Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishAquestionfromBrittneyintheUnitedStatesofAmerica：IamanAmericancollegestudentwhoisplanningtoapplyforworkintheUnitedKingdomafterIgraduate,andIwaswonderinghowbigthelanguagebarrierwouldbe.AlexGoochanswers：HiBrittney.You'reright.TherearemanywellknowndifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish,butthesedifferenceswon'tcauseyouanyseriousproblemsifyoucomeandworkinBritain.First,thereareafewnoticeableGRAMMARdifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish:I'lltalkaboutthetwomostimportantones.Firstofall,whenAmericansmakesentencesusing“just”，“already”or“yet”，theynormallyusethepastsimpletense,whileinBritain,weusethepresentperfect.SoanAmerican,forexample,mightsay,“Ialreadyhadlunch.”AndaBritishpersonwouldsay,“I'vealreadyhadlunch.”Therearelotsofexamplesofslightdifferenceofspelling,suchasmetre(BrE)/meter(AmE),favour(BrE)/favor(AmE),organise(BrE)/organize(AmE),etc,butBritishandAmericanpeoplecanunderstandeachotherwithoutanytroubleatall.Brittney,myadvicetoyouis:don'tworryaboutthelanguage,andyou'llbefine.[阅读障碍词]applyv．申请，应用barriern．障碍noticeableadj.显而易见的Ⅰ.Matchthewordwithitsmeaning.1．accentA．不断地；持续地2．obviousB．口音3．switchC．评论；讲话4．queueD．比较5．confusingE．种类6．compareF．不同，有区别7．varietyG．排队(等候)8．differH．令人困惑的；难懂的9．remarkI．开关10．steadilyJ．显然的；显而易见的答案：1～5BJIGH6～10DEFCAⅡ.Writedownthemeaningofphrasesineachsentence.1．Thetwocultureshavealotincommon.有很多共同点2．Whatyouhavetoldmemaymakeadifferencetomychoice.Ihavechangedmymindnow.有影响3．Shegetsaroundwiththehelpofastick.四处走动4．Lackofexercisecanleadtofeelingsofdepressionandexhaustion.导致5．Thisshootingissimilartotheonethathappenedtwodaysago.与……相似6．Wehaddifficulty(in)findingtheobscurepaththroughtheforest.发现……有困难WehavelearntEnglishforalongtime.DoyouknowinwhichcountriespeoplespeakEnglish？Thefollowingpicturescanhelpyou.ABCDEF答案：A：England;_B：America;_C：Canada;_D：Australia;_E：New_Zealand;_F：South_AfricaⅠ.FastreadingMatchthefollowingparagraphswiththeirmainideas.①Paras1～2A．Someexpertsbelievethatthetwovarietiesaremovingclosertogether.UsersofEnglishwillallbeabletounderstandeachother—wherevertheyare.②Para3B．Thefirstandmostobviouswayisinthevocabulary.Buttherearesomewordsandexpressionsnotsowellknown.③Para4C．BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharedifferentinspellingandpronunciation.④Paras5～7D．Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.答案：①～④BDCAⅡ.CarefulreadingReadthetextagainandchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1．InwhichofthefollowingwaysdoBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishmostobviouslydiffer?A．Pronunciation.B．Accent.C．VocabularyD．Grammar.2．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A．FrenchfriesinAmericaarecalledchipsinBritain.B．ManyfactorshaveinfluencedAmericanpronunciation.C．WhenyouvisitNewYork,youneedtousethesubway.D．Americansuseatorch,butfortheBritish,it'saflashlight.3．WhatcausessomepeopletobelievethatBritishEnglishwilldisappear?A．ManyBritishwordsandstructuresaretoocomplex.B．LotsofAmericanwordsandstructuresarepassingintoBritishEnglish.C．ThenewsandtheweatherforecastsoftheAmericanTVnetworksareallmadeinAmericanEnglish.D．Communicationbetweenpeopleofthetwocountrieswouldbemucheasier.4．Accordingtothetext,inthefuture________.A．therewillbemanykindsof“Englishes”B．therewillbeonlytwomainvarietiesC．EnglishspeakerswillhavemoredifficultyunderstandingeachotherD．onlyAmericanEnglishwillbeusedintheworld答案：1～4CDBAⅢ.StudyreadingAnalyzethefollowingdifficultsentencesinthetext.1．WhentheIrishwriterGeorgeBernardShawmadethefamousremarkthattheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonationsdividedbyacommonlanguage,hewasobviouslythinkingaboutthedifferences.[句式分析][尝试翻译]当爱尔兰作家乔治·萧伯纳说“英国和美国是被同一种语言分开的两个民族”这句名言时，他显然想到了它们之间的区别。2．However,ifyouturnonCNN,theAmericanTVnetwork,youfindnewsreadersandweatherforecastersallspeakingwithdifferentaccents—American,British,Australian,andevenSpanish.[句式分析]本句为主从复合句，if引导条件状语从句，从句中theAmericanTVnetwork为CNN的同位语；主句中破折号后的内容为differentaccents的同位语。[尝试翻译]然而，如果你打开CNN——美国电视网，你会发现新闻播报员和天气预报员都操着不同的口音——美国的、英国的、澳大利亚的，甚至西班牙的。
