2017_2018学年高中英语Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishSectionⅠIntroductionamp;Reading_Pre_reading教学案外研版必修.docVIP

Module 1 British and American English Section Ⅰ Introduction amp; Reading-Pre-reading English is a language spoken all around the world. There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak English. Most native speakers of English are from the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand.In total, for more than 375 million people English is their mother tongue. An equal number of people learn English as a second language. These people will perhaps speak the language of their own country at home with their family, but the language of the government, schools, newspapers and TV is English. This situation is found in countries such as India, Pakistan, Nigeria and the Philippines. However, the number of people who learn English as a foreign language is more than 750 million. In China students learn English at school as a foreign language, except for those in Hong Kong, where many people speak English as a first or a second language. In only fifty years, English has developed intothe language most widely spoken and used in the world. English is also the language of global culture, such as popular music and the Internet. You can listen to English songs on the radio or use English to communicate with people around the world through the Internet. With so many people communicating in English every day, it will become more and more important to have a good knowledge of English. Section_ⅠIntroduction__Reading_—_Pre-reading Words, words, words British and American English are different in① many ways. The first and most obvious② way is in the vocabulary.There are hundreds of different words which are not used on the other side of the Atlantic, or which are used with a different meaning③. Some of these words are well known — Americans drive automobiles down④freeways and fill up with⑤gas; the British drive cars along motorways⑥ and fill up with petrol⑦. As a tourist, you will need to use the underground⑧ in London or t