British-and-American-English-课件

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: 炸土豆条炸土豆条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 _(进入进入) British English.4. A Londoner _ _(做某事有困难做某事有困难) 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). 介词也不同介词也不同:把把美国的美国的 on the team, on the weekend 与英国的与英国的in the team, at the weekend比较比较一下。一下。comparewith 把把进行比较

14、进行比较 compareto 把把比作比作compare notes (with sb) (与某人与某人) 交换意见、观点、看法交换意见、观点、看法 compared with / to 与与相比相比,常作状语常作状语If you compare her work with his，youll find hers is much better 要是把他俩的工作比较一下，就会发现要是把他俩的工作比较一下，就会发现她的好得多。她的好得多。 Compared with / to drivers in other countries, Americans think theyre good drive

15、rs同其他国家司机相比，美国人认为他们同其他国家司机相比，美国人认为他们是不错的。是不错的。 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，导致。引起，导致。toto为介词，后接为介词，后接名词名词/ /代词代词/ /动名词（的复合结构）。可用动名词（的复合结构）。可用result in替换替换 （2 2）通向。通向。toto为介词。为介词。This misprint led to great confusio

17、n. 这个印刷错误造成很大的混淆。这个印刷错误造成很大的混淆。All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。条条大路通罗马。 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、伦敦的居民听懂来自格拉斯哥的苏格伦敦的居民听懂来自格拉斯哥的苏格兰人的话要比听懂一个纽约人的话难兰人的话要比听懂一个纽约人的话难得多。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. 做某事有困难做某事有困难你英语方面有困难吗？你英语方面有困难吗？政府很难说服人们离开他们的村庄。政府很难说服人们离开他们的村庄。 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.