1. Introduction + Reading and Speaking Period 2
课时分配 课时
板块结合范例
Period 1
Introduction + Reading and Speaking
Period 2
Vocabulary +Grammar + Function
Period 3
Vocabulary and Listening +
Everyday English
Period 4
Speaking and Writing ＋
Cultural Corner
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2. British and American English
Period 1
Module 5
British and American English
Introduction
Reading and Speaking
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3. ---Oscar Wilde, 19th century writer
Introduction- 1. Reading (3m) Read the quotations and tell whether you agree or disagree.
A We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except of course, language.
---Oscar Wilde, 19th century writer
B With a century British and American English speakers will not be able to understand each other.
---Henry Sweet, 19th century linguist
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4. C America and England are two countries divided by a common language.
--George Bernard Shaw, 20th century writer
D It doesn’t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.
--Dave Sperling, founder of Dave’s ESL Cafe
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5. 1. What is the topic of the quotations?
Introduction- 2. Discussion (5m) Read the quotations and answer the questions
1. What is the topic of the quotations?
2. Which is the most optimistic?
3. Which is the most pessimistic?
4. Which (if any) do you think are funny?
5 Which is good news for students of English?
6. Can you guess which quotations are from British people?
Keys
The difference between British and American English D B
(open)
Henry Sweet
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6. Introduction- 3. Imagination (2m) Write down your expectations
What do you expect British and American English to be like?
Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the British and American English?
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7. Which is American and which is British? (point out the reason)
Introduction- 4. Reading (5m) Read the s and decide which writer is American
Which is American and which is British?
(point out the reason)
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8. The second writer is American. some of the reasons we know are:
Key to the answers
The second writer is American.
some of the reasons we know are:
British English
American English
Mum
Mom
programme
program
theatre
theater
realised
realize
write to me
write me
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9. People from Hong Kong can understand people from Beijing.
Reading and Speaking- 1. Warming-up (5m) Check the following statements.
People from Hong Kong can understand people from Beijing.
People from Shanghai sound the same as people from Xi’an.
Chinese characters can be understood by all speakers of Chinese.
American English is very different from British English.
People from Britain can’t understand people from America.
Discuss and the answers are open.
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10. Reading and Speaking- 2. Skimming (5m) Read the passage and find the differences between British English and American English.
Read the titles and the first sentences of each paragraph and find four ways in which British and American English are different.
Vocabulary
Grammar
Spelling
pronunciation
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11. The first two paragraphs: the differences in vocabulary
Reading and Speaking- 3. Scanning (10m) Read again paragraph by paragraph and make notes of the differences.
The first two paragraphs: the differences in vocabulary
British English
American English
cars
freeway
gas
underground
taxi
torch
stand in line
chips
automobiles
motorway
petrol
subway
cab
flashlight
queue up
French fries
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12. pieces of hot fried potato chips French fries
Word BE AE
pieces of hot fried potato
chips
French fries
very thin and are sold in packets
crisps
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13. Read the third paragraph
The third paragraph: the differences in grammar
British English
American English
Have you got…?
My friend just arrived.
in the team/ at the weekend
write me soon!
Do you have…?
My friend has just arrived
on the team/ weekend
Write to me soon!
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14. The 4th paragraph: the differences in spelling and pronunciation
Read the 4th paragraph
The 4th paragraph: the differences in spelling and pronunciation
British English
American English
spelling
pronunciation
centre,colour programme
center,color program
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15. Reading and Speaking- 4. Practice (5m) Read the passage and complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases.
There are ______ differences between American and British varieties of English.
A. no B. a few C. lots of
Americans ____ understand what the British are saying.
A. Sometimes B. usually C. never
There are ______ differences between British and American grammar.
A. no B. many C. not many B B C
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16. B B B 4. American spelling is _______ British spelling.
A. the same as B. simpler than C. harder than
For a Londoner, an American accent may be easier to understand than _______.
A. a Chinese accent B. some British accents
C. a CNN newsreader
Television and the Internet have made it _____ for the British and Americans to understand each other.
A. harder B. easier C. impossible B B B
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17. Notes:
There are hundreds of different words which are not used on the other side of the Atlantic, or which are used with a different meaning.
The other two areas in which the two varieties differ are spelling and pronunciation.
The accent, which is most similar to British English, can be heard on the East Coast of the US.
A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.
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18. at the flick of a switch
But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing into British English,…
This international dimension suggests that in the future, there are going to be many “Englishes”, not just two main varieties.
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19. How many main varieties of Chinese are there?
Reading and Speaking- 5. Discussion (5m) Discuss the following questions.
How many main varieties of Chinese are there?
In what ways are they different?
Do Chinese people from different regions have problems understanding each other?
What will happen to Chinese in the future?
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20. Homework – Task of the lesson
Try to collect more words or expressions which are different in British English and American English in the 4 ways. (vocabulary, grammar, spelling and pronunciation)
Find some information about the Chinese that people in different regions of China speak .
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