1、American vs British English Please listen carefully and find the answer to the question:Why couldnt Joe find the“bathroom”?Bathroom or toilet?Once Joe,a young American,came to Britain for the first time by air to see his friend Nancy,a British girl.When he arrived at Nancys home,He asked,“Could I us
2、e your bathroom?”Nancy said“certainly”and gave him a clean towel and told him that the bathroom was upstairs.Joe took the towel in surprise and went upstairs.After a while,however,Joe didnt find the“bathroom”.Why?Joe is an American.He says“bathroom”and he means a place where there is a toilet.But in
3、 Nancys eye,bathroom is a place where people can only have a bath.So they misunderstood each other.Why couldnt Joe find the“bathroom”?Because.A.Nancy didnt like Joe and told him a wrong placeB.Joe was too foolish to find it.C.Nancy misunderstood the word bathroom because of differences between Ameri
4、can English and British English.CAmerican VS British EnglishGrammarSpellingVocabularyPronunciation1.Differences in grammarNo.American British1234567Sam just went home.Sams just gone home.That skirt fit badly.That skirt fitted badly.Hello,is this Wang Li?Hello,is that Wang Li?I live on Zhenning Road.
5、I live in Zhenning Road.Call me at 55555678.Call me on 55555678.Do you have a car?Have you(got)a car?I dont have a car.I havent(got)a car.I have a car，but I dont have a plane.American English British EnglishDo you have a car?Have you(got)a car?Yes,.Yes,.a plane?Have you(got)a plane?No,_.No,.Exercise
6、 1.Complete the following dialogue according to the sentence.I doDo you haveI have I havent I dontNow lets look at the following pictures and say what they are in American English or British English.toilet/WC Bri.Erestroom/bathroom Am.EWC 名词解释：WC是Water Closet，国内常说的厕所。国外现在很少用这个词,因为WC还可以是世界杯（World Cup
7、）或者世界锦标赛（World Championship）。restroom基本翻译n.厕所；洗手间；休息室；更衣室bathroom基本翻译n.浴室；厕所；盥洗室picture 1picture 2pantsAm.Etrousers Bri.Epicture 3candy Am.Esweets Bri.Epicture 4garbageAm.Erubbish Bri.Epicture 5picture 6soccer Am.EfootballBri.Evacation Am.EholidayBri.Epicture 7假日Put the words we just learned in the
8、right place.Well see who will finish it first?Are you ready?2.Differences in Vocabulary中文 American British长裤糖果垃圾足球假期厕所pantstrouserscandysweetsgarbagerubbishsoccerfootballvacationholidayrestroom/bathroomtoilet/WCcandypantssweetstrousersgarbagefootballsoccertoilet/WCvacationholidayrubbish中文 American B
9、ritish汽车automobile高速公路motorway汽油petrol地铁subway出 租 车cabflashlighttorchstand in linequeue upchipscrispsExercise 2.Fill in the form,using proper words or expressions.carfreewaygasundergroundtaxi手 电 筒排队薯片As we know,the same meaning can be expressed in different words.However,we often see words like colo
10、r and colour.In fact,they are the same word,despite spelling differences.Obviously,it is helpful for us to remember some common spelling differences.Please compare pairs of words in the form below and try to find the differences.3.Differences in spelling AmericanBritishcentercentrecolorcolourtravele
11、rtravellerbehaviorbehaviourorganizeorganise/organizeprogramprogrammecentercentrecolorcolourtravelertravellerbehaviorbehaviourorganizeorganise/organizeprogramprogrammePlease remember the rules and well have a test in a minute.AmericanBritishcentercolourtravelerbehaviororganise/organizeprogramhumormet
12、recentrecolortravellerbehaviourorganizeprogrammeExercise 3.Fill in the form,using proper words.humourmeterSo far we know there are some differences between American English and British English in grammar,vocabulary and spelling.Lets do another exercise.Li Hua:Hello,is this Dai Jun?Dai Jun:Yes.Hi,Li
13、Hua,how are you?Li Hua:Im OK now,but I just had the worst morning ever!Dai Jun:What happened?Li Hua:I went to the shopping center near Huaihai Road,to change the new shoes I bought,the ones that fit badly,for bigger ones.One saleswoman was in the bathroom and the other was watching a TV program .Nei
14、ther of them would help me!Finally,I got help,but they only had the shoes in a color I didnt like.When I asked to see the manager,they told me,“Oh,sorry,he just went home .”Dai Jun:What a terrible shop!What did you do?Li Hua:They gave me a number to phone the manager at,so I called when I got home.N
15、ow I feel a bit better,but I still dont have new shoes.is thatcentrefittedtoilet/WCprogrammecolourhes just gone homeonExercise 4.Use the information from above to change the underlined words and phrases from American English to British English.Last but not least,we should not ignore the differences
16、in pronunciation between American English and British English.Look at some examples below:example words American English British Englishagaingeingen clerkkl:kkl:k dancedns d:nseitheri:a American VS British EnglishPronunciation美国总统奥巴马在某中学开学第一天的讲话片段Up to now,weve learnt some differences between American English and British English in grammar,vocabulary,spelling and pronunciation.Despite such differences,all English speakers,Americans or Englishmen,can understandeach other.HomeworkTry to find more differences between the USA and the UK,both in language and in culture.安乡三中校园一角
