美式英语 apartment
period sweater elevator
truck
freeway
on you own
sidewalk gasoline(gas)
中文 公寓 句点 运动衫 电梯
卡车；大货 车
高速公路
你自己的方 式
行人道 汽油 8
英式英语 rubber shop sweets tap trainers trousers
中文 中心 颜色 劳工 组织 发现 剧院
6
英式英语 autumn
bangers and mash
biscuit brollie
car care-taker car park
chips crisps
美式英语 fall
sausage and potato cookie
umbrella automobile
Keys 1. The
2. Which is the most optimistic? difference
3. Which is the most
between
pessimistic?
British and
4. Which (if any) do you think American
are funny?
--Dave Sperling, founder of Dave’s ESL Cafe
3
Introduction- 2. Discussion (5m)
Read the quotations and answer the questions
1. What is the topic of the quotations（引文）?
underground/tube wellingtons
zebra crossing
child(ren)
美式英语 eraser store candy faucet
sneakers pants
subway rubber boots
pedestrian crossing kid(s)
中文 橡皮擦
商店 糖果 水龙头 运动鞋 长裤 地铁 长统靴
行人穿越道
小孩 9
skimming
Read para. 1-- 4 and find four ways in which British and American English are different.(find 4 key words)
1. Vocabulary 2. Grammar 3. Spelling 4. pronunciation
10
1)There’re a lot of differences in grammar between British and American English.
2) Spelling is the first and most obvious difference between the two Englishes.
subway gas
stand in line center program
Do you have…? oFra bibliotek the weekend
5
英式英语 centre colour labour organise realise theatre
美式英语 center color labor organize realize theater
3) British people say ”write me” and ”on the team”.
4) American spelling is simpler than British spelling.
janitor parking lot french fries potato chips
中文 秋天 香肠和马铃
薯 饼干 雨伞 汽车 管理员 停车场 薯条 洋芋片
7
英式英语 flat
Full stop jumper
lift
lorry
motorway
on your Todd
pavement petrol
---Oscar Wilde, 19th century writer
B With a century British and
American English speakers
will not be able to
understand each other.
---Henry Sweet, 19th century
Vocabulary
(including words and expressions)
Spelling
Grammar
taxi
cab
motorway underground
petrol
queue up centre
programme Have you got…? at the weekend
freeway
Period 1
Module 1 British and American English
Introduction Reading and Speaking I RF
1
Introduction
A We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except of course, language.
English
5 Which is good news for
2. D
students of English?
3. B
6. Can you guess which
4. (open)
quotations are from British 5. D
people?
6. Henry Sweet 4
Exercise 2. Find the information and fill up the form. British English American English
linguist
2
C America and England are two countries divided by a common language.
--George Bernard Shaw, 20th century writer
D It doesn’t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.