British-and-American-English-課件

1、 1. Paragraph One, Two, Three and Four tell the ways in which British and American English are different.2. Paragraph Five, Six and Seven predict the future of these two varieties.Read the passage and find the four ways in which British and American English are different.1. vocabulary2. grammar3. sp

2、elling4. pronunciationReading and speaking-skimmingPara 1. Words, words, wordsPara 2. Chips or French friesPara 3. Have or have gotPara 4. Colour or colorC. GrammarA. Spelling and pronunciationB. VocabularyMatch paragraphsRead the passage carefully and finish the following exercises 1. Find some exa

3、mples of the differences between British and American English 2. Complete the sentences with the correct words or phrasesBritish EnglishAmerican Englishcarsfreewaygasundergroundtaxitorchstand in linechipsBritish EnglishAmerican EnglishHave you got?My friend just arrived.in the team/ at the weekendWr

4、ite me soon!British EnglishAmerican Englishspellingcentre programmecolor pronunciationThe accent ,which is most similar to British English, can be heard on the East Coast of the US. There is probably as much of pronunciation within the two countries as between them. 1.There are _ differences between

5、 American and British varieties of English. A. no B. a few C. lots of2. 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 many4. American spelling is _ British spelling. A. the sa

6、me 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 newsreader6. Television and the Internet have made it _ for the British and Americans to understand each other. A. harder B. easier C.

7、impossibleBritish EnglishAmerican Englishcarsfreewaygasundergroundtaxitorchstand in linechipsautomobilesmotorwaypetrolsubwaycabflashlightqueue upFrench friesBritish: chips American:French FriesChinese: 炸土豆條炸土豆條British: crisps American: chipsChinese: 炸土豆片炸土豆片British EnglishAmerican EnglishHave you go

8、t?My friend just arrived.in the team / at the weekendWrite me soon!Do you have?My friend has just arrivedon the team / on the weekendWrite to me soon!British EnglishAmerican Englishspellingcentre programme color pronunciationThe accent ,which is most similar to British English, can be heard on the E

9、ast Coast of the US. There is probably as much of pronunciation within the two countries as between them.center colourprogramvariationComplete the sentences with the correct words or phrases.1. There are _ differences between American and British varieties of English. A. no B. a few C. lots of2. Ame

10、ricans _ 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 many4. American spelling is _ British spelling. A. the same way B. simpler than C. harder than 5. For a Londoner, an American accent

11、 may be easier to understand than _. A. a Chinese accent B. some British accents C. a CNN newsreader6. Television and the Internet have made it _ for the British and Americans to understand each other. A. harder B. easier C. impossibleRead the passage again and complete the following sentences.1. Br

12、itish and American English are different _ (在很多方在很多方面面).2. The British queue up; Americans _ .in many ways stand in line 3. But it has also led to lots of American words and structures _(進(jìn)入進(jìn)入) British English.4. A Londoner _ _(做某事有困難做某事有困難) a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.pas

13、sing into has more difficultyunderstanding Language points1. Prepositions, too, can be different: compare on the team, on the weekend (American) with in the team, at the weekend (British). 介詞也不同介詞也不同:把把美國(guó)的美國(guó)的 on the team, on the weekend 與英國(guó)的與英國(guó)的in the team, at the weekend比較比較一下。一下。comparewith 把把進(jìn)行比較

14、進(jìn)行比較 compareto 把把比作比作compare notes (with sb) (與某人與某人) 交換意見(jiàn)、觀點(diǎn)、看法交換意見(jiàn)、觀點(diǎn)、看法 compared with / to 與與相比相比,常作狀語(yǔ)常作狀語(yǔ)If you compare her work with his，youll find hers is much better 要是把他倆的工作比較一下，就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)要是把他倆的工作比較一下，就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)她的好得多。她的好得多。 Compared with / to drivers in other countries, Americans think theyre good drive

15、rs同其他國(guó)家司機(jī)相比，美國(guó)人認(rèn)為他們同其他國(guó)家司機(jī)相比，美國(guó)人認(rèn)為他們是不錯(cuò)的。是不錯(cuò)的。 Exercise： 1) Marys new house is like a huge palace, _ with her old one. A. comparing B. compares C. to compare D. compared2) When _ different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the similarities. A. compared B. bein

16、g compared C. comparing D. having compared2. But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing into British English , so that lead to (1(1) )引起，導(dǎo)致。引起，導(dǎo)致。toto為介詞，后接為介詞，后接名詞名詞/ /代詞代詞/ /動(dòng)名詞（的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)）?？捎脛?dòng)名詞（的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)）?？捎胷esult in替換替換 （2 2）通向。通向。toto為介詞。為介詞。This misprint led to great confusio

17、n. 這個(gè)印刷錯(cuò)誤造成很大的混淆。這個(gè)印刷錯(cuò)誤造成很大的混淆。All roads lead to Rome.條條大路通羅馬。條條大路通羅馬。 We firmly believe that war never settles anything . It only violence. A. runs into B. comes from C. leads to D. begins with 3. A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.

18、倫敦的居民聽(tīng)懂來(lái)自格拉斯哥的蘇格倫敦的居民聽(tīng)懂來(lái)自格拉斯哥的蘇格蘭人的話要比聽(tīng)懂一個(gè)紐約人的話難蘭人的話要比聽(tīng)懂一個(gè)紐約人的話難得多。得多。 have difficulty(in) doing sth.with sth.Do you have any difficulty with English? The government had great difficulty in persuading people to leave their villages. 做某事有困難做某事有困難你英語(yǔ)方面有困難嗎？你英語(yǔ)方面有困難嗎？政府很難說(shuō)服人們離開(kāi)他們的村莊。政府很難說(shuō)服人們離開(kāi)他們的村莊。 As we know, English is widely _ (speak/use) around the world. But can all English _ (speak/use) understand each other all the time? Of course not. Even the same word can have many different _ (mean). Sometimes the meaning can _ (change) depending on the country where it is spoken.