米奇妙妙屋英文36岁

Unit

2 Growing

PainsWord

powerAmerican

vs

BritishEnglishLead-inDo

you

know

there

are

somedifferences

between

American

Englishand

British

English?In

which

aspects

do

these

differencesexist,

pronunciation,

spelling,grammar

and

vocabulary?Can

you

give

me

some

examplesthatyou’ve

learnt

recently?differencespronun-ciationspellinggrammarvocabularyBEdancecolourhaveholidaynottravelledgotposteitherprogrammepetrolfavourcentreluggageAEdancecolorhavevacationnottraveledmaileitherprogramgasfavorcenterbaggageAmerican

English

vs

BritishEnglishTip:

(just,

already,

yet)

BE---Present

Perfect

AE---Simple

Pasteg, I’ve

already

seen

that

film.I

already

saw

that

film.GrammarBE

(British

English)AE

(American

English)Sam’s

just

gone

home.Sam

just

went

home.The

uniform

fitted

badly.The

uniform

fit

badly.Hello,

is

that

Mr.

He?(on

the

phone)Hello,

is

this

Mr.

He?(on

the

phone)I

live

in

Xingtian

Road.I

live

on

Xingtian

Road.Call

me

at

5555

5678.Call

me

on

5555

5678.at

the

weekend

/

in

a

teamon

the

weekend

/

on

a

teamPlease

write

to

me

soon.Please

write

me

soon.Have

you

got

a

pen?Do

you

have

a

pen?VocabularyBEAEtrouserspantssweetscandysitting

roomliving

roomfootballsoccer

ballholidayvacationtoilet/WCrestroom/bathroomVocabularyBEAErubbishtrashfilmmoviepostmanmailmanpetrolgasautumnfallangrymadSpellingBEAERulesExamplescentrecenter-re

vs

-ermetre/metercolourcolor-our

vs

-orhumour/humortravellertraveler-ll

vs

-lskillful/skilfulorganise/organizeorganize-se

vs

-zerealise/realizetyretireprogrammeprogramTip:AE

has

the

shorter

and

phonetic(语音的）

spelling.Tell

if

theyare

American

or

BritishEnglish.

(AE/BE)1.—Haveyougot

anypets?—Yes,

I’ve

got

three

rabbits

andatortoise.2.

Ihave

anapartment

in

thecity

center.

AE3.

Do

you

have

awalkman？Haveyou(got)

a

walkman？

BEBEAE4.Idon’t

have

any

ink.AEI

haven’t

(got) anyink.AEBEBEShe

works

nights

as

ajanitor.She

works

at

night

as

a

janitor.Let’s

stay

home.

AELet’s

stay

at

home.

BE7.

He

hasgotten

a

newjob.

AEHe

has

got

a

newjob.

BEPracticePage

26.Use

theinformationfromwhat

you

have

learnt

to

change

theunderlined

words

and

phrases

fromAmerican

to

British

English.Li Hua:

Hello,

(1)

Is

this

that

Dai

Jun?Dai

Jun:

Yes.

Hi,

Li

Hua,

how

are

you?Li

Hua:

I’m

okay

now,

but

I

justhadthe

worst

morning

ever!DaiJun:

Whathappened?Li

Hua:

I

went

to

the

shopping

(2)center

centre

near

HuaihaiRoad,

to

change

the

new

shoes

I

bought,the

ones

that

(3)

fit

fitted

badly,

forbigger

ones.

One

saleswoman

was

in

the(4)

bathroom

toilet

and

the

other

waswatching

a

TV

(5)

program

programme

behind

thecounter.Neither

of

them

would

help

me!Finally,I

got

help,

but

they

only

had

the

shoes

ina

(6)color

colour

I

didn’tlike.Iwanted

to

complain

,

but

when

Iaskedto

see

the

manager,

they

told

me,

oh,sorry,

(7)

she

jussthwe’enst

just

gone

homehome

.DaiJun: What

a

terrible

shop!

Whatdid

you

do

?LiHua:

Theygaveanumber

tophonethemanager(8)at

on

,

so

Icalled

when

I

got

home.

NowI

feel

a

bit

better,

but

I

stilldon’t

have

newshoes!A

colloquialism

is

an

informalexpression

used

in

spoken

English.Colloquialisms

are

never

used

informal

English

or

in

writing,

but

areoften

used

in

conversations.What

is

a

colloquialism?I

can

tell

you

that.

That’s

ano-brainer!something

easy

to

understandPartA1.

no-brainer

不必花脑筋的事物A:

How

do

you

use

this

program?

Itlooksquite

complicated.你怎么用这个软件呢?看起来蛮复杂的。

B:No.Looks

can

be

deceiving.This

thingis

actually

a

no-brainer.Let

me

showyou.不会!外表有时是会骗人的。这个东西

其实很容易(不必花脑筋的)。我玩给你看!Don’tbe

a

wet

blanket.

Have

somefun!boring

/

afraid

to

have

fun2.

a

wet

blanket令人扫兴的人。这一表达的来源是：当发生火灾的时候，为了扑火，把湿毛毯盖到火上。后用来

指在社交场合泼冷水，令人扫兴的人。

如：I’m

sorry

to

be

such

a

wet

blanket,

butI’m

afraid

I

have

to

go

homenow.throw

a

wet

blanket

on这个说法相当于中文里的一句俗语：给人当头泼凉水。人们逐渐引伸了这个说法用a

wetblanket来比喻把周围兴高采烈的人们都弄得热情冷却的一个人。然而wetblanket并不只是用来说人，也可以指事情.如：My

friends

and

I

were

going

to

thebeach

this

weekend

for

some

sun

andswimming.

But

the

weather

forecastthrew

a

wet

blanket

on

our

plans

—

itsays

it’ll

be

rainyandcold.他说：我和朋友们原来打算这个周末去海滨晒太阳、游泳，但是天气预报却给我们当头泼了一瓢凉水。据说天要下雨而且很凉。Go

on,

tellme.

I’m

allears.listeningcarefully3.allears

形容很专心地倾听,全神贯注。

When

someone

is

all

ears,he

or

sheislistening

with

complete

attention．Whenever

you

tell

Johnny

some

gossip,he’s

all

ears.每当你说闲话给约翰尼听时，他总是全神贯注。Are

you

serious?

Don’t

pull

myleg.joke

with

someone4.topullone’sleg意思是逗别人，开别人玩笑。My

roommate

said

this

girl

had

told

himshe

wouldn’t

mind

going

out

with

me.But

when

Iinvited

her

toa

movie,Ilearned

he

was

justpulling

my

leg.我的室友说，那个女孩愿意和我一起出

去玩。可是，当我请她去看电影的时候，我才发现我那同学是逗我，开我的玩笑。”Hey,

stop

pulling

my

leg,

will

you?

Idon’t

believe

that

girl

really

saidshelikes

meand

would

like

meto

takeherout.喂，你别逗我行不行！我才不信那个女孩真的说了她喜欢我，还要我邀她出去玩。PartBMrs

Black’s

gardenis

the

best

inourtown.

She

has

real

green

fingers.

Sheisgood

atgardening.(园艺能手）He

just

can’tdo

anything

right.

Heisall

thumbs.He

is

very

clumsy

and

can’t

do

things

skillfully.（笨拙）You

are

telling

me

I’m

lazy.

Ha,

lookwhat

a

mess

your

room

is!

That

is

like

thepot

callingthekettle

black!That

islikecriticizing

someone

else

for

a

fault

you

have

yourself.

（五十步笑百步）

.I

wish

I

had

brought

my

umbrella.It’sraining

cats

and

dogs.

It

is

raining

heavily.

(下倾盆大雨)

5.

Don’t

make

a

mountainout

of

a

molehill.It’s

not

that

serious.Don’t

exaggerated

something.(小题大做)Alex

has

four

sons

and

onedaughter.She

is

theyoungest

and

the

apple

of

her

daddy’seye.apple

of

one’s

eyeYou

see,

Bill

spends

most

of

the

moneywe

give

himon

computer

games.Heis

the

black

sheep

of

thefamily.black

sheep-

English

is

very

difficult

for

me.

But

it’s

a

piece

of

cakefor

me.a

piece

of

cakeOther

examples:3.

She

is

my

ball

and

chain.Great

minds

think

alike.(英雄所见略同。）You

are

singing

my

song.（不谋而合）4.

He

is

beaten

by

the

ugly

stick.（老婆）（长得难看）5.

Theplancost

meanarm

andaleg.(代价昂贵）Other

examples:6.

Don’t

think

about

that

girl.

There

isple