BritishandAmericanEnglishPPT學(xué)習(xí)教案

1、會(huì)計(jì)學(xué)1BritishandAmericanEnglish 第1頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)第2頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)第3頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)第4頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)第5頁(yè)/共37頁(yè) 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.第6頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)1. vocabulary2. grammar3. spelling4. pronu

2、nciationReading and speaking-skimming第7頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)P(yáng)ara 1. Words, words, wordsPara 2. Chips or French friesPara 3. Have or have gotPara 4. Colour or colorC. GrammarA. Spelling and pronunciationB. VocabularyMatch paragraphs第8頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)Read the passage carefully and finish the following exercises 1. Find some e

3、xamples of the differences between British and American English 2. Complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases第9頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)British EnglishAmerican Englishcarsfreewaygasundergroundtaxitorchstand in linechips第10頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)British EnglishAmerican EnglishHave you got?My friend just arrived.in the tea

4、m/ at the weekendWrite me soon!第11頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)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. 第12頁(yè)/

5、共37頁(yè) are _ differences between 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

6、 _ 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 newsreader6. Television and the Internet have made it _ for the British and Americans to understand each

7、other. A. harder B. easier C. impossible第13頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)British EnglishAmerican Englishcarsfreewaygasundergroundtaxitorchstand in linechipsautomobilesmotorwaypetrolsubwaycabflashlightqueue upFrench fries第14頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)British: chips American:French FriesChinese: 炸土豆條炸土豆條British: crisps American: chipsChinese: 炸土

8、豆片炸土豆片第15頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)British EnglishAmerican EnglishHave you got?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!第16頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)British EnglishAmerican Englishspellingcentre programme color pronunciationThe accen

9、t ,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.center colourprogramvariation第17頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)Complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases.1. There are _ differences between

10、 American and British varieties of English. A. no B. a few C. lots of第18頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)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第19頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)4. American spelling is _ British s

11、pelling. 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第20頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)6. Television and the Internet have made it _ for the British and Americans to understand each oth

12、er. A. harder B. easier C. impossible第21頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)Read the passage again and complete the following sentences.British 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 第22頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)3. But it has also led to lots of American words and structure

13、s _(進(jìn)進(jìn)入入) 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.passing into has more difficultyunderstanding 第23頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)Language points1. Prepositions, too, can be different: compare on the team, on the weekend (American) with in the team, at the week

14、end (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。第24頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)comparewith 把把進(jìn)行比較進(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、觀點(diǎn)、看法交換意見、觀點(diǎn)、看法 compared with / to 與與相比相比,常作狀語(yǔ)常作狀語(yǔ)第25頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)If you compare her work with his，youll find her

15、s 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 drivers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。 第26頁(yè)/共37頁(yè) Exercise： 1) Marys new house is like a huge palace, _ with her old one. A. comparing B. compares C.

16、 to compare D. compared第27頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)2) When _ different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the similarities. A. compared B. being compared C. comparing D. having compared第28頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)2. But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing into British E

17、nglish , 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)）。可用result in替換替換 （2 2）通向。通向。toto為介詞。為介詞。This misprint led to great confusion. 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。第29頁(yè)/共37頁(yè) We firmly believe that war never settles anythin

18、g . It only violence. A. runs into B. comes from C. leads to D. begins with 第30頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)3. A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker. 倫敦的居民聽懂來(lái)自格拉斯哥的蘇格倫敦的居民聽懂來(lái)自格拉斯哥的蘇格蘭人的話要比聽懂一個(gè)紐約人的話難蘭人的話要比聽懂一個(gè)紐約人的話難得多。得多。 第31頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)have difficulty(in) doing sth.

19、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)服人們離開他們的村莊政府很難說(shuō)服人們離開他們的村莊。第32頁(yè)/共37頁(yè)第33頁(yè)/共37頁(yè) 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. Fo