（名校精品）Module5BritishandAmericanEnglish.pptVIP

Period 1 Module 5 British and American English Introduction Reading and Speaking Introduction- 1. Reading (3m) Read 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 C America and England are two countries divided by a common language. --George Bernard Shaw, 20th century writer Introduction- 2. Discussion (5m) Read the quotations and answer the questions 1. 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 think are funny? 5 Which is good news for students of English? 6. Can you guess which quotations are from British people? Introduction- 3. Imagination (2m) Write down your expectations What do you expect British and American English to be like? Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the British and American English? Introduction- 4. Reading (5m) Read the e-mails and decide which writer is American Which is American and which is British? (point out the reason) Key to the answers The second writer is American. some of the reasons we know are: Reading and Speaking- 1. Warming-up (5m) Check the following statements. People from Hong Kong can understand people from Beijing. People from Shanghai sound the same as people from Xi’an. Chinese characters can be understood by all speakers of Chinese. American English is very different from British English. People from Britain can’t understand people from America. Reading and Speaking- 2. Skimming (5m) Read the passage and find the differences between British English and American English. Read the titles and the first sentences of each paragraph and find four ways in which British and American English are different. Reading and Speaking- 3. Scanning (10m) Read again paragraph by paragraph and make notes of the differences. The first two paragraphs: the differences in vocabulary Read