外研版高中英语必修5 Module 1《British and American English》（Period 1）课时作业.docVIP

Module 1　British and American English Period One　Reading Comprehension Ⅰ.用适当的介、副词填空 1．British and American English are different in many ways. 2．Americans drive automobiles down freeways and fill up with gas. 3．The British queue up；Americans stand in line. 4．The accent，which is most similar to British English，can be heard on the East Coast of the US. 5．But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing into British English. 6．This international dimension suggests that in the future，there are going to be many “Englishes”，not just two main varieties. 7．However，if you turn on CNN，the American TV network，you find newsreaders and weather forecasters all speaking with different accents. 8．There are hundreds of different words which are not used on the other side of the Atlantic. 9．Maybe you will prefer to get around the town by taxi(British) or cab (American)． 10．In the States chips are very thin and are sold in packets. Ⅱ.佳句翻译与仿写 1．We have really everything in common with America nowadays，except of course，language. 翻译：当今我们与美国几乎每件事上都有共同之处，当然，除了语言之外。 仿写：我们彼此有很多共同之处。 We_have_a_lot_in_common_with_each_other. 2．It doesn’t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English. 翻译：一位老师说的是英式英语还是美式英语，这并没有多大差异。 仿写：你来不来没有多大影响。 It_doesn’t_make_much_of_a_difference_whether_you_come_or_not. 3．Americans use a flashlight，while for the British，it’s a torch. 翻译：美国人把手电筒称为flashlight，英国人却叫它torch。 仿写：她认为我在谈论她女儿，但事实上我在谈论我女儿。 She_thought_I_was_talking_about_her_daughter，while_in_fact_I_was_talking_about_my_daughter. 4．A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker. 翻译：伦敦的居民听懂来自格拉斯哥的苏格兰人的话要比听懂一个纽约人的话难得多。 仿写：有些学生毕业后很难找工作。 Some_students_have_difficulty(in)finding_jobs_after_graduation. 5．This non-stop communication，the experts think，has made it easier for British people and Americans to understand each other. 翻译：专家们认为，这种不间断的交流使得英国人和美国人相互理解起来更加容易。 仿写：我们的政府使得我们有可能过上幸福的生活。 Our_government_has_made_it_pos