Period1Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishIntroductionReadingandSpeakingIRFIntroductionAWehavereallyeverythingincommonwithAmericanowadays,exceptofcourse,language.---OscarWilde,19thcenturywriterBBWithacenturyBritishandWithacenturyBritishandAmericanEnglishspeakersAmericanEnglishspeakerswillnotbeabletowillnotbeabletounderstandeachother.understandeachother.---HenrySweet,19---HenrySweet,19ththcenturycenturylinguistlinguistCAmericaandEnglandaretwocountriesdividedbyacommonlanguage.--GeorgeBernardShaw,20thcenturywriterDDItdoesn’tItdoesn’tmakemuchofmakemuchofadifferenceadifferencewhetherawhetherateacherspeaksBritishorteacherspeaksBritishorAmericanEnglish.AmericanEnglish.----DaveSperling,founderofDaveSperling,founderofDave’sESLCafeDave’sESLCafeIntroduction-2.Discussion(5m)Readthequotationsandanswerthequestions1.Whatisthetopicofthequotations(引文)?2.Whichisthemostoptimistic?3.Whichisthemostpessimistic?4.Which(ifany)doyouthinkarefunny?5WhichisgoodnewsforstudentsofEnglish?6.CanyouguesswhichquotationsarefromBritishpeople?KeysKeys1.1.TheThedifferencedifferencebetweenbetweenBritishandBritishandAmericanAmericanEnglishEnglish2.2.DD3.3.BB4.4.(open)(open)5.5.DD6.6.HenrySweetHenrySweet探究新知1我们在各个方面与美国差不多,当然,语言除外.WehavereallyeverythingincommonwithAmericanowadays,exceptofcourse,language.有许多相同之处除了….之外haveeverything/alot/muchincommonExcept看到common这个词,你能想到什么?它的词性,含义,词组搭配。1incommonwith1我们彼此有很多共同之处。2和很多人一样,他喜欢古典音乐不喜欢流行音乐。Wehavealotincommonwitheachother.Incommonwithmanypeople,heprefersclassicalmusictopop.sbhavealot/much/everythingin~some/alittle/nothingin~incommon共用的incommonwithsb.和…一样It’scommonlybelievedthat…大家普遍认为It’s~knowledgeamongsb.that..众所周知commonsense/knowledge常识commondisease常见病commonmistake常犯的错误commonsaying俗话commonordinarygeneralusual1.common强调“常见的,不足为奇的”2.ordinary强调“平常的,平淡无奇的”3.general意为“普遍的,一般的,公众的4.usual一贯如此的,习惯性的2except除了…之外except,besides,exceptfor,exceptthat,but①except除去…之外(不再有),表示从整体中除去一部分,除去的是同一类事物,常与no,all,none,nothing,everything,anything等连用,一般不位于句首②besides除…以外(还有)。③exceptfor除了…(表示对句子主题进行细节校正或附加说明,而且前后提到的事物往往不同类)④exceptthat除了…以外,后接句子。对已说过的内容进一步作详细解释,而且前后提到的事物往往不同类⑤but表示除了…以外时有时可与except通用需要特别注意的but固定短语havenochoicebuttodosth.havenothingtodobutdosth.只得做某事butfor如果不是…can’thelpbutdosth.不得不做需要特别注意的but固定短语havenochoicebuttodosth.havenothingtodobutdosth.只得做某事butfor如果不是…can’thelpbutdosth.不得不做3.divide&separate①divide指把整体分成部分,常与into/between/among连用e.g.Let’sdividethecakeintothree.②separate把不同的人或物分开,常与from连用e.g.Theteacherseparatedtheboysfromthegirls.英语的历史英语语言的发展经历了三个阶段:古英语时期(450-1150):英语的历史从1500多年前的北欧开始。英语是在公元五世纪由三个日耳曼部落盎格鲁、撒克逊、裘特人带过来的。盎格鲁人原来的语言是“Englisc”,----这就是今天“English”一词的来历了。在此时,古英语内部的发展朝着简化词形变化的方向在走,其语法也在某些方面不同于现代英语语法。近代英语时期(1150-1500):1066年,诺曼人征服英国。诺曼征服对英语有显著的冲击,改变了英语单词的拼法,更引入了许...