必修5Module1BritishandAmericanEnglish.pptVIP

Module1 British and American English English is the most common language in the earth village. English is the first language in… English is the official language in… English is the foreign language in… Read the quotations and tell whether you agree or disagree. A We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except of course, language. ---Oscar Wilde, 19th century writer C America and England are two countries divided by a common language. --George Bernard Shaw, 20th century writer 2.be divided by 被分为… divide into 把…分为.. divide into VS. separate from divide…into是将一个物体分成几份，或者是将一个大的范围分成若干个小的。如 divide a room into several parts separate from 是两个物体（人）分开， A separates from B  Read the quotations and answer the questions 1. What is the topic of the quotations? 2. Which is the most optimistic? 3. Which is the most pessimistic? 4. Which (if any) do you think are funny? 5 Which is good news for students of English? 6. Can you guess which quotations are from British people? Imagination What do you expect British and American English to be like? Do you known the difference between them? Read the e-mails and say what the writers have in common Which is American and which is British? (point out the reason) have…in common linguist (n) ?[‘l??gw?st] make a difference accent (n) [?ksnt] quotation (n) ?[kw?te??n] optimistic (adj) [?pt?m?st?k] pessimistic (adj) [,pes?m?st?k] Find the differences between British English and American English. Read the titles and the first sentences of each paragraph and find four ways in which British and American English are different. 在很多方面 沿着…驾驶 充满 更喜欢做某事 四处走动 排队 在…的另一边 1. 与……相似 2. 做某事有困难 3. 引起，导致 4. 毕竟，终究 5. 使某人容易做 6. 建议做某事 be similar to… have difficulty (in) doing sth. lead to (doing) sth. after all make it easy for sb to do sth suggest doing sth 5. omit v. 省略、删除、遗漏、忘记 omit to do/doing omission n. omitting / omitted Dont omit locking the door. Dont omit to lock the door in from but they differ greatly in