Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishReadingandSpeaking

1、實用精品文獻(xiàn)資料分享Module 1 Britishand American English (Reading and Speaking )Module 1 Britishand American English (Reading and Speaking )Step 1 Lead-in. the teachers says: As you know, China is big in size and full of many dialects. Hong Kong is part of China.Do you think we will have difficulty in un ders

2、ta nding peoplefrom HongKong ? What difficulties in understanding do you think people from Hong Kong will have when they are in Beijing? Do people from Shanghai sound the same as those from Xi an? What about Chin ese characters? Do you th ink people from differe nt regions of China have difficulty i

3、n understanding Chinese characters? What about Britai n En glish and America n En glish?Do you think they are quite different? Can people from the two countries understand each other? Step 2 Finish activity 2. Read the passage and find ways in which British and American English are differe nt. The a

4、n swer is: vocabulary spelli ng grammar and pronunciation. Step 3 Read the first part and find out the topic sentence The first and most obvious way is in the vocabulary.What is the example? America ns drive automobiles dow nfreeways and fill up with gas. The British drive cars along motorways and f

5、ill up with petrol. As a tourist, you will need to use the un dergro und in London or the subway in New York, or maybe you will prefer to get around the town by taxi ( British ) or cab (America n). Let the stude nts compare the differe nces in vocabulary and fill in the bla nks. Step 4 The sec ond p

6、art of the passage. America ns use a flashlight, while for the British, it s a torch. The British queue up; American stand in line.Sometimes the sameword has a slightly differe nt meaning, which can be confusing. Chips, for example, are pieces of hot fries potato in Britain; in the states chips are

7、sold in packets. The British call these crisps. The chips the British know and love are French fries on the other side of the Atlantic. The mainidea of this paragraph: Sometimes the same word has a slightly differe ntmeaning, which can be confusing. Step 5 The third partthe topic sentence is: there

8、are a few differencesin grammar.According to the texts and tell us some example. The British say: Have you got ? My friend has just arrived. in the team at the weeke nd I II see you on Mon day. America ns say: Do you have ? My friend just arrived. on the team on the weeke nd.I II see you Mon day Ste

9、p 6 The fourth part The differe nee isspelli ng,such as cen ter, color, and program ( America n En glish)cen tre, colour, and programmes( BritishEn glish) What does thesentence mean? The British and the America ns are two n atio ns divided by a com mon Ian guage.英國和美國是被同一種語言分開的兩個民族。 Step 7 The fifth

10、 part What is the ma in idea of the first paragraph of this part? It says the two varieties ofEnglish are moving closer. What is the reason? The reason is that for more tha n a cen tury com muni cati on across the Atla ntic have developed steadily. Will there be more than two varieties of English? N

11、ot just two main varieties. Step 8 Listen to the tape. Step 9 complete the senten ces with the correct words or phrases. 1. There arediffere nces betwee n America n andBritish varieties of English. A. no B. a few C. lots of 2.Americansun dersta nd what the British are say ing. A.sometimes B. usually

12、 C. n ever 3. There arediffere ncesbetwee n British and America n grammar. A. no B. manyC. not many4. American spelling is Britishspelling.A.the same as B. simpler tha n C. harder tha n 5. For a Londoner, an America n acce nt may be easier to un dersta nd tha n.A. a Chinese accent B. someBritishacce

13、nts C. a CNNnewsreader.6. Televisi on and the Internet have made itfor theBritish and America ns to un dersta nd each other. A. harder B.easier C. impossible the key: 1.B 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. B Step10 liste n to the record ing of a program of BBC and VOA. Let students judge the speaker is British

14、or American. Step 11 Match the British and American words in the box. apartment autumn elevator fall first floor flashlight flat garbage gas ground floor holiday lift stand in line lorry pavement petrol queue up rubbish sidewalk torch truck vacation British English: flat autumn liftground floor torc

15、h rubbish petrol holiday queue uplorry pavement American English: apartment fall elevator first floor flashlight garbage gas vacation stand in line truck sidewalk Rewrite the senten ces using British words. 1. We really like going on vacation in the fall. 2. You don t needto take the elevator. Our apartment in on the first floor. 3.Did you see that truck come out of the gas station? 4. Pass me a flashlight, Eddie. I ve lost my wallet. The key: 1. We like going on holiday in the autumn very m