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UNIT5LANGUAGESAROUNDTHEWORLDTolearndifferentkindsofEnglish.WhatdifferencebetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishcanyouseefromthevideo?_________________PronunciationLookatthevideo.HowmuchdoyouknowaboutAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?Discussthewordsabove.Whatotherdifferentwordsdoyouknow?RecallthecontentslearnedinListeningandSpeakingandanswerthequestions.1.Whichlanguagehasthemostnativespeakersintheworld—English,SpanishorChinese?2.HowaboutEnglish?Doesithavethesecondlargestnumberofnativespeakersintheworld?Chinese.No,itcomesthethird,afterSpanish.Listentothefirstpartofthetalk.WhatarethedifferentkindsofEnglisharementioned?BritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,andAustralianEnglish.LISTENINGTEXTPART1
AsmanycountriesspeakEnglishasafirstlanguage,therearemanydifferentkindsofEnglisharoundthe
world:BritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,AustralianEnglish,andmanyothers.SomeEnglish
learnersmightask,"CanEnglishspeakersfrom
differentcountriesallunderstandeachother?"The
answerisyes.Peopleinthesecountriescanusually
understandeachotherwithveryfewproblems.Thereareditterencesinvocabulary,pronunciation,andgrammar,
butthose
areusuallynotbig
problems.However,thoseditterencescancause
confusiontornon-native
Englishspeakers.For
example,astudentwhohaslearntBritishEnglishmightnotbetamiliarwiththeditterentvocabulary
thatanAmericanmightuse.Listentothisconversation
between
foreignlanguage
student
andherAmericanclassmate.LISTENINGPART2Amy:Thankyouverymuchforhelpingmewithmy
English.Betty:You'rewelcome!Whenareyoutreetomeet?Thissemester,I'mfreeonTuesdayand
Ihursdayatterlunch.Amy:I'msorry?Whatdoes"semester"mean?Betty:Youknow,semesterhalfofaschoolyear.Amy:Uh,youmeanlikeaterm?Betty:Yes,likeaterm.TheBritishsay"term".Weusuallysay"semester"hereinAmerica.Amy:Gotit!MyfirstEnglishlessonwithyou,haha?OK,let'smeetonTuesday.Where
shallwemeet?Betty:Let'smeetatacoffeeshopnearmyhome.It's
very
convenienttogettherebysubway.Amy:Subway?Doyoumeantheunderground?Betty:Yes,thetrainthatgoesundertheground.Amy:Ah,gotit!Haha,mysecondEnglishlesson.Thankyou.Listentothesecondpartofthetalk.Whatarethetwopairsofwordsthatthestudentisconfusedby?Tickthemintheboxes.semester/termrestroom/toilet
gas/petrol
subway/underground√√n.
汽油;气味;燃气n.
汽油n.
地铁BrE&AmEWhenyouheartwonativespeakersofEnglish,theymaystillnotspeakthesamekindofEnglish.What?Doyoumeanthisautumn?Doyouhaveanyplanthisfall?American?British?
A:Doyouwanttocometomyapartment?B:Yourflat?Idon’tthinkso.Canwegotothepub?A:Wow,thebarisaniceplace.Wecango.B:Great.IwantatinofCokeandsome
sweets.A:Well,Iwantacanofbeerandsome
candies.B:Hey,Ilikefootballmatchverymuch.A:
OK.Wecangoandseeasoccergametomorrow.B:Oh,timetogohome,let’sgotothelift.A:
OK.Let’sgototheelevatortogether.Lookatthepairsofwordsbelow.WhichareBritishandwhichareAmerican?n.
公寓套房BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishBrEAmEThedifferencesbetweenBrE&AmE.vocabularyspellingpronunciationautumn
falltyphoontornadoI
think
Iguesscolour
colorcentre
centertraveller
travelerdancedancenot
notChineseBrEAmE邻居关系neighbourhoodneighborhood劳动力labourlabor颜色colourcolor荣誉honourablehonorable幽默humourhumor特别喜爱的人(或物)favouritefavorite电影院theatretheater公里kilometrekilometerChineseBrEAmE电梯liftelevator汽油petrolgas,gasoline秋天autumnfall地铁undergroundsubway大学universitycollege垃圾rubbishgarbage垃圾箱dustbintrashcan假期holidayvacation两周fortnighttwoweeksChineseBrEAmE公寓flatapartment酒吧pubbar罐头tincan糖果sweetscandy橡皮eraserrubber比赛matchgame足球footballsoccer电影filmmovie出租车taxicabcenterflatcolourliftgrayhonorpetrolundergroundpictureserasergreycentreapartmentelevatorhonourcolorrubber
gasmoviessubwayMatchthewordsthathavethesamemeaning.Wow,Iwantsome
sweets.Whataboutyou,Martin?Well,Iwantsome______.
candyTimetogohome.Let’sgotothe________together.Ohno,the_______mustbefullofpeoplethistime.liftelevatorMartin:Hey,ZhouWei,doyouwanttogo
shopping?There’sasaleatmyfavouritestore.ZhouWei:Oh,yes!Ireallyneedtobuysome
pants.Martin:Pants?That’sfunny.Idon’tusuallygoshoppingwithmyfriendsforpants.Readandrole-playtheconversation.WhichwordsareBritishEnglishandwhichareAmericanEnglish?Trytothinkofmorepairsofwordslikethese.n.
内裤;短裤;裤子ZhouWei:Youdon’t?Don’tyouliketohavesomebodytellyouifthepantslookgoodornot?Martin:Er…Notreally…Hey,wait,doyoumeantrousers—whatyouandI
arewearingonourlegsrightnow?ZhouWei:Oh,yes.That’swhatImeanbypants!That’sAmericanEnglish,isn'tit?Martin:Yes,itis!Iknewwhatyoumeant,bytheway.Iwasjustjokingwithyou.DidyouknowthatinBritishEnglish,“pants”meanssomethingverydifferent?ZhouWei:Really?Sowhatdoesitmean?Martin:InBritishEnglish,theword“pants”
meansunderwear.…WhatdoesZhouWeiwanttobuy?WhydoesMartinfeelpuzzledaboutwhatZhouWeiwantstobuy?Howdotheymisunderstandeachother?Howdothey
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