(
课件网) Module 1 British and American English subway underground You’d better take the _____ to Tianfu Square. How do they speak in English？Which one is right？ 颜色 colour or color 恩惠 favour or favor 最喜爱的 favourite or favorite 幽默 humour or humor 荣誉 honour or honor 劳动 labour or labor 英语的历史 英语语言的发展经历了三个阶段： 古英语时期（450-1150）：英语的历史 从1500多年前的北欧开始。英语是在公 元五世纪由三个日耳曼部落盎格鲁、撒 克逊、裘特人带过来的。盎格鲁人原来 的语言是“Englisc”，--这就是今天 “English”一词的来历了。 在此时，古英语内部的发展朝着简化词 形变化的方向在走，其语法也在某些方 面不同于现代英语语法。 近代英语时期（1150-1500）：1066年，诺曼人征服英国。诺曼征服对英语有显著的冲击，改变了英语单词的拼法，更引入了许多新的诺曼词汇。在此时，英文的文法与单词都有变化。 现代英语时期（1500-至今）：来自拉丁语和希腊语的词汇被归入英语。在19世纪和20世纪，英语词汇迅速增长。在独立后的美国，英语逐渐演变成具有自己的特征的、反映美国人生活和社会的语言，即美语。英语在大西洋两岸逐渐分化，形成了当今英语语言的两大主流—英国英语和美国英语。 Scanning Read the text fast and find out How many parts there are about the passage Skimming This passage can be divided into 2 parts Part 1( ) The differences between British and American English Part 2( ) The future of English para 1-- 4 para 5 -- 7 structure Read the first sentence of each paragraph and find out four differences. British English American English cars freeway gas underground taxi torch stand in line chips automobiles motorway petrol subway cab flashlight queue up French fries the Differences in Vocabulary the Differences in Grammar 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! the Differences in Spelling and Pronunciation British English American English spelling pronunciation centre, colour programme center, color program Read part 2 carefully and answer the questions: Why do experts believe that the two varieties are moving closer 2.What will happen to English in the future Choose the correct answers 1. There are ____ differences between American and British varieties of English. A. no B. a few C. lots of B 2. Americans ____ understand what the British are saying. A. sometimes B. usually C. never 3. There are ___ differences between British and American grammar. A. no B. many C. not many B C 4. American spelling is __ British spelling. A. the same way B. simpler than C. harder than 5. For a Londoner, an American accent may be easier to understand than ___. A. a Chinese accent B. some British accents C. a CNN newsreader B B 6. Television and the Internet have made it ___ for the British and Americans to understand each other. A. harder B. easier C. impossible B Language points 一.Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 1. British English and American English are different in many w ... ...
