Unit 2 Exploring English Period 2 Using Language(Word Formation) 课件-2021-2022学年上学期高一英语同步精品课堂(外研版新教材必修第一册).pptxVIP

Unit 2 Exploring EnglishUsing language; 1 Look at the sentences and expressions from the reading passage. Match the words in bold to the types of word formation.;1 abbreviating: IT, US 2 changing the part of speech: When we… see… snow, we can say… “it’s snowing”. 3 adding a prefix or suffix: paint–painting, hard–hardly, soft–softly, harm–harmless / harmful, shame–shameless / shameful, visible–invisible 4 combining two or more words: hamburger, eggplant, seasick, airsick, carsick, homesick, homework, housework ;;;Activity 3 ;; Today, American English is in common international use. It is different from British English in several ways, mostly in spelling and vocabulary. Some American spellings were created by Noah Webster, who made one of Americas first dictionaries. He changed-re spellings to-er, which is why 1_________is spelt 2________in American English. ; The Americans and the British also use diffrent words for everyday things. For example, Americans talk about putting 3 ______ in their cars and driving along the 4___________, whereas in the UK, people put 5_________in their cars and drive along the 6____________. Americans take the 7___________ to the top floor of a building, but the British use the 8 _____. In the US, they take the 9__________, but in the UK, people travel on the 10_____________. Americans live in a(n) 11_____________, while the British live in a(n) 12______. Its not as confusing as it seems: usually people from the two countries can understand each other from the context. But that doesnt stop them having a friendly argument about which word is theright one!;Work in pairs. Find more examples of differences between American and British English. Use a dictionary or search on the Internet.;;a–Conversation 3 b–Conversation 1 c–Conversation 2;Activity 7 ; Work in pairs. Act out the conversation to ask for and explain the meanings of the expressions. Student A: Turn to Page 81. Student B: Turn to Page 84.; Work in pairs.