Module1_British_and_American_English_高二英语课件.ppt

Period 1 Module 1 British and American English Introduction Reading and Speaking Introduction 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 Introduction- 2. Discussion (5m) Read the quotations and answer the questions 1. What is the topic of the quotations（引文）? 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? 探究新知 1 我们在各个方面与美国差不多,当然,语言除外. 看到 common 这个词，你能想到什么？它的词性，含义，词组搭配。 1 in common with 1我们彼此有很多共同之处。 2 和很多人一样，他喜欢古典音乐不喜欢流行音乐。 sb have a lot /much /everything in ~ some /a little /nothing in ~ in common 共用的 in common with sb. 和…一样 It’s commonly believed that … 大家普遍认为 It’s ~ knowledge among sb. that.. 众所周知 2 except 除了…之外 Read the emails and fill the blanks The _____ writer is American. Reading and Speaking- 1. Warming-up (5m) Check the following statements. People from Hong Kong can understand people from Beijing. People from Shanghai sound the same as people from Xi’an. Chinese characters can be understood by all speakers of Chinese. American English is very different from British English. People from Britain can’t understand people from America. Reading and Speaking- 2. Skimming (5m) Read the passage one by one and find the differences between British English and American English. First paragraph British and American English are different __ many ways. The first way is in the ___________. There are hundreds of different words which are not used ___ the other side of the Atlantic, or ________ _