Introduction and reading.ppt

Reading and Speaking- 2. Skimming Read the titles and the first sentences of each paragraph and find four ways in which British and American English are different. the Differences in Grammar the Differences in Spelling and Pronunciation Organization of the text Try to collect more words or expressions which are different in British and American English in the 4 ways. (vocabulary, grammar, spelling and pronunciation) It doesn’t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English. make a/no/some/much difference (to sb./sth.) 对（某人/某事）有（没有，有一些，很大）影响 Language points It does make a difference to us whether we can speak English fluently. 我们能否流利地说英语的确对我们有影响。 It won’t make much difference whether she comes or not. 她来不来没有太大影响。It makes no difference whether he is rich or not. 他是穷还是富没有什么影响。 词汇扩展： differ vi.与…不同，相异；不同意， 意见相左， 常与from 搭配 different adj. 不同的，相异的， 各种各样的 常用的修饰词有： very much, quite, entirely, totally 练习： Customs of westerners differ much ____ oriental in a number of ways. A. between B. between those C. from D. from those of 2. Prepositions, too, can be different: compare on the team, on the weekend (American) with in the team, at the weekend (British). 介词也不同:把美国的on the team, on the weekend与英国的in the team, at the weekend比较一下。 compare---to---把......比作 compare---with---把......进行比较 compare notes (with sb)交换意见、观点、看法 compared with (to)“和……比较”，常位于句首或句尾，作状语 If you compare her work with his，you’ll find hers is much better． 要是把他俩的工作比较一下，就会发现她好得多。 Compared with (to) drivers in other countries, Americans think they’re good drivers． 同其他国家司机相比，美国人认为他们是不错的。 We saw the play separately and compared notes afterwards． 我们各自看了那出戏，后来交换了意见。 扩展： by comparison相比之下 by comparison with与---相比 By comparison with the lively teenagers, the adults were a joyless lot. 和活泼的年轻人比起来，成年人是没有欢乐的群体。 练习： 1) The production of grain rose by 25 ____ the first three months of last year. A. comparing t