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课件网) Period 1Module 1British and American EnglishIntroductionReading and SpeakingIRFIntroductionAWehavereallyeverything in commonwith America nowadays, except of course, language.--Oscar Wilde, 19thcentury writerBWith a century British and American English speakers will not be able to understand each other.--Henry Sweet, 19thcentury linguistCAmerica and England are two countriesdivided bya common language.--George Bernard Shaw, 20thcentury writerDIt doesn’tmake much of a differencewhether a teacher speaks British or American English.--Dave Sperling, founder of Dave’s ESL CafeIntroduction- 2. Discussion (5m)Read the quotationsand answer the questions1. What is the topic of the quotations（引文） 2. Which is the most optimistic 3. Which is the most pessimistic 4. Which (if any) do you think are funny 5 Which is good news for students of English 6. Can you guess which quotations are from British people KeysThe difference between British and American EnglishDB(open)DHenry SweetExercise 2.Find the information and fill up the form.British EnglishAmerican EnglishVocabulary(including words and expressions)taximotorwaysubwaygasqueue upSpellingcentreprogramGrammarHave you got… on the weekendcabfreewayundergroundpetrolstand in linecenterprogrammeDo you have… at the weekend英式英语美式英语中文centrecenter中心colourcolor颜色labourlabor劳工organiseorganize组织realiserealize发现theatretheater剧院英式英语美式英语中文autumnfall秋天bangers and mashsausage and potato香肠和马铃薯biscuitcookie饼干brollieumbrella雨伞carautomobile汽车care-takerjanitor管理员car parkparking lot停车场chipsfrenchfries薯条crispspotato chips洋芋片英式英语美式英语中文flatapartment公寓Full stopperiod句点jumpersweater运动衫liftelevator电梯lorrytruck卡车；大货车motorwayfreeway高速公路on your Toddon you own 你自己的方式pavementsidewalk行人道petrolgasoline(gas)汽油rubbereraser橡皮擦shopstore商店sweetscandy糖果trainerssneakers运动鞋trouserspants长裤underground/tube subway 地铁wellingtonsrubber boots长统靴child(ren)kid(s)小孩mobile phonecell phone手机footballsoccer英式足球American footballfootball/rugby美式橄榄球boot (of a car) trunk (of a car)汽车尾部行李箱holidayvacation假日whiskeyscotch苏格兰威士忌酒英式英语美式英语中文rubbereraser橡皮擦shopstore商店sweetscandy糖果tapfaucet水龙头trainerssneakers运动鞋trouserspants长裤underground/tube subway 地铁wellingtonsrubber boots长统靴zebra crossingpedestrian crossing行人穿越道child(ren)kid(s)小孩mobile phonecell phone手机footballsoccer英式足球American footballfootball/rugby美式橄榄球boot (of a car) trunk (of a car)汽车尾部行李箱holidayvacation假日whiskeyscotch苏格兰威士忌酒Read para. 1-- 4 and find four ways in which British and American English are different.(find4 key words)VocabularyGrammarSpellingpronunciationskimming1)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 peopl ... ...
