ReadingReadingCheckthefollowingstatements
Checkthefollowingstatements
11PeoplefromHongKongcanunderstandPeoplefromHongKongcanunderstandpeoplefromBeijing
peoplefromBeijing
22PeoplefromShanghaisoundthesameasPeoplefromShanghaisoundthesameaspeoplefromXi’an
peoplefromXi’an
33ChinesecharacterscanbeunderstoodbyallChinesecharacterscanbeunderstoodbyallspeakersofChinese
speakersofChinese
44AmericanEnglishisverydifferentfromAmericanEnglishisverydifferentfromBritishEnglish
BritishEnglish
55PeoplefromBritaincan’tunderstandpeoplePeoplefromBritaincan’tunderstandpeoplefromAmerica
fromAmerica
Discussandtheanswersareopen
Discussandtheanswersareopen
•ReadthetitlesandthefirstsentencesofeachparagraphandfindfourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent
Readthepassageandthenfillinthechartbelow
AmericanEngl