高中英语module1britishandamericanenglish课件外研版必修.pptVIP

Period 1 Module 5 British and American English Introduction Reading and Speaking * English as the first language Britian * America * Australia * Jamaica 牙买加 * English as official language India * English as the foreign languge China * Japan * France * British and American English * Enjoy VOA * Enjoy BBC * 一般来说，英式英语读音比较平，硬，语速较快。 美式英语大多是卷舌，语速慢，比较好听 ,拼写比英式英语简单。 在中国，目前以英式英语为主导，高考听力部分也是英语英语，因此在我们学习中要进行听力练习，提高听力能力。 Do you Know? rubbish ground floor autumn football vacation math American English British English Fill the blanks holiday maths soccer fall first floor garbage Revision 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: British English American English Mum Mom programme program theatre theater realised realize write to me write me 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. Discuss and the answers are open. 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. Vocabulary Grammar Spelling pronunciation * British English American English cars 1 ___________ 2 __________ freeway 3 ________ gas underground 4 ________ taxi 5 ______ torch 6 _________ 7 _________ stand in line chips 8 _____________ read para.12 the differences in words  automobiles motorway petrol subway cab flashlight queue up French fries