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1、Book5 Modulel In troducti on and Read ingRead the quotations and answer the questio ns.Quotati ons:a. We have really everythi ng in com mon with America nowadays,except of course,lan guage.Oscar Wilde, 19th cen turywriterb. With in a cen tury British and America nEn glishsp eakerswill not be able to

2、un dersta nd each other.Henry Sweet, 19th cen tury lin guistc. America and En gla ndare twocoun tries divided by a com mon lan guage.George Bernard Shaw, 20th cen tury writerd. It doesn't make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.Dave Sperling, founder of Dav

3、e's ESLCaf eQuestions:1. What is the topic of the quotations?2.3.4.Which is the most optimistic?Which is the most pessimistic?Which (if any) do you think arefunny?5. Which is good news for students of English?6. Can you guess which quotations are from British people?1.The difference between Brit

4、ish and American English.2. d3. b4. (Open.)5. d6. He nry Sweet En glish (Oscar Wilde Irish, George Bernard Shaw Irish, Dave Sp erli ng America n)Pre-Mlodule - ModulePostModuleResources )Module 1decide whichRead the emails and say what the writers have in com mon. The n writer is America n.Hi there M

5、um,the exchangeLessons startEverything's going well. tomorrow for students on p rogrammes. I've already decided to join the theatre group. First p ractice is on Thursday. Good news I've realised I understand what people say, so the acce nt isn't going to be a p roblem.You can write t

6、o me at the school address or use my usual email address.CallumHi Mom,There was a p arty for excha nge program students yesterday. They had it in the school theater. It was great fun. Every one was frie ndly. The on ly p roblem was I did n't realise the local acce nt would be so different, but I

7、 guess rll learn with p ractice.Write me or email when you have a mome nt.Sama nthaThe sec ond writer is America n.Some of the reas ons we know are:British En glishAmerica n En glishp rogrammep rogramtheatretheaterrealisedrealisewrite to mewrite meMumMomPre-MioduleModule Post-ModuleResourcesModule 1

8、British and America n En glishWords, words, wordsBritish andAmerica nEn glisharewith a different meaning. words are well known automobiles down freeways gas; the British drive carsdifferent in many ways. The first and most obvious way is in the vocabulary. There are hundreds of different words which

9、 are not used on the other side of the Atlantic, or which are used Some of these America ns drive and fill up with along motorways and fill up with petrol. As a tourist, you will n eed to use the un dergro und in London or the subway in New York, ormaybe you will prefer to get around the town by tax

10、i (British) or cab (American).Chips or French fries ?But other words and expressions are not so well known. Americans use a flashlight , while for the British, it's a torch . The British queue up; Americans stand in line. Sometimes the same word has a slightly different meaning, which can be con

11、fusing . Chips , for example, are pieces of hot fried potato in Britain; in the Stateschipsare very thin and are 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.Have or have got ?There are a few differences in gr

12、ammar, too. The British say Have you got .? while Americans prefer Do you have .? An American might say My friend just arrived ,My friend has too, can be team, on theThe British use Americans sometimes you Monday; Write mebut a British person would say just arrived . Prepositions, different: compare

13、 on the weekend (American) with in the team , at the weekend (British). prepositions where omit them (I'll see soon! ).Colour or color?areas in which the twoThe other two varieties differ are spelling and pronunciation. American spelling seems simpler: center , color and program instead of centr

14、e , colour and programme . Many factors have influenced American pronunciation since the first settlers arrived four hundred years ago. The accent , which is most similar to British English, can be heard on the East Coast of the US. When the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw made the famous remark th

15、at the British and the Americans are twoheall,ofas has morenations divided by a common language, was obviously thinking about the differences. But are they really so important? After there is probably as much variation pronunciation within the two countries between them. A Londoner difficulty unders

16、tanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.Turn on the TVSome experts believe that the two varieties are moving closer together. For more than a century communications across the Atlantic have developed steadily . Since the 1980s, with satellite TV and the Internet, it has been

17、possible to listen to British and American English at the flick of a switch . This non-stop communication, the experts think, has made it easier for British people and Americans to understand each other. But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing into British English, so th

18、at some people now believe that British English will disappear.However, if you turn on CNN, the American TV network, you find newsreaders and weather forecasters all speaking with different accents American, British, Australian, and even Spanish. One of the best-known faces, Monita Rajpal, was born

19、in Hong Kong, China, and grew up speaking Chinese and Punjabi, as well as English.This international dimension suggests that in the future, there are going to be many "Englishes", not just two main varieties. But the message is "Don't worry." Users of English will all be able

20、 to understand each other wherever they are.Complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases.1. There are differences betweenAmerican and British varieties of English.no广 a few (T)广 lots of2. America nsun dersta nd what theBritish are say ing.厂 sometimes广 usually (T)n ever3. There arediffere

21、 nces betwee nBritish and America n grammar.no many厂 not many (T)British4. America n sp elli ng is sp elli ng.厂 the same assimpler than (T) 厂 I harder than5. For a Londoner, an America n acce ntmay be easier to un dersta nd tha na Chinese accentsome British accents (T)广 a CNN newsreader6. Televisi on and the Internet havemade itfor the British andAmerica ns to un dersta nd each other.厂 hardereasier (T)广 impossibleMatch the British and American words and p hrases in the box.British En glishAmerica n En glish fall autu mn flat ground floor holiday lift ap