British and American English(原创课件)

BritishandAmericanEnglishEnglishasthefirstlanguageBritainAmericaAustraliaJamaica牙买加EnglishasofficiallanguageIndiaEnglishasaforeignlanguageChinaJapanFranceBritishandAmericanEnglishFast-readingTherearesevenparagraphsinthepassage1.WhichparagraphstellthewaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent?2.Whichparagraphspredict(预测）thefutureofthesetwovarieties(kinds)ofEnglish?ParagraphOne,Two,ThreeandFour.ParagraphFive,SixandSeven.Readpara.1--4andfindfourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent.(find4keywords)1.vocabulary2.grammar3.spelling4.pronunciationskimmingReadparas1&2tofillinthechart1.ThedifferencesbetweenAmE.AndBrE.WaysAmericanEnglishBritishEnglishvocabularydifferentwordsautomobiles5.6.petrolsubwayunderground2.Thesameword(chips)7queueupFrenchfriescrispscarsgasstandinlineReadparas3&4andfillinthechartgrammarDoyouhave...？8.ontheteamintheteam9.attheweekendspellingcentercentrecolor10.11.programmepronunciationasmuchvariationofpronunciationwithinthetwocountriesasbetweenthem(发音有很多不同）Haveyougot…ontheweekendcolourprogramPara.4differenceinpronunciation•EnjoyBritishandAmericanEnglishEnjoyBBC一般来说，英式英语读音比较平，硬,语速快美式英语大多是卷舌，语速慢,比较好听。DoyouKnow?Readpara5-7T(True)orF(False).a.It’sbecomingeasierforBritishpeopleandAmericanstounderstandeachother.b.AmericansalwayshavedifficultyinunderstandingwhattheBritisharesaying.c.ThereisgoingtobeonlyoneEnglishleft---BritishEnglish.TFFsometimesnotMonitaRajpalisaCNNnewsreporter.ShewasborninHongKongandspentmuchofherchildhoodthere,beforemovingtoCanada.InadditiontoEnglish,shespeaksCantonese（广东话),FrenchandPunjabi(印度和巴基斯坦的旁遮普语）IfyouturnonCNN,theAmericanTVnetwork,youfindnewsreadersandweatherforecastersallspeakingwiththedifferentaccents.Wecanconcludefromherstory:SummaryThere’refourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglishdifferfromeachother.Thefirstandmost_______wayisinthevocabulary.Ingrammarthere’reafew____________.TheBritishsay“Haveyougot...？”__________Americansprefer“Doyouhave...？”TheBritishuseprepositionswhereAmericanssometimes_______them.Theothertwoareasinwhichthetwovarietiesaredifferentarespellingand_____________.However，withcommunicationsdevelopingsteadilyforoveracentury，someexpertsbelievethatthetwoaremoving_________togetherduetosatelliteTVandtheInternet.obviousdifferenceswhileomitpronunciationcloserLanguageisakindofbeautifulmusicnote;Allbeautifulthingsareconnectedwithit;Itisalsoaspecialdoor;Wewillenterabeautifulworldthroughit;Let’strytogetthegoldkeytothedoor.homework1.WriteyourownpassageaboutthedifferencesbetweenAmericanandBritishEnglish2.ListentoVOAandBBCcheckPara.1—41.Thereare____differencesbetweenAmericanandBritishvarietiesofEnglish.A.noB.afewC.lotsof2.Americans____understandwhattheBritisharesaying.A.sometimesB.usuallyC.never3.Thereare___differencesbetweenBritishandAmericangrammar.A.noB.manyC.notmany4.Americanspellingis__Britishspelling.A.thesamewayB.simplerthanC.harderthan5.ForaLondoner,anAmericanaccentmaybeeasiertounderstandthan___.A.aChineseaccentB.someBritishaccentsC.aCNNnewsreader