英语教学课件 SBA Unit 3 American English

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美 国 地 图 MAP OF U.S.A The people in the USA(Americans) speak English(American English). The World Trade Center 世贸中心被撞击 The National Flag of USA 美国国旗

Unit 3 American English Lesson 10 and 11

1. To get the general idea of the text. 2. To get some details of the text. 3. To understand that languages are changing. Teaching Aims:

There are some differences between American English and British English.

1. Find out the American English words and expressions. 2. Do the True or False exercises. Read the whole passage quickly to

American English words and expressions colorcenter traveled I guessmovie gas stor fall radio right away way of life

True or False Exercise: 1. British written English is quite different from American English. ( ) 2.The differences in spoken English are greater than those in written English.( ) 3.People from Britain and USA can not understand each other easily. ( ). F F T

3.The English language is always changing.( ) 4.Many words from other languages have come into the English language.( ) 5.The American English is always changing too.( ) T T T

Answer the following questions. Read the passage carefully again to

1.Do you think that people from Britain and American can understand each other? Why do you think so? 2.Is there any difference in written English in the two countries? Both the people from Britain and America speak English. Yes.There is spelling difference. Yes.

3.Can you give some examples to show spelling differences between American and British English? BE AE favour favor labour labor metre meter theatre theater BE AE colour color centre center travelled traveled AE BE vacation holiday fall autumn check cheque

4.What differences are there in spoken English? AE BE dance [dæns] [da:ns] not [nat] [not] fast [fæst] [fa:st] clerk [clэ:k] [kla:k] class [ cl æs] [kla:s]

5.Where did the word “fall” first come from? 6.Where did the expression”way of life”come from? British English American English

7.How did the differences between American English and Britain English come about? Britain English America English Changed Differences

8.In which countries is English used as the official language? 9.Which do you prefer?American English or British English?Why? Britain, USA,Australia, Canada,India, Singapore, and so on. I prefer American English.Because the USA is more powerful,American English is more useful than British English.

10.Why has American English changed ? American English Indian German Old French Spanish cent Florida howl cookbook

The General Ideas The whole passage: Part 1(Paragraph 1): Part 2(Paragraph 2): Part 3(Paragraph 3---5): Part 4 (Text in Lesson 11): Spelling differences between AE and BE. Speaking differences between AE and BE. The reasons of the differences between AE and BE. The changing of American English. The differences between AE and BE.

Exercise 2.Complete the form COUNTRYPEOPLELANGUAGECAPITALCITY China London USA Canberra( 堪培拉 ) Japanese France Russians Ottawa Chinese Beijing Chinese EnglishEnglishmenBritain English Washington D.C EnglishAustralians Australia JapaneseJapan Frenchmen French Paris Russia Russian Moscow English/FrenchCanadiansCanada Americans Tokyo

在下列单词后的括号里写 AE 或 BE 1.color ( ) 2.travelled.( ) 3.movie.( ) 4.film ( ) 5. center ( ) 6.autumn ( ) 7.favourite ( ) 8.metre ( ) 9.meter( ) 10.cheque ( ) 11.traveled( ) 12.shop( ) 13.post ( ) 14.fall ( ) 15.petrol( ) 16.store ( ) 17. mail ( ) 18.gas ( ) 19.centre ( ) 20.I think( ) 21.I guess ( ) AE BE AE BE AE BE AE

Homework Assignment 1.Read the whole passage and find out the important expressions after class. 2.Do Exercise 3 on page 68

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