Speaking&Writing&CulturalcornerSpeaking&Writing&CulturalcornerBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishWorldEnglishSpeakingandwritingReadthenotesinpart1andworkingroupstodecidewhichisthebestvarietyofEnglishtolearn.TheGreatDebate----WhichEnglish?•BritishEnglish(addmoreinformation)•The“original”varietyofthelanguage•ThelanguageofShakespeareandothergreatwriters•TheBBCandmanyinternationalnewspapersuseitAmericanEnglish•MostnativespeakersofEnglishuseanAmericanvariety.•Thevarietymostusedininternationalbusiness•MostEnglishlanguagefilmsareAmerican.WorldEnglish•neitherAmericannorBritish•Englishdoesn’tbelongtoonegroupofpeople.•Accentisnotimportantifpeopleunderstandeachother.•Weneedtocommunicatewithnon-•nativespeakersaswellasnativespeakers.Dividetheclassinto3groupsanddebate.GroupA:BritishEnglishisthebestvarietytolearn.GroupB:AmericanEnglishisthebestvarietytolearn.GroupC:WorldEnglishisthebestvarietytolearn.1.TheOriginofChinese2.WhatisChinese?3.VarietiesofChineseReadtheparagraphinPart3.Decidewhichisthebesttitle?AndWhy?Collectinformationaboutthe3topicsandwritemoreparagraphs.1.TheWritingSystemAbout50,000characters/mostpeopleknowabout20,000/elementsofmeaningandinformationaboutpronunciation/2.VarietiesofChinese8mainvarieties/calleddialects/WenyanandBaihua/Putonghua-simplifiedChinese3.TheLanguageTodayPinyin,awritingsystemsince1958/helptousePutonghuaNoahWebsterBorn:October16,1758Place:Hartford,ConnecticutDied:May28,1848Place:NewHaven,ConnecticutDoyouknowthisman?NoahWebsterwasatrulyremarkableman,shrewd,passionate,learnedandenergetic.HewastheauthorofthefirstAmericanDictionary.Fast-readingReadquicklyandchecktheanswerswithdeskmates.1.Whatdoesthefirstparagraphtalkabout?2.WhatdoesitsayaboutthespellingofEnglish?BritishEnglishissocomplicated.Thespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound.3.What’stherelationbetweenthespellingandthesoundinEnglish?4.DoesEnglishspellingalwaysrepresentitssound?Thespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound.No,itdoesn’t.Readagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhatreasonsdidWebsterhaveforwritinganAmericandictionary?HewantedtosimplifythespellingofEnglishandmakeitlookdifferentfromBritishEnglish.2.Whatwashisfirstwork?TheElementarySpellingBook,whichsuggestedsimplifyingthespellingofEnglishwordswasextremelypopular.1.ForAmericansthingsarealittlebiteasier,thankstotheworkofNoahWebster,…对美国人来说,事情稍微好办些,这多亏了一位叫诺亚·韦伯的人,……Languagepointsthanksto由于,因为;幸亏,多亏常位于句首,表感谢或讽刺意味。Thankstoyourhelp,wefinishedtheworkheadoftime.多亏你的帮助,我们提前完成了任务。Thankstothebadweather,thematchhadbeenputoff.多亏这倒霉的天气,比赛推迟了。2.duetosth./sb.某人[某事物]引起的;由于某人[某事物]Theteam’ssuccesswaslargelyduetoherefforts.该队的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力。Theyarrivedlateduetothestorm.他们由于风暴而来迟。3.owingto:由于;因为Owingtotherain,themeetinghastobeputoff.会议因雨而推迟了。Icouldn’tattendthemeetingowingtoillness.我因病不能出席会议。becauseof用在句首或句子后面，表示原因Becauseoftheheavyrain,thesportsmeethasbeenputoff.Icamelatebecauseoftheheavyrain.4.短语比较：compare…with…把……和……进行比较compare…to…把……比作……compared…to/with与……相比(固定搭配,常作状语)1.Lifeisoften____________voyage.2._________________thesizeofthewholeearth,thebiggestoceandoesnotseembigatall.3.Hebeganto________himselfwiththeworkersinhisworkshop.comparedtocomparedtoComparedto/withcompare5.单词比较：adopt/adaptadopt采取;采纳;吸收过继,收养(as)adapt使适应,使适合(to)改编,改写(for)1.Aftermuchdeliberation,thepresidentdecidedto______hersuggestion.2.Theauthorisgoingto______hisplayfortelevision.3.Mr.Kern_____theorphanashisownson.4.Hetriedhardto_____himselftothenewconditions.adoptadaptadoptadapt
