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1、Module1 British and American EnglishEnglish is the most common language in the earth village.English is the first language inBig BenBritainStatue of Liberty AmericaSydney Opera House AustraliaJamaica dmeik 牙买加English is the official language inTaj Mahal IndiaEnglish is the foreign language inBirds N
2、est Water Cube National Swimming Center National StadiumJapanFranceRead 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 B Within a century British and American English s
3、peakers will not be able to understand each other. -Henry Sweet, 19th century linguistI found I had a lot in common with these people. Four women with almost nothing in common are The two games have much in common. In common with a lot of other countries, were in an economic recession (衰退).1. have a
4、 lot / much/ little/ nothing in common with sb/sth和有很多/一些/几乎没有/没有共同之处C America and England are two countries divided by a common language.-George Bernard Shaw, 20th century writerD It doesnt make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English. -Dave Sperling, founder of Da
5、ves ESL Cafe2.be divided by 被分为divide into 把分为ldivide into VS. separate fromldivideinto是将一个物体分成几份，或者 是将一个大的范围分成若干个小的。如 divide a room into several partslseparate from 是两个物体（人）分开， A separates from B3. make a/some/much/no difference to 对有/没有 影响/重要 Morning or afternoon, it makes no difference to me. It
6、wont make much difference whether you go today or tomorrow. It does make a difference whether we can speak English fluently.Read the quotations and answer the questions1. 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
7、think are funny? 5 Which is good news for students of English? 6. Can you guess which quotations are from British people?Imagination lWhat do you expect British and American English to be like?lDo you known the difference between them?Read the e-mails and say what the writers have in commonWhich is
8、American and which is British? (point out the reason)Hi Mom, There was a party for exchange program students yesterday. They had it in the school theater. It was great fun. Everyone was friendly. The only problem was I didnt realize the local accent would be so different, but I guess Ill learn with
9、practice. Write me or email when you have a moment.Hi there Mum, Everythings going well. Lessons start tomorrow for students on the exchange programmes. Ive already decided to join the theatre group. First practice is on Thursday. Good news Ive realised I understand what people say, so the accent is
10、nt going to be a problem. You can write to me at the school address or use my usual email address.British EnglishAmerican EnglishMumprogrammetheatrerealisewrite to melThe second writer is American.some of the reasons we know are:Momprogramtheaterrealizewrite melhavein commonllinguist (n) lgwstlmake
11、a differencelaccent (n) ksntlquotation (n) kwten loptimistic (adj) ptmstk lpessimistic (adj) ,pesmstk 有相同的特点 语言学家 有影响，起作用 口音引言，语录 乐观的 悲观的Find the differences between British English and American English. lRead the titles and the first sentences of each paragraph and find four ways in which British a
12、nd American English are different.1. 1.VocabularyVocabulary2. 2.GrammarGrammar3. 3.SpellingSpelling4. 4.pronunciationpronunciationParagraph 12: the differences in vocabularyParagraph 12: the differences in vocabulary British EnglishBritish EnglishAmerican EnglishAmerican English carscars freewayfree
13、way gasgas undergroundunderground taxitaxi torchtorch stand in linestand in line chipschipsautomobiles motorwaypetrol subwaycabflashlight queue upFrench friesBr. chips Am. French Fries Ch. 炸土豆条Br. crisps Am. chips Ch.炸土豆片Paragraph 3: the differences in grammarParagraph 3: the differences in grammarB
14、ritish EnglishBritish EnglishAmerican EnglishAmerican EnglishHave you got?Have you got?My friend just My friend just arrived.arrived. in the team/ at in the team/ at the weekendthe weekendwrite me soon!write me soon!Do you have?My friend has just arrivedon the team/ weekendWrite to me soon!Paragraph
15、 4: the differences in Paragraph 4: the differences in spelling and pronunciationspelling and pronunciationBritish British EnglishEnglishAmerican American EnglishEnglishspellingspellingpronunciationpronunciationcentre colour programmecenter color programABC American Broadcasting Company 美国广播公司 NBC N
16、ational Broadcasting Company 全国广播公司 VOA Voice of America 美国之音 BBC British Broadcasting Corporation英国广播公司 CNN Cable News Network 美国有线电视新闻网1. It is obvious (that) 显然，很明显 It is quite obvious that he is lying. be obvious to sb that对来说很清楚 大家都清楚那孩子受过虐待.It was obvious to everyone that the child had been badly treated. obviousl
