Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishPartOne:TeachingDesign第一部分教学设计Period1:Reading—Words,words,wordsandothersGoals●TolearnaboutBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish●TolearntoreadwithstrategiesProcedures▇WarmingupbylearningabouttheEnglishlanguageEnglishisaWestGermaniclanguagethatoriginatesfromEnglandandisspokenintheUnitedKingdom,UnitedStates,Canada,Australia,NewZealand,Ireland,SouthAfrica,andmanyothercountries.Englishisnowthethird-mostspokennativelanguageworldwide(afterChineseandHindi),withsome380millionspeakers.Ithaslinguafrancastatusinmanypartsoftheworld,duetothemilitary,economic,scientific,politicalandculturalinfluenceoftheBritishEmpireinthe18th,19thandearly20thcenturiesandthatoftheUnitedStatesfromthemid-20thcenturytothepresent.ThroughtheglobalinfluenceofnativeEnglishspeakersincinema,airlines,broadcasting,science,andtheInternetinrecentdecades,Englishisnowthemostwidelylearnedsecondlanguageintheworld.ManystudentsworldwidearerequiredtolearnsomeEnglish,andaworkingknowledgeofEnglishisrequiredinmanyfieldsandoccupations.▇BeforeyoureadBeforewetakeupthetextpleasegooverthewordlistforthismodule,payingattentiontothepronunciationoftheword,therelationshipbetweenitspronunciationanditsspelling.▇WhileyoureadWhilereadingthetexttrytocut/thesentencesintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicates,underlinetheusefulexpressionsanddarkentheconnectives.▇AfteryoureadAfterreadingyoumaycopyalltheusefulexpressionsintoyourExpressionBookandmakeyourownsentences用心爱心专心116号编辑withthem.Words,words，wordsBritishandAmericanEnglish,bedifferentinmanyways,thefirstandmostobviousway,inthevocabulary,hundredsofdifferentwords,beusedontheothersideoftheAtlantic,beusedwithadifferentmeaning,driveautomobilesdownfreeways,fillupwithgas,drivecarsalongmotorways,fillupwithpetrol,asatourist,usetheundergroundinLondonorthesubwayinNewYork,prefertogetaroundthetownbytaxi(British)orcab(American)ChipsorFrenchfries?useaflashlight,queueup,standinline,haveaslightlydifferentmeaning,piecesofhotfriedpotatoinBritain,intheStates,besoldinpackets,Frenchfries,ontheothersideoftheAtlanticHaveorhavegot?afewdifferencesingrammar,compare…with…,ontheteam,ontheweekend(American),intheteam,attheweekend(British),useprepositions,omitthemColourorcolor?Theothertwoareasinwhichthetwovarietiesdifferarespellingandpronunciation.Americanspellingseemssimpler:center,colorandprograminsteadofcentre,colourandprogramme.ManyfactorshaveinfluencedAmericanpronunciationsincethefirstsettlersarrivedfourhundredyearsago.Theaccent,whichismostsimilartoBritishEnglish,canbeheardontheEastCoastoftheUS.WhentheIrishwriterGeorgeBernardShawmadethefamousremarkthattheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonationsdividedbyacommonlanguage,hewasobviouslythinkingaboutthedifferences.Butaretheyreallysoimportant?Afterall,thereisprobablyasmuchvariationofpronunciationwithinthetwocountriesasbetweenthem.ALondonerhasmoredifficultyunderstandingaScotsmanfromGlasgowthanunderstandingaNewYorker.oftheAtlantic.TurnontheTVmoveclosertogether,formorethanacentury,communicationsacrosstheAtlantic,developsteadily,sincethe1980s，withsatelliteTVandtheInternet，listentoBritishandAmericanEnglish,attheflickofaswitch,non-stopcommunication,makeiteasierfor…to用心爱心专心116号编辑do…,understandeachother,leadto…,lotsofAmericanwordsandstructures,passintoBritishEnglish,turnon…,speakwithdifferentaccents,thebest-knownfaces,gro...
