Unit2Growingpains1.DoyouagreetherearesomedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?2.Inwhichaspectsdothesedifferencesexist?pronunciation,spelling,grammaranddifferentexpressionsQuestions:AmericanBritishSamjustwenthome.Sam’sjustgonehome.Thatskirtfitbadly.Thatskirtfittedbadly.Hello,isthisWangLi?Hello,isthatWangLi?IliveonZhenningRoad.IliveinZhenningRoad.Callmeat55555678Callmeon55555678pantsAm.EtrousersBri.EcandyAm.EsweetsBri.Etoilet/WCBri.Erestroom/bathroomAm.Esoccer(ball)Am.EfootballBri.ElivingroomAm.EsittingroomBri.EvacationAm.EholidayBri.ESpellingAmericanBritishcentercolortravelerbehaviororganizeprogramcentrecolourtravellerbehaviourorganiseorganizeprogrammePronunciationAm.Br.again[ә’gein][ә’gen]clerk[klə:k][klα:k]dance[dæns][dα:ns]TurntoP26,finishtheexercisebelow.LiHua:Hello,(1)Isthis___DaiJun?DaiJun:Yes.Hi,LiHua,howareyou?LiHua:I’mOKnow,butIjusthadtheworstmorningever!DaiJun:Whathappened?LiHua:Iwenttotheshopping(2)center_______nearHuaihaithatcentreRoad,tochangethenewshoesIbought,theonesthat(3)fit_____badly,forbiggerones.Onesaleswomanwasinthe(4)bathroom_____andtheotherwaswatchingaTV(5)program___________.Neitherofthemwouldhelpme!Finally,Igothelp,buttheyonlyfittedtoiletprogrammehadtheshoesina(6)color_______Ididn’tlike.WhenIaskedtoseethemanager,theytoldme,‘oh,sorry,(7)shejustwenthome____________________.’DaiJun:Whataterribleshop!Whatdidyoudo?colourshe’sjustgonehomeLiHua:Theygaveanumbertophonethemanager(8)at_____,soIcalledwhenIgothome.NowIfeelabitbetter,butIstilldon’thavenewshoes!onAcolloquialismisaninformalexpressionusedinspokenEnglish.ColloquialismsareneverusedinformalEnglishorinwriting,butareoftenusedinconversations.What’sacolloquialism?FinishPartAonpage27.Readthesecolloquialismsandlookatthematchingpictures.Choosethecorrectmeaningforeachonefromtheboxbelow.jokewithsomeonesomethingeasytodoboringorafraidtohavefunlisteningcarefullyPartADon’tworry.It’sapieceofcake!_______________________________________________________somethingeasytodoDon’tbeawetblanket.Havesomefun!____________________________________________boring/afraidtohavefunGoon,tellme.I’mallears.________________________________listeningcarefullyAreyouserious?Don’tpullmyleg.________________________________jokewithsomeonePresentationPartB1.MrsBlack’sgardenisthebestinourtown.Shehasreallygreenfingers._______________________________2.Hemakeseverydecisioninourcompany.Heisthetopdog.________________________________begoodatgardeningAnimportantpersoninanorganization3.Whydidyougivehercoldshoulder?Youaregoodfriends,aren’tyou.________________________________4.IwishIhadbroughtmyumbrella.It’srainingcatsanddogs._______________________________benotfriendlywithherrainingheavily.5.FootballisjustnotmycupofteaILikeplayingvolleyball.___________________________notreallytomytaste.Doyouknowthemeaningofthefollowingsentences?That’senoughofyourbacktalk.Idon'tlikethewayyouarguewithme.不许你回嘴。Keepyourbigmouthshut.Stoptalking.住嘴。Idon'tbelieveyou.Oh,God!It'smyfavorite.Relax.It'sreallyfunny.Givemeachance.It'sfree.Oh,myachingback.Idon'tbuyyourstory.Givemeabreak.It'smycupoftea.Takeiteasy.Oh!youarekillingme.It'sonthehouse.Matchthefollowingsentences:Thankyou!
