Module1•BritishandAmericaEnglish•Task:IdentifyingavarietyofEnglish•1DifferencesBetweenAmericanandBritishEnglishDifferences(in)AmericanEnglishBritishEnglishVocabularyautomobile,freeway,gascar,highway,petrolGrammarDoyouhave…?Writemesoon.Haveyougot…?Writetomesoon!Spellingcenter,color,programcentre,colour,programmePronunciationAccentontheEastCoastNewYorkaccentLondonaccentGlasgowaccentAnswerthequestionsaboutNoahWebster•WhatwasNoahWebster?•WhydidhefeelthatwrittenEnglishinthenewlyindependentUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive“American”look?•Whatwashisfirstwork?•WhatisWebsterbestknownfor?•Howdoyouknowhisdictionaryisveryimportant?NoahWebster•Born:October16,1758•Place:Hartford,Connecticut•Died:May28,1843•PlaceNewhaven,Connecticut•Character:trulyremarkableshrewd,passionate,learnedandenergetic,God-fearingandpatriotic.•Fame:authorofthefirstAmericandictionaryHowtolearnEnglish?•SpeakwithoutFear•Useofyourresources•SurroundyourselfwithEnglish•Listentonativespeakersasmuchaspossible•WatchEnglishfilmsandtelevision•ListentoEnglishmusic•Studyasoftenaspossible•Doexercisesandtaketests•Recordyourself•ListentoEnglishmakeadifferencemakeadifference(tosb)makenodifference(tosb)makesomedifference(tosb)makemuchdifference(tosb)makemuchofadifference(tosb)Eg.Itmakesnodifferencewhetherheisrichornot.(=Itdoesn’tmakemuchofadifferencewhetherheisrichornot.)Exercise:•____________otheryoungmen,healsoenjoyspopmusic.A.ComparewithB.IncommonwithC.ExceptforD.Speakingof分词•Thedisc,digitally________inthestudio,soundedfantasticatthepartythatnight.A.recordedB.recordingC.toberecordedD.havingrecorded有关thesame的句子Mr.Blackwentbackto____place_______hehadfoundthediamond.A.thesame;asB.thesame;thatC.thesame;whereD.asthesame;as有关get的词组•Thefinalexaminationiscomingupsoon.It’stimeforusto____ourstudies.A.getdowntoB.getoutC.getbackforD.getovercompare的用法•_________withthesizeofthewholeearth,thebiggestoceandoesnotseembigatall.A.CompareB.WhencomparingC.ComparingD.Whencomparedhavedifficulty(in)doingsthhaveahardtimeindoingsthhaveproblemsindoingsthhavetrouble(in)doingsth•Havingbeenillinbedfornearlyamonth,hehadahardtime______theexam.A.passB.topassC.passedD.passingAttributiveclauseinthistext•ReadthepassageandfindfourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent.•TherearehundredsofdifferentwordswhicharenotusedontheothersideoftheAtlantic,orwhichareusedwithadifferentmeaning.•Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning,whichcanbeconfusing.•Thechips/\theBritishknowandloveareFrenchfriesontheothersideoftheAtlantic.•Theothertwoareasinwhichthetwovarietiesdifferarespellingandpronunciation.•Theaccent,whichismostsimilartoBritishEnglish,canbeheardontheEastCoastoftheUS.•WhentheIrishwriterGeorgeBernardShawmadethefamousremarkthattheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonationsdividedbyacommonlanguage,hewasobviouslythinkingaboutthedifferences.•AnAmericanwordthatBritishpeopledon’tuse•ABritishwordthatAmericansdon’tuse•AnAmericanexpressionwhichBritishpeopledon’tuse•AwordwhichhadadifferentmeaningontheothersideoftheAtlantic•ThankstotheworkofNoahWebster,ateacherwhograduatedfromYaleUniversityin1778.•WebsterisbestknownforhisAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,whichfirstappearedin1828.Otherkindofclauses•TheBritishuseprepositionswhereAmericanssometimesomitthem.•Americansuseaflashlight,whilefortheBritish,i...
