Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishReadingandvocabularyAsyouknow,Chinaisbiginsizeandfullofmanydialects.HongKongispartofChina.DoyouthinkwewillhavedifficultyinunderstandingpeoplefromHongKong?WhatdifficultiesinunderstandingdoyouthinkpeoplefromHongKongwillhavewhentheyareinBeijing?DopeoplefromShanghaisoundthesameasthosefromXi’an?WhataboutChinesecharacters?DoyouthinkpeoplefromdifferentregionsofChinahavedifficultyinunderstandingChinesecharacters?WhataboutBritainEnglishandAmericanEnglish?Doyouthinktheyarequitedifferent?Canpeoplefromthetwocountriesunderstandeachother?ReadthepassageandfindwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent.vocabularyspellinggrammarandpronunciation.ReadthefirstpartandfindoutthetopicsentenceThefirstandmostobviouswayisinthevocabulary.Whatistheexample?Americansdrive___________downfreewaysandfillupwithgas.TheBritishdrivecarsalong_________andfillupwith________.automobilesmotorwayspetrolAsatourist,youwillneedtousetheundergroundinLondonorthe_______inNewYork,ormaybeyouwillprefertogetaroundthetownbytaxi(British)or_____(American).subwaycabThesecondpartofthepassageAmericansusea_________,whilefortheBritish,it’satorch.TheBritishqueueup;American______________.Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning,whichcanbeconfusing.______,forexample,arepiecesofhotfriespotatoinBritain;inthestateschipsaresoldinpackets.TheBritishcallthese_____.ThechipstheBritishknowandloveare_____________ontheothersideoftheAtlantic.flashlightstandinlinecrispsFrenchfriesChipsThemainideaofthisparagraph:Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning,whichcanbeconfusing.ThethirdpartofthepassageThetopicsentence:Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.Accordingtothetextsandtellussomeexample.TheBritishsay:Haveyougot…?Myfriendhasjustarrived.intheteamattheweekendI’llseeyouonMonday.Americanssay:Doyouhave…?Myfriendjustarrived.ontheteamontheweekend.I’llseeyouMondaythefourthpartofthepassageThedifferenceisspelling,suchascenter,color,and(AmericanEnglish),_______,andprogrammes(BritishEnglish)programcentrecolorTheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonationsdividedbyacommonlanguage.英国和美国是被同一种语言分开的两个民族。thefifthpartofthepassageWhatisthemainideaofthefirstparagraphofthispart?ItsaysthetwovarietiesofEnglisharemovingcloser.Whatisthereason?ThereasonisthatformorethanacenturycommunicationacrosstheAtlantichavedevelopedsteadily.WilltherebemorethantwovarietiesofEnglish?Notjusttwomainvarieties.completethesentenceswiththecorrectwordsorphrases.1.Thereare______differencesbetweenAmericanandBritishvarietiesofEnglish.A.noB.afewC.lotsof2.Americans_____understandwhattheBritisharesaying.A.sometimesB.usuallyC.never3.Thereare_________differencesbetweenBritishandAmericangrammar.A.noB.manyC.notmany4.Americanspellingis_____Britishspelling.A.thesameasB.simplerthanC.harderthan5.ForaLondoner,anAmericanaccentmaybeeasiertounderstandthan_______.A.aChineseaccentB.someBritishaccentsC.aCNNnewsreader.6.TelevisionandtheInternethavemadeit______fortheBritishandAmericanstounderstandeachother.A.harderB.easierC.impossibleBBCBBBMatchtheBritishandAmericanwordsinthebox.apartmentautumnelevatorfallfirstfloorflashlightflatgarbagegasgroundfloorholidayliftstandinlinelorrypavementpetrolqueueuprubbishsidewalktorchtruckvacationBritishEnglish:AmericanEnglish:flatautumnliftgroundfloortorchrubbishpetrolholidayqueueuplorrypavementapartmentfallelevatorfirstfloorflashlightgarbagegasvacationstandinlinetrucksidewalkRewritethesentencesusingBritishwords.1.Wereallylikegoingonvacationinthefall.2.Youdon’tneedtotaketheelevator.Ourapartmentinonthefirstfloor.3.Didyouseethattruckcomeoutofthegasstation?4.Passmeaflashlight,Eddie.I’velostmywallet.Welikegoingonholidayintheautumnverymuch.Youdon’tneedtousethelift.Ourflatisonthegroundfloor.Didyouseethatlorrycomeoutofthepetrolstation?Passmeatorch,Eddie.I’velostmywallet.
