【2014年秋备课】外研版高中英语必修五Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishreadingandspeaking课件.pptVIP

(Module 1);Module 1;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.;Read again paragraph by paragraph and make notes of the differences.;The first two paragraphs: the differences in vocabulary;British English;;Americans ____ understand what the British are saying. A. Sometimes B. usually C. never;2. There are ______ differences between American and British varieties of English. A. no B. a few C. lots of;There are ______ differences between British and American grammar. A. no B. many C. not many;4. Television and the Internet have made it _____ for the British and Americans to understand each other. A. harder B. easier C. impossible;5. American spelling is _______ British spelling. A. the same as B. simpler than C. harder than;6. For a Londoner, an American accent may be easier to understand than _______. A. a Chinese accent B. some British accents C. a CNN newsreader;Listen to the passage and discuss the following questions. ;How many main varieties of Chinese are there? In what ways are they different?;3. Do Chinese people from different regions have problems understanding each other? 4. What will happen to Chinese in the future?;Find some information about the Chinese that people in different regions of China speak .;The end of this part