Unit 2 American English and British English 主讲人：.pptVIP

* * Unit 2 American English and British English 主讲人：孙维路 Lingxian No.1 Middle School 教学目的和要求： 通过学习，使学生了解美国英语和英国英语的不同，以及产生这些不同的原因。 Step 1 presentation “bathroom” in American English means ________ “bathroom” in British English means: ____________ That means there are differences between American English and British English. Today we’ll learn more about their differences between American English and British English. toilet a place for shower Step 2 Reading Questions: 1. When did America become an independent country? 2.Who wrote the first American dictionary? And when? In 1776 Noah Webster in 1828 Step 3 Main idea of the text: The text mainly tells the differences between American English and British English in ____________ _________ and ________ words/vocabulary spelling pronunciation Step 4 Differences between American English and British English /da:ns/ dance not /nat/ colour traveller center autumn typhoon I guess English words ways American English British English words spelling pronunciation fall I think tornado color centre traveler Step 5 Reasons for the differences between AE and BE: 1.After independence from England, ______________________________________________________. 2.Both started________________________. 3.Noah Webster____________________________________________________. the language in America stayed the same, while the language in England changed borrowing words from other languages published his dictionary to make American English different from British English Step 6 Reading the second part and fill in the following form. American English word borrowed from cent Florida howl cookbook old French Spanish India German Step 7 Read the text aloud and then fill in the blanks. There are some differences between American