,不同的
即学即练：The menu should _________with the seasons.
11.differ vi 与...不同，相异；不同意
常用短语：differ from 不同于；differ in 在…方面不同; differ with sb与某人意见不同
即学即练：他的长相与几个兄弟不同. ____________________________________________.
12. obviously 显然地；similarly 同样地；generally 大致地/一般地
Our bodies are strengthened by taking exercise. _____, our minds are developed by learning. A. Probably B. Likely C. Similarly D. Generally
Step 3 讨论与合作
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Step 4 精心训练
1. Tom, the husband, likes sports, and Julia, the wife, likes books. It seems that they have nothing______.
A. the same B. of the same C. in common D. in the common
2. It will____ no difference whether our pay will be raised ___ 5% this year. A. take ; for B. do; to C. make; by D. give; to
3. It is sleeping late at night that _____ getting up late in the morning.
A. lead to B. refers to C. leads to D. results from
4. You can hardly imagine the difficulty the man had _____ smoking.
A. given up B. giving up C. to give up D. give up
5. It wasn’t long before they found that there was much trouble _____the plan.
A. to carry out B. carrying out C. with carrying out D. to carry out
6. If you want to be successful in something, _____, you must be sure of yourself. A. after all B. in all C. at all D. first of all
7. Please put my book ______ it was last night.
A. where B. which C. that D. /
8. _____, he can’t tell the difference between.
A. Obviously B. Obvious C. More obvious D. Most obvious
9. _____ her mother, she is tall.
A. Compared to B. Comparing with C. Compare to D. Comparison with
10. The two side in the dispute(争执) still differ___each other____the question of pay. A. in; over B. with; over C. from; for D. in; for
11 Don’t ________Austria with Australia.
A. confident B. confuse C. mistake D. misunderstand
12. Our bodies are strengthened by taking exercise. _____, our minds are developed by learning.
A. Probably B. Likely C. Similarly D. Generally
13. Your brother as well as you _____ very kind to me when I stayed
with you last summer vacation.
A. is B. are C. were D. was
14. _____ he didn’t win the first place , Tom was still admired(佩服) because of his courage.
A. As B. In spite of C. While D. Since
15. There is a wide __________ of patterns to choose from.
16. What he explained made us more__________.(confuse)
17. They made rude_________about her appearance.
18. She takes private pupils as well as __________(teach) in school.
19. 他既种菜也种花.
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