外研社必修五模块1阅读课.pptx

Introduction Let’s read some quotations and answer: (Activity 1 P1) 1) What is a quotation? 2) what is the topic of the four quotations? ;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; 1) What is a quotation? A quotation is a sentence or phrase from a person, book, speech etc which you repeat in a speech or piece of writing. quotation n. [c,u] [kw?utei??n] quote vt. vi. [kw?ut] 2) what is the topic of the four quotations? The difference between British and American English. ;Module 1 British and American English ;Task 1: Pre-reading Let’s take a quiz to see how much you know about British English and American English. (Activity 3 p3);There are ______ differences between American and British varieties of English. A. no B. a few C. lots of Americans ____ understand what the British are saying. A. sometimes B. usually C. never There are ______ differences between British and American grammar. A. no B. many C. not many;4. American spelling is _______ British spelling. A. the same as B. simpler than C. harder than For a Londoner, an American accent may be easier to understand than _______. A. a Chinese accent B. some British accents C. a CNN newsreader Television and the Internet have made it _____ for the British and Americans to understand each other. A. harder B. easier C. impossible;Task 2 While-reading Skimming p2-3 Read the passage and tell the main idea of th