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British English lift petrol flat centre colour programme
American English
elevator gas apartment center color program
vocabulary Para. 1 Finish the table. _______________________
American English flashlight stand in line chips French fries British English torch queue up crisps chips
grammar Para. 3 _______________________ Finish the table.
at the weekend
spelling the table. Para. 4 _______________________ Finish
American English British English
center color program
centre colour programme
True or False 1. There are few differences between American and British English. F 2. Americans always have difficulty in understanding what the British are saying. F 3. If you turn on CNN, the American TV network, you find newsreaders and weather forecasters all speaking with the American accent. F 4. There is going to be only one English left –- British English. F 5. A Londoner can understand an American better than a Scotsman from Edinburgh.T
Reading
1.In what ways do you know that Am.E and Br.E are different?
Fast reading
1.Read the passage on P. 2 and find four ways that Br.E & Am.E are different.
Answers to activity 4: 1.Words British people don't use: automobiles gas cab freeways subway flashlight
Answers to activity 4: 2.Words Americans don't use: motorway cars underground petrol torch taxi 3.An American expression which British people don't use Stand in line
Answers to activity 5: 1.Main varieties of Chinese: Mandarin Cantonese Hakka
Match the British and American words and phrases in the box. flat apartment autumn fall lift elevator ground floor first floor torch flashlight rubbish garbage petrol gas holiday vacation queue up stand in line lorry truck pavement sidewalk
回顾: 期末考试短文改错 回顾 …Robert and I went back to the tent to have the chat. We stayed up all night. We a found that we all have a lot of in common. both
1 We have to live within our income . 2 It wasn't within my power to help her.
1 Can you identify your umbrella among this lot? 2 One can't identify happiness with wealth. 3 He refused to identify himself with the new political party. become identified with
Introduction
Introduction Activity 2 on Page 1
Read the emails and say what the writers have in common, and decide which writer is American. the first email: the second email: Mum Mom programme program theatre theater realised realized write to me write me
Answers to activity 4: 4. A word which has a different meaning on the other side of the Atlantic : chips 5.A difference in grammar: Have you got Do you have Have just Just arrived arrived
5 Does it make any ______ he accepts or refuses the invitation? A difference that B difference whether D difference
C difference if
Detail reading
Read the passage again and finish the EXX in activity 3, then fill in the chart below.
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Answers
1. Four ways in which Br.E & Am.E are different: 1) in the vocabulary 2) in grammar 3) using of prepositions 4) spelling and pronunciation
1___ many other scientists, Albert Einstein enjoyed music besides scientific research work. A In common with C In the same B In common D At the same
Lead-in:
1. Can you list any words that belong to American English or British English?
Sample Answers:
American English: British English: centre center metre program meter programme
3.Letterboxes are more ____ in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead. A normal B ordinary C usual D common 4 --- Where would you like to have your dinner, in a French restaurant or a Chinese one? ---It _______ me. A makes no difference for B makes not a difference C is not a difference D makes no difference to
American English British English Do you have …? Have you got …? My friend just arrived. on the team on the weekend My friend has just arrived. in the team
1.It won't make any difference (to me) whether you leave or stay.
2. She made a difference between her own son and her stepchildren.
3. Who can tell the difference in grammar between American E and British E ?
2 Their _____ interest is playing football, so they insist on practising it as ______. A common, general C common, usual B general, Ordinary D general, usual
1. We really like going on vacation in the fall. We really like going on holiday in the autumn. 2. You don't need to take the elevator. Our apartment is on the first floor. You don't need to use the lift. Our flat is on the ground floor. 3. Did you see that truck come out of the gas station? Did you see that lorry come out of the petrol station? 4. Pass me a flashlight, Eddie. I've lost my wallet. Pass me a torch, Eddie. I've lost my wallet.