EnglishisthemostcommonlanguageintheearthvillageEnglishasthefirstlanguageBritianAmericaAustraliaJamaica牙买加EnglishasofficiallanguageIndiaEnglishastheforeignlangugeChinaJapanFranceBritishandAmericanEnglishFast-readingTherearesevenparagraphsinthepassage1.WhichparagraphstellthewaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent?2.Whichparagraphspredict(预测）thefutureofthesetwovarieties(kinds)ofEnglish?ParagraphOne,Two,ThreeandFour.ParagraphOne,Two,ThreeandFour.ParagraphFive,SixandSeven.ParagraphFive,SixandSeven.Readpara.1--4andfindfourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent.(find4keywords)1.1.VocabularyVocabulary2.2.GrammarGrammar3.3.SpellingSpelling4.4.pronunciationpronunciation1.1.VocabularyVocabulary2.2.GrammarGrammar3.3.SpellingSpelling4.4.pronunciationpronunciationskimmingBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishmathvacationfootballautumngroundfloorrubbishfilltheblanksholidaymathssoccerfallfirstfloorgarbageReadyforpara.1&2BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishcars1___________2__________freeway3________gasunderground4________taxi5______torch6_________7_________standinlinechips8_____________listentopara.1&2filltheblanksautomobilesautomobilesautomobilesautomobilesmotorwaymotorwaymotorwaymotorwaypetrolpetrolpetrolpetrolsubwaysubwaysubwaysubwaycabcabcabcabflashlightflashlightflashlightflashlightqueueupqueueupqueueupqueueupFrenchfriesFrenchfriesFrenchfriesFrenchfriesBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishHaveyougot…?Myfriendjustarrived.intheteam/attheweekendWritetomesoon!Para.33thedifferencesingrammarDoyouhave…?Doyouhave…?Doyouhave…?Doyouhave…?MyfriendhasjustarrivedMyfriendhasjustarrivedMyfriendhasjustarrivedMyfriendhasjustarrivedontheteam/weekendontheteam/weekendontheteam/weekendontheteam/weekendWritemesoon!Writemesoon!Writemesoon!Writemesoon!BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishspellingPara.4theDifferencesinSpellingcentrecolourprogrammecentercolorprogramPara.4differenceinpronunciation•EnjoyBriitishandAmericanEnglishEnjoyBBC•一般来说，英式英语读音比较平，硬。•美式英语大多是卷舌，比较好听。DoyouKnow?checkPara.1—41.Thereare____differencesbetweenAmericanandBritishvarietiesofEnglish.A.noB.afewC.lotsof2.Americans____understandwhattheBritisharesaying.A.sometimesB.usuallyC.never3.Thereare___differencesbetweenBritishandAmericangrammar.A.noB.manyC.notmany4.Americanspellingis__Britishspelling.A.thesamewayB.simplerthanC.harderthan5.ForaLondoner,anAmericanaccentmaybeeasiertounderstandthan___.A.aChineseaccentB.someBritishaccentsC.aCNNnewsreaderReadpara5-7T(True)orF(False).a.ThereareafewdifferencesbetweenAmericanandBritishEnglish.b.AmericansalwayshavedifficultyinunderstandingwhattheBritisharesaying.c.ThereisgoingtobeonlyoneEnglishleft---BritishEnglish.TTFFFFsometimesnotMonitaRajpalisaCNNnewsreporter.ShewasborninHongKongandspentmuchofherchildhoodthere,beforemovingtoCanada.InadditiontoEnglish,shespeaksCantonese（广东话),FrenchandPunjabi(印度和巴基斯坦的旁遮普语）IfyouturnonCNN,theAmericanTVnetwork,youfindnewsreadersandweatherforecastersallspeakingwiththedifferentaccents.Wecanconcludefromherstory:Post-readingDiscussthefollowingquestions1.Howmanymainvarieties(kinds)ofChinesearethere?2.DoChinesepeoplefromdifferentregions(地区)havedifficultyunderstandingeachother?3.WhatwillhappentoChineseinthefuture?普通话、北方方言、粤方言、湘方言、赣方言、客家方言、闽方言、吴方言等。homework1.WriteyourownpassageaboutthedifferencesbetweenAmericanandBritishEnglish2.ListentoVOAandBBC
