Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishAutumnFallWhydowehavedifferentwordsfortheseason?SkimmingReadthetitlesandthefirstsentencesofeachparagraphandfindfourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent.1.vocabulary2.grammar3.spelling4.pronunciationReadthepassagequicklyanddividethepassageinto2partsPart1()ThedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishPart2()ThefutureofEnglish1457ScanningScanningReadthefirstfourparagraphsagainReadthefirstfourparagraphsagainandmakenotesofthedifferencesandmakenotesofthedifferences..ItemsBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishVocabularyGrammarSpellingpronunciationBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishcarsfreewaygasundergroundtaxitorchstandinlinechipsautomobilesmotorwaypetrolsubwaycabflashlightqueueupFrenchfriestheDifferencesinVocabularytheDifferencesinGrammarBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishHaveyougot…?Myfriendjustarrived.intheteam/attheweekendWritemesoon!Doyouhave…?Myfriendhasjustarrivedontheteam/weekendWritetomesoon!theDifferencesinSpellingandPronunciationBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishspellingpronunciationcentre,colourprogrammecenter,colorprogramReadpart2carefullyandanswerthequestions:1.Whydoexpertsbelievethatthetwovarietiesaremovingcloser?2.WhatwillhappentoEnglishinthefuture?Asaresultofthisnon-stopcommunication,lotsofAmericanwordsandstructuresbecameapartofBritishEnglish,whichmadesomepeoplethinkthatBritishEnglishwilldisappear.Whichsentenceinthepassagehasthesamemeaningasthefollowingone?ButithasalsoledtolotsofAmericanwordsandstructurespassingintoBritishEnglish,sothatsomepeoplenowbelievethatBritishEnglishwilldisappear.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoChinese.2.ALondonerhasmoredifficultyunderstandingaScotsmanfromGlasgowthanunderstandingaNewYorker.1.Afterall,thereisprobablyasmuchvariationofpronunciationwithinthetwocountriesasbetweenthem.毕竟，两个国家各自内部的语言差异和两国之间的语言差异可能是一样多的。伦敦人要听懂来自格拉斯哥的苏格兰人说话比听懂纽约人说话更难。havedifficultyindoingsth.withsth.1.Thegovernmenthadgreatdifficultyinpersuadingpeopletoleavetheirvillages.DoyouhaveanydifficultywithEnglish?你英语上有困难吗？做某事有困难政府很难说服人们离开他们的村庄。1.HowmanymainvarietiesofChinesearethere?2.Inwhatwaysaretheydifferent?3.DoChinesepeoplefromdifferentregionshaveproblemsunderstandingeachother?4.WhatwillhappentoChineseinthefuture?Discussthefollowingquestions.RewritethesentencesusingBritishwords.1.Wereallylikegoingonvacationinthefall.2.Youdon’tneedtotaketheelevator.Ourapartmentinonthefirstfloor.3.Didyouseethattruckcomeoutofthegasstation?4.Passmeaflashlight,Eddie.I’velostmywallet.Welikegoingonholidayintheautumnverymuch.Youdon’tneedtousethelift.Ourflatisonthegroundfloor.Didyouseethatlorrycomeoutofthepetrolstation?Passmeatorch,Eddie.I’velostmywallet.
