Topic 2 Some things usually have different meanings in different cultures.Section D课件(33张PPT）

课件33张PPT。 Unit 3 Topic 2
Section DUnit 3
English Around the World
Topic 2
Some things usually have different meanings
in different cultures.
Section DKangkang Wang JunfengLook, Wang Junfeng and Kangkang are talking happily A: Why is Wang Junfeng so excited?
B: You don’t know? He ____________(fly) to
Disneyland in America with his parents.
A: When _____ he ________( leave )?
B: Tomorrow.
A: _____ you _________(see) them off at the airport?
B: Yes, we are.
A: Who ____________(meet) his family in the USA?
B: His uncle is.
A: When ______ they __________( return )?
B: I have no idea. is flying is leaving Are seeing is meetingFill in the blanks with the proper forms of the verbs are returning
The Present Continuous Tense
are they staying are driving to 1、王 一家人计划周六开车去迪斯尼乐园。
The Wangs _____________Disneyland Saturday
2、他们将在那儿待几天?
How long ____________________ there? Wang Junfeng A: Hello. Junfeng. Where are you going?
B: Hello. Mr Brown. I’m going to borrow an English
dictionary in the library ._____________________
A: Of course. You are so excited. _______________
B: I’m flying to the USA with my family tomorrow
A: Oh, ___________ You can visit Disneyland.
B: Yes. But I am a little worried about my English.
A: There may be some difficulties and some
differences. But ___________________.
You can also borrow a guidebook of touring.
B: Good idea. I hope everything ___________there
A: Send me e-mails________________________.Could you give me a ride? What’s up? that’s great! no need to worry will go wellwhenever you need help What makes
Wang Junfeng
worried ? Some things usually have different meanings
in different cultures. How much do you know about
the differences between different cultures?Let’s have a check! ABCD ABCDbody Silent, please! Great!
Wonderful! OK! No problem! (in English)
Three (in Chinese)Can you give me a ride? Usually, nodding means __________.
However, in Greece it means __________ agreement disagreement What are they doing?
They are ________ Can you tell whether they are Chinese or British? They are _______ gentlemen.When we say “ 秋天”，
“_________” is American English, while “__________” is British English.
2. When we say “在一楼”，
__________ saying is “on the ground floor”, while
___________ saying is “on the first floor” .
Go on with the checkFallautumnBritishAmericanSometimes different people use different words to mean the same things What are these?
They are ________elevators / lifts lift elevator
underground subway
colour color
centre center

what /w?t/ /hw?t/
four / f?: / /f?:r/British EnglishAmerican English pronunciation spellings expressions Listen and imitate the pronunciation and intonation. Mark T (True) or F (False).( )1.English is the language spoken by most people in Canada, America and Australia.
( )2.The English language has changed little in the past few centuries.
( )3.American English is totally（完全地） different from British English.
( )4.It’s possible for people from English-speaking countries to understand each other in English. T T F Fmucha littlePut the following words into proper groups.British English: ___________________________________________
American English:____________________________
Words from old French:_______________________
Words from German:__________________________
Words from Chinese:__________________________underground, subway;
first floor, ground floor;
colour , color; centre, center ; undergroundsubwayfirst floor ground floor colourcolorcentrecentcookbookcentertofukowtowtofu cent
cookbook
kowtow Ask and answer two questions1. From the passage we know the English language has changed. How many changes ? What are they?
________________________________________
________________________________________
2. Who borrowed kowtow and tofu from Chinese?
_________________________________________
Three. The AmericansExpressions, spellings and pronunciation English is s_________differently in different places. How did the difference come about?
English began in England but s_______ as the British people left their country and _______ _____ _____. Years later, the English language began to change especially in e___________ and s__________. But it is possible to _____ ________ a person is American or British by _______ _____one’s _______ (听某人口音）Pronunciation of words and ways of speaking have changed ___ ____ . What’s more, the English language has also _________ (borrow）from other language such as French and Chinese.
Although English is _________________(一直在变）, the English speakers can _________________(相互理解） well.poken borrowed pread xpressions as well listening to speechchanging all the timeFill in the blanks based on 1a. tell whether made new homespellings understand each other1. The boy has had some difficulties ______ since five.
A. to hear and speak B. for hearing and speaking
C. hear and speak D. in hearing and speaking
2. She can’t ________ you. Speak more slowly.
A. follow B. listen to C. compare D. consider
3. The boy is too young to _____ whether it is right or wrong.
A. say B. talk C. tell D. speakExercisesChoose the best answer.have difficulties (in) doing sth follow sb 跟上某人；听懂某人说的 tell whether…or… 判断是否 What difficulties does he have?project1. Read the letter and find out Wang Junfeng’s difficulties in English communication.
A. Expressions B. Body language C. Accent D.Spelling
Dear Mr Brown,
How are you doing? I’m writing to you from California. I want to know some differences between British English and American English, especially in expressions, because I have difficulty in understanding the people here. Sometimes I can’t follow them. Even worse, I can’t understand some of their body language and spelling.
Please write back to me soon.
Best wishes to you and your family!
Yours,
Wang Junfeng
Discuss how to deal with Wang Junfeng’s difficulties.
Help Michael write back to him.Dealing With Wang Junfeng’s DifficultiesDear Junfeng,
I'm very glad to_______________________
receive, have a good time
have difficulty in
no need to, a little different mainly in ... ... and ... ,
for example, what /w?t/ /hw?t/ ,
subway and ..., colour and ... ,
other problems, write me,
Yours,
Michael BrownDear Junfeng,
I'm very __________________your e-mail. Are you
_________________________ there? You say you
________________________________ the people there.
__________ to worry. There are some differences
mainly in ____________, _____________ and ________.
____ _______, “what” is pronounced /w?t/ in British
English _____ /hw?t/ _____ _______ _______. People in
Britain say “underground” ____ Americans ____
“______”. “Colour” is a _______ spelling while “color”
__ __ _________ _________.If you _____ ____ ______,
write to me. I will _______________________ you.
Yours,
Brown glad to receive having a good time have difficulties in understandingNo need pronunciation expressions spellingsFor example but in American English while saysubwayBritish is an American spelling have other problems try my best to help SummaryThe Present Continuous Tense used for the Future Tense;
Some important words and phrases:
what's up, no need to ... , give sb a ride,
have difficulties in... , tell whether... or ... ,
follow sb, understand each other, as well, expression, spelling, pronunciation, elevator, British
3. Some differences between British English and American English What have
I learned?Homework Review Topic 2 and complete the exercises in the English Weekly;
Recite the words and phrases in this topic and prepare for a dictation;
Write a letter to Wang Junfeng to help him deal with his difficulties.Thank you!