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课件网) Reading Read the whole text and find four aspects in which British and American English are different. 1.vocabulary (words and expressions) 3.spelling and pronunciation 2.grammar para 1-2 para 3 para 4 Read the passage and then fill in the chart below. American English British English Para. 1 _____ vocabulary automobile freeway gas subway cab car motorway petrol underground taxi Para. 2 _____ other expressions American English British English flashlight stand in line chips French fries torch queue up crisps chips Word BE AE pieces of hot fried potato chips French fries very thin and are sold in packets crisps chips British English American English Have you got… My friend just arrived. in the team/ at the weekend write me soon! Do you have… My friend has just arrived on the team/ weekend Write to me soon! Para. 3 the differences in grammar Para. 4 _____ Spelling and pronunciation American English British English center color program centre colour programme Let’s enjoy a flash about the difference between American English and British English Para 5,6,7: What's the opinion of the experts opinion:The two varieties are _____. reason:With _____, the communications developed _____. effects:(1) It has made _____for British people and American people to understand each other. (2) _____will disappear. moving closer satellite TV and the Internet steadily easier British English in the future: There are many _____. Englishes Fill in the blanks and retell it according to it. There’re four ways in which British and American English _____ from each other. The first and most _____ way is in the vocabulary. In grammar there’re a few _____. The British say Have you got ….. _____Americans prefer Do you have…… The British use prepositions _____ Americans sometimes _____them.The other two areas in which the two _____ are different are spelling and pronunciation. But for more than a century communications have developed _____.Thanks to satellite TV and the Internet, it has been possilble to listen to many Englishes at the _____ of a switch. So experts believe that the two are moving _____. differ obvious differences while where omit varieties steadily flick closer Language points obvious adj.明显的；显然的 Eg. It was quite ～ to everyone that she was not going home. → be ～ to sb. 对某人来说很清楚 It is ～ / clear that … 显然… obviously adv.(用于句首，修饰全句) Eg. O～ly, he can’t tell differences between them. 同义词：Clear, apparent △ fill up vi. / vt. Eg. The room soon filled up with people. He just kept filling up everyone’s glasses with champagne. get around 1) 四处走动（旅行，出差等） Eg. 她拄着拐杖四处走动 She gets around with the help of a stick. She gets around a lot because she works for an international company. 2) (新闻/消息)传开；传播 Eg. News soon got around that he had resigned. 3）He tried to get around the police but failed, and got caught. 避开，逃避 4)说服 Tom's trying to ... ...
