1、Section Introduction&Reading and VocabularyWarming UpModule 1British and American English栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探自学导引新知初探Step One：Words and Phrases.词汇知识1_(n.)口音2_(adj.)显然的，显而易见的3_(vi.)(英)排队(等候)accentobviousqueue栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探4_(adj.)令人困惑的；难懂的
2、5_(vt.)比较6_(n.)种类7_(n.)评论；讲话8_(n.)变化confusingcomparevarietyremarkvariation栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探9steadily adv._10switch n._11satellite n._12structure n._不断地；持续地开关卫星结构；体系栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探.重点短语1have._ common有共同特点2make _difference 有影响，使不同3get _四处
3、走动4compare._.和比较inaaroundwith/to栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探5differ _与不同6be similar _与相似7have difficulty _sth.做某事有困难8lead _导致；引起fromto(in)doingto栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探Step Two：Fast Reading.Scan the text and do some true or false questions.1Therere a lot
4、of differences in grammar between British and American English.()F栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探2Vocabulary is the first and most obvious difference between the two.()3British people say“write me”and“on the team”()4Theres not much variation in language within the country.()TFF栏目导引M
5、odule 1British and American English自学导引新知初探5Television and Internet have made it easier for the British and Americans to understand each other.()6In the future，therell be only one kind of English.()TF栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探.Choose the best answer according to the text.1This
6、passage is mainly about _.Ahow the British brought English into the New WorldBthe tourists difficulties in the two countriesCthe use of the world official languageEnglishD the obvious differences between British English and American EnglishD栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探2What is th
7、e writers attitude toward the differences between British English and American English?_APeople can understand each other in the same nation however great the differences are.BDifferences within a language are quite normal even in the same country.CGeorge Bernard Shaw believed that English would gro
8、w better.DIt is surprising that the same language has such great differences.B栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探3The paragraph Colour or Color？tells us that _.Apeople on the East Coast of the US speak a much similar English to the BritishBdifferences between languages often cause inter
9、national problemsC American English seems better than British EnglishDspelling and pronunciation differences no longer exist in the same languageA栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探4What causes“the two varieties are moving closer together”？_AThat the two nations are becoming more friend
10、ly.BAmerican words and structures are passing into British English.CSteady communications between the two nations.DThat scientists have made communications much easier.C栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探5Why do many people believe that British English will disappear in the future?_ABec
11、ause it is not easy to understand.BBecause its spelling is more difficult.C Because lots of American words and structures have passed into it.DBecause it is not as useful as American English.C栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探Step Three：Careful Reading.Listen to the tape and answer the
12、 following questions.1Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?There are a lot of differences between British English and American English.答案：_.British English and AmericanEnglish are different in many ways栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探2In what w
13、ays is American English different from British English?答案：_.American English is different fromBritish English in vocabulary，grammar，spelling as well as pronunciation栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探3Translate the sentence into Chinese.But it has also led to lots of American words and
14、structures passing into British English，so that some people now believe that British English will disappear.答案：_。但是这也导致许多美式英语单词和结构融入英式英语，以至于现在有些人认为英式英语将会消失栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探.Read the text and fill in the blanks.American EnglishBritish EnglishVoca bularyThere are hundred
15、s of 1._ words which are not used on the other side of the Atlantic，or which are used with a different meaningautomobiles2._freewaysmotorways3._petrolsubway4._cab5._flashlighttorch6._queue up7._crispsFrench frieschipsdifferentcarsgasundergroundtaxistand in linechips栏目导引Module 1British and American E
16、nglish自学导引新知初探American EnglishBritish EnglishGrammarDo you have.？Have you got.？My friend just 8._.My friend has just arrived.on the teamin the teamon the weekendat the weekendIll see you Monday.Ill see you on Monday.arrived栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探American EnglishBritish Engli
17、shSpellingcentercentrecolor9._programprogrammePronunciationThe accent is most similar to British English，but there is probably as much 10._ of pronunciation within the two countries as between them.colourvariation栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探Step Four：ConsolidationBritish and Amer
18、ican English are different in many ways.The first and most 1._ way is in the vocabulary.For example，Americans drive automobiles down freeways while the British drive cars along 2._.obviousmotorways栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探The second difference is that sometimes the same word h
19、as a slightly different meaning，which can be 3._.Third，there are a few differences in 4._，too.The British say“Have you got.？”while Americans prefer“Do you have.？”Prepositions，too，can be different.confusinggrammar栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探The British use prepositions while Ameri
20、cans 5._ them.Finally，many factors have influenced American 6._ since the first 7._ arrived four hundred years ago.omitpronunciationsettlers栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探The 8._，which is most 9._ to British English，can be heard on the East Coast of the US.A Londoner may have more 1
21、0._ understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.accentsimilardifficulty栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探Step Five：DiscussionDo you think Chinese will be most widely used in the world?Why?(within 30 words)Cue words：development；communicate答案：_.Yes，I think so.Because with ourcountrys development，more andmore foreigners want to learn Chinese inorder to communicate with us栏目导引Module 1British and American English自学导引新知初探本部分内容讲解结束按ESC键退出全屏播放
