高中英语Module 1 British and American English (4)

Step3 Post-reading A game
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Post-reading
Have fun！
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make up your own jokes!
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• Hints:
• torch /lift/ first ground/second ground…
Enjoy them !
subway cab
flashlight French fries
chips French fries
crisps chips
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the Differences in Grammar (Part 3)
Do you have…?
My friend has just arrived
Write to me soon!
Fill in the blanks and retell it according to it.
There’re four ways in which British and American English __d_if_fe_r___ from each other. The first and most _o_b_v_i_o_u_s_ way is in the vocabulary. In grammar there’re a few _d_if_fe_r_e_n_c_e_s_. The British say Have you got …..? _w_h_i_le__Americans prefer Do you have……? The British use prepositions _w_h_e_r_e_ Americans sometimes _o_m__it__them.The other two areas in which the two _v_a_ri_e_ti_e_s__ are different are spelling and pronunciation. But for more than a century communications have developed _s_te_a_d_i_ly_.Thanks to satellite TV and the Internet, it has been possilble to listen to many Englishes at the _f_li_c_k__ of a switch. So experts believe that the two are moving _c_lo_s_e_r_.
• -- It’s too dark in the tent. I need my torch! • -- Oh, my ! Do you want to set our tent on fire?
• -- How can I get to 20th floor? • --- Take a lift. • --- well, ok,but who can be so strong to lift me
conservative
outgoing
Q:What kind of influences do these personalities have
on their languages?
Read the e-mails and decide which writer is American and which is British.
I'm an Englishman in New York
See me walking down Fifth Avenue
A walking cane here at my side
I take it everywhere I walk
I'm an Englishman in New York
Oh I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
on the team/ on the weekend
the Differences in Spelling and Pronunciation (Part 4)
centre, colour center, programme color
program
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1. There is going to be only one English left--British English. (T or F)
to 20th floor?
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Thank You
I'm an Englishman in New York
Oh I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
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I'm an Englishman in New York
Lead-in
Englishman in
listen to the song: New York (5’)
2. From the last several paragraphs, we can infer that ___.
A. In the future, there will be only three main “Englishes〞
B. In the future, there will be many “Englishes〞
The second writer is American. some of the reasons we know are:
Complex in spelling
lively in pronunciation
optional in grammar
abstract in vocabulary
Let’s find the answers in the passagTeank You!!
• Qs: 1. Why does he call himself a legal alien?
• 2. Can you pick out the distinctive features of an Englishman in the song?
Pre-reading
• If you are supposed to describe Britons and Americans in ONE adj. respectively, what will be your choice?
• 2. Fill in the tables and blanks on the pages. Teamwork
assistant
checker
monitor
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reporter
While-reading
motorway petrol
queue up
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Automobiles
While-reading
skimming:
•Get the main idea of the pas in red and the first sentences
of each para.
para4:differences in spelling and pronunciation
British and American English
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Englishman in New York
I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on the side
And you can hear it in my accent when I talk
para5: the present situation
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para3: differences in grammar
1-2: differences in words
While-reading scanning
• 1. Read the first four parts on P2.
C. In the future, users of English will not be able to understand each other.
D. With satellite TV and the Internet, it has been im2021p/8/o2 ssible to listen to British and American