1、What can you find from these two recordings(录音）？VSStep 1:Listening Practice1.What is the most obvious difference between British and American English?2.As a tourist,what do you need to get around the town in America?3.What is the chips in Britain?4.On the weekend vs At the weekend,which one is corre
2、ct,or both?5.How are the words centre and programme spelt in American English?6.Where can you hear the accent most similar to the British English?Step 2:in this passage,what four differences are talked between Am E and BrE?WordswritingexpressionculturegrammarspellingnewsWeather reportInternetcommuni
3、cation crossing continentsStep3:Detailed ReadingPara1:Words words wordsThe first and most obvious difference between BrE and AmE is the vocabularyThe Differences in Vocabulary(Part 1)BritishAmericancarsmotorwaypetrolundergroundtaxiautomobilesfreewaysgassubwaycabCan vs TinCookie vs Biscuitmovie vs fi
4、lmfall vs Autumngarbage vs rubbishTrunk vs Lorrycorn vs maizeeraser vs rubber Paragraph 2:Dictation Other words and _ are not so well known.American use a _,while for the British,its a torch.The British queue up;Americans_.Sometimes the same word has a_ different meaning,which can be _.Chips,for exa
5、mple,are pieces of hot potatoes in_;in the States chips are very _ and sold in packets.The British call these crisps.The chips the British know and love are French_ on the other side of the Altantic.The same word sometimes has a slightly different meaning,which can be confusing.Para3:Find difference
6、s in GrammarNO.1:时态与表达Expressions AmE BrE ChineseDo you have a pen?Have you got a pen?你有木有笔？I lost my phoneI have lost my phone我的钥匙丢了Did you finish your homework yet?Have you finished your homework yet?你的作业完成了吗？No.2:take&haveNo.3 past tense forms 1.Last night,I dreamed/dreamt that I could fly.2.The
7、bad news has spoiled/spoilt my day.3.When he learned/learnt this accident,he cried.BrE:Irregular Forms AmE:reguar formsPara 4:Spelling VS PronunciationRearrange the sentences1.Therefore,people living in London find it easier to understand a New Yorker than understand a man from Scotland.2.In additio
8、n to the words,expressions and grammar,the other differences are spelling and pronunciation.3.Compared with the American spelling,British spelling is relatively harder,like programme vs program.4.However,we can still hear the accent in the states,which sounds most similar to British English.5.In ter
9、m of the pronunciation,the English spoken in the US has been changing by many factors since 400years ago.2 3 5 4 1 AmE BrE-er&-remeter theater centermetre theatre centre-or&ourlabor neighbor honor favorlabour neighbor honourfavour-l-&-ll-quarreled traveler jewelryquarrelled traveller jewellery-ense&
10、-encedefense offense licensedefence offence licence-ize&-iseorganize realize modernizeorganise realise modernise-me;-ue在美语中删除kilogram；dialogkilogramme dialogue Do the newsreaders in the US speak the standard American English?If English keeps changing all the time,can the Americans,British,Austrilian
11、s.understand each other?Read para5 on your ownAccording to this paragraph,which one is not right_.A.TV and the Internet have made it easier for British and Americans to understand each other.B.Some people now believe that British English will disappear because of the influence by American English.C.Newsreaders and weathermen are required to have standard pronunciation.D.In the future,people speaking different Englishes will still understand each other.CDiscussion1.How many main varieties of Chinese are there?2.What will happen to the standar Chinese?
