Module 1 British and American English 阅读课件

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名称 Module 1 British and American English 阅读课件
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课件15张PPT。杨明 齐河一中 2008年9月3日Good Morning!You and meTheme song of the 2008 Beijing OlympicsSarah BrightmanGeorge W. BushThe same language?The British EnglishThe American EnglsihAmerica and England are two countries divided by a common language.Module 1 British and American EnglishI. Fast reading:
Read the first four titles and the first sentences of each paragraph and find four ways in which British and American English are different.VocabularyGrammarSpellingPronunciationII. Skimming(略读)Read the text aloud and carefully, generalize the main idea and do the following two exercises.
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The first and most obvious way is in the vocabulary.
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But other words and expressions are not so well known.
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There are a few differences in grammar, too.
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The other two areas in which the two varieties differ are spelling and pronunciation.
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Some experts believe that the two varieties are moving closer together. Users of English will all be able to understand each other—wherever they are.Scanning(查读)Exercise 1.
Read through the text and do True or False exercise.1)There’re a lot of differences in grammar between British and American English.
2) Spelling is the first and most obvious difference between the two Englishes.
3) British people say ”write me” and ”on the team”.
4) American spelling is simpler than British spelling.
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.cabfreewayundergroundpetrolstand in linecenterprogrammeDo you have…?at the weekendExercise 2. Find the information and fill up the form. III. Group Activities Group-work: Please classify(归类) the following words into British English and American English.holiday, fall, colour, “the ground floor”, vacation, realise, lift, “My friend has just arrived.”, on the weekend, autumn, elevator, color, “the first floor”, realize, at the weekend, “My friend just arrived.” British EnglishAmerican Englishholidayvacationautumnfallcolourcolorliftelevatorthe ground floorthe first floorrealiserealizeat the weekendon the weekendMy friend has just arrived.My friend just arrived.
Language Points1、 British and American English ____many ways. 2. The British say “Have you got….?” Americans ______ “Do you have…?”. 3. The accent, which most ____ British English, can be heard on the East Coast of the US. 4. A Londoner more _______ a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker. 5. But it has also lots of American words and structures ______ British English…. are different inwhilepreferissimilar tohasdifficulty (in) understandingled topassing intoSentence Making1.他们在学习风格上不同。(be different in)
2.小张喜欢学习数学,然而小刘更喜欢学习英语。(while, prefer)
3.他的答案和我的很相似。(be similar to)
4.我听不太懂这个英国人的话。(have difficulty (in) doing)
5.吸烟可能导致癌症(cancer)。(lead to)They are different in study style.Xiao Zhang likes learning maths, while Xiao Liu prefers English.His answers are quite similar to mine.
I have some difficulty (in) understanding the British.Smoking can lead to cancer.Post-ReadingHomework