module1britishandamericanenglish(readingandspeaking)
step1lead-in.
theteacherssays:
asyouknow,chinaisbiginsizeandfullofmanydialects.hongkongispartofchina.doyouthinkwewillhavedifficultyinunderstandingpeoplefromhongkong?whatdifficultiesinunderstandingdoyouthinkpeoplefromhongkongwillhavewhentheyareinbeijing?dopeoplefromshanghaisoundthesameasthosefromxi’an?whataboutchinesecharacters?doyouthinkpeoplefromdifferentregionsofchinahavedifficultyinunderstandingchinesecharacters? whataboutbritainenglishandamericanenglish?doyouthinktheyarequitedifferent?canpeoplefromthetwocountriesunderstandeachother?
step2finishactivity2.
readthepassageandfindwaysinwhichbritishandamericanenglisharedifferent.theansweris:vocabularyspellinggrammarandpronunciation.
step3readthefirstpartandfindoutthetopicsentence
thefirstandmostobviouswayisinthevocabulary.
whatistheexample?americansdriveautomobilesdownfreewaysandfillupwithgas.thebritishdrivecarsalongmotorwaysandfillupwithpetrol.asatourist,youwillneedtousetheundergroundinlondonorthesubwayinnewyork,ormaybeyouwillprefertogetaroundthetownbytaxi(british)orcab(american).
letthestudentscomparethedifferencesinvocabularyandfillintheblanks.
step4thesecondpartofthepassage.
americansuseaflashlight,whileforthebritish,it’satorch.thebritishqueueup;americanstandinline.sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning,whichcanbeconfusing.chips,forexample,arepiecesofhotfriespotatoinbritain;inthestateschipsaresoldinpackets.thebritishcallthesecrisps.thechipsthebritishknowandlovearefrenchfriesontheothersideoftheatlantic.
themainideaofthisparagraph:sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning,whichcanbeconfusing.
step5thethirdpart
thetopicsentenceis:thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.accordingtothetextsandtellussomeexample.
thebritishsay:haveyougot…?myfriendhasjustarrived.intheteamattheweekendi’llseeyouonmonday.
americanssay:doyouhave…?myfriendjustarrived. ontheteamontheweekend.i’llseeyoumonday
step6thefourthpart
thedifferenceisspelling,suchascenter,color,andprogram(americanenglish)centre,colour,andprogrammes(britishenglish)共
whatdoesthesentencemean?
thebritishandtheamericansaretwonationsdividedbyacommonlanguage.英国和美国是被同一种语言分开的两个民族。
step7thefifthpart
whatisthemainideaofthefirstparagraphofthispart?
itsaysthetwovarietiesofenglisharemovingcloser.
whatisthereason?
thereasonisthatformorethanacenturycommunicationacrosstheatlantichavedevelopedsteadily.
willtherebemorethantwovarietiesofenglish?notjusttwomainvarieties.
step8listentothetape.
step9completethesentenceswiththecorrectwordsorphrases.
1. thereare______differencesbetweenamericanandbritishvarietiesofenglish.
a. no b.afew c.lotsof
2. americans________understandwhatthebritisharesaying.
a. sometimes b.usually c.never
3. thereare_________differencesbetweenbritishandamericangrammar.
a. no b.many c.notmany
4. americanspellingis_____britishspelling.
a. thesameas b.simplerthan c.harderthan
5. foralondoner,anamericanaccentmaybeeasiertounderstandthan_______.
a. achineseaccentb.somebritishaccentsc.acnnnewsreader.
6. televisionandtheinternethavemadeit______forthebritishandamericanstounderstandeachother.
a. harder b.easier c.impossible
thekey:1.b2.b3.c4.b5.b6.b
step10listentotherecordingofaprogramofbbcandvoa.letstudentsjudgethespeakerisbritishoramerican.
step11matchthebritishandamericanwordsinthebox.
apartmentautumnelevatorfallfirstfloorflashlightflatgarbagegasgroundfloorholidayliftstandinlinelorrypavementpetrolqueueuprubbishsidewalktorchtruckvacation
britishenglish:flatautumnliftgroundfloortorchrubbishpetrolholidayqueueuplorrypavement
americanenglish:apartmentfallelevatorfirstfloorflashlightgarbagegasvacationstandinlinetrucksidewalk
rewritethesentencesusingbritishwords.
1. wereallylikegoingonvacationinthefall.
2. youdon’tneedtotaketheelevator.ourapartmentinonthefirstfloor.共
3. didyouseethattruckcomeoutofthegasstation?
4. passmeaflashlight,eddie.i’velostmywallet.
thekey:
1. welikegoingonholidayintheautumnverymuch.
2. youdon’tneedtousethelift.ourflatisonthegroundfloor.
3. didyouseethatlorrycomeoutofthepetrolstation?
4. passmeatorch,eddie.i’velostmywallet.
step12 homework.recitethemainimportantsentencesinthepassage.
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