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Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishPeriod1Introduction&ReadingandVocabulary文本研读课Ⅰ.根据语境写出黑体单词的含义1.Thefirstandmostobviouswayisinthevocabulary.()2.Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning,whichcanbeconfusing.()显然的;显而易见的令人困惑的;难懂的3.Prepositions,too,canbedifferent:compareontheteam,ontheweekend(American)withintheteam,attheweekend.()4.Afterall,thereisprobablyasmuchvariationofpronunciationwithinthetwocountriesasbetweenthem.()比较变化5.ButithasalsoledtolotsofAmericanwordsandstructurespassingintoBritishEnglish.()结构;体系Ⅱ.补全短语1.have...in________有相同的特点2.makea_________有影响,使不相同3.get_______四处走动(旅行)commondifferencearound4.compare...____...把……和……相比5.besimilar__与……相似6.lead__引起;导致7.switch___打开withtotoonⅢ.阅读导引1.查阅有关英式和美式英语之间区别的资料,了解文章的背景。2.找出课文中介绍语言的词汇和句型。Step1LeadinginWehavelearntEnglishforalongtime.DoyouknowinwhichcountriespeoplespeakEnglish?Thefollowingpicturescanhelpyou.Step2FastReadingReadthepassagequicklyandfindfourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent.1.__________2._________3._______4._____________vocabularygrammarspellingpronunciationStep3CarefulReadingⅠ.Readthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestanswers.1.WhichofthefollowingcomesfromAmericanEnglish?A.Programme.B.Centre.C.Gas.D.Underground.2.ForaLondoner,anAmericanaccentmaybeeasiertounderstandthan_________.A.aCNNnewsreaderB.someBritishaccentsC.aChineseaccentD.aCNNweatherforecaster3.Whyarethetwovarietiesmovingclosertogether?A.BecausecommunicationsacrosstheAtlantichavedevelopedsteadily.B.BecausesatelliteTVandtheInternethavebeenusedincommunication.C.Becausemoderntransportationismakingtheworldsmaller.D.Alloftheabove.4.What’sthemainideaofthelasttwoparagraphs?A.Inthefuture,thereareonlytwovarietiesofEnglish.B.NewsreadersandweatherforecastersallspeakAmericanEnglish.C.Inthefuture,itwillbedifficultforusersofEnglishtounderstandeachother.D.TherewillbemorethantwovarietiesofEnglishinthefuture.5.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“Englishes”?A.Hemeanseachnationmightturnoutitsown“English”.B.Hemeanseachnationmightmakeitsownlanguagebeaworldlanguage.C.HemeanstheAmericannationmightbedivided.D.HemeanstheBritishnationmightbedivided.Ⅱ.Sentenceexplanation.1.TherearehundredsofdifferentwordswhicharenotusedontheothersideoftheAtlantic,orwhichareusedwithadifferentmeaning.分析:(1)本句是一个复合句。______引导定语从句,修饰先行词______________。(2)__为并列连词,连接两个并列定语从句。句意:_____________________在大西洋的另一边不被使用,或者以一种不同的意思被使用。whichdifferentwordsor有数以百计个不同的词2.WhentheIrishwriterGeorgeBernardShawmadethefamousremarkthattheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonationsdividedbyacommonlanguage,hewasobviouslythinkingaboutthedifferences.分析:(1)本句是一个复合句。______引导时间状语从句。(2)在从句中that引导同位语从句,作_______的同位语。(3)dividedbyacommonlanguage为过去分词短语作后置定语修饰__________。句意:当爱尔兰作家乔治·萧伯纳讲那句名言——英国和美国是被同一种语言分开的两个国家的时候,他显然想到了它们的区别。Whenremarktwonations3.Thisnon-stopcommunication,theexpertsthink,hasmadeiteasierforBritishpeopleandAmericanstounderstandeachother.分析:“madeiteasierforBritishpeopleandAmericanstounderstandeachother”是“make+宾语+宾语补足语”结构的一种特殊形式,其中it为形式宾语,真正的宾语为宾语补足语后的不定式短语______________________。tounderstandeachother句意:专家们认为,这种不间断的交流使____________________________更加容易。英国人和美国人彼此理解起来Step4RetellingReadthetextagainandcompletetheform.(nomorethan3words)ItemsAmericanEnglishBritishEnglishVocabularyautomobile,1._______,gas,subway,cabcar,motorway,petrol,underground,2.____freewaytaxiItemsAmericanEnglishBritishEnglishGrammar3.___________...?Haveyougot...?Myfriend4.___________.Myfriendhasjustarrived.ontheteam,ontheweekend,5._____________!intheteam,6._____________,Writetomesoon!Spelling7.______,color,programcentre,colour,8.___________PronunciationThereisasmuch9.________ofpronunciationwithinthetwocountriesasbetweenthem.DoyouhavejustarrivedWritemesoonattheweekendcenterprogrammevariationItemsAmericanEnglishBritishEnglishThedevelopmentofEnglishSomeexpertsbelievethatthetwovarietiesaremoving10._____together.closer【综合素养提升】ThoughEnglishhasdifferentvarieties,westillcanunderstandit.DoChinesepeoplefromdifferentregionsunderstandeachother?WhatwillhappentoChineseinthefuture?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________No.Forexample,whenItraveledtoGuangzhou,Icouldn’tunderstandtheCantoneseuntiltheywrotedownthewords.Withthedevelopmentofcommunication,Ithink,wewillbelikelytounderstandeachotherthoughdifferentregionshavedifferentdialects.Trytoretellthetextaccordingtothepassage.BritishandAmericanEnglishare1.________inmanyways.Thefirstandmostobviouswayisinthe2.__________.Hundredsofwords,partofwhicharenotsowell3.______,arenotusedorusedwithadifferentmeaning.Grammarandprepositionsareanothertwoareasbesidesspellingand4._____________.differentvocabularyknownpronunciationAmericanspellingseemssimpler.WhentheIrishwriterGeorgeBernardShawmadethe5._______thattheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonations6._______byacommonlanguage,hewas7._________thinkingaboutthedifferences.Butitisdoubtfulwhetherthesedifferencesaresoimportant.SomeexpertsbelieveBritishandAmericanEnglishare