1、Unit2 Exploring Unit2 Exploring EnglishEnglishListening and speakingListening and speaking American and British EnglishLearn to know the American English words and their English equivalents.Watch Video for fun!Look at the pictures and get to know the American English words and their English equivale
2、nts.Now complete the passage with the words above.Today,American English is in common international use.It is different from British English in several ways,mostly in spelling and vocabulary.Some American spellings were created by Noah Webster,who made one of Americas first dictionaries.He changed“-
3、re”spelling to“-er”,which is why _ is spelt _ in American English.theatretheaterThe Americans and the British also use different words for everyday things.For example,Americans talk about putting _ in their cars and driving along the _,whereas in the UK,people put _ in their cars and drive along the
4、 _.Americans take the _ to the top floor of a building,but the British use the _.gashighwaypetrolmotorwayelevatorliftIn the US,they take the _,but in the UK,people travel on the _.Americans live in a(n)_,while the British live in a(n)_.Its not as confusing as it seems:usually people from the two cou
5、ntries can understand each other from the context.But that doesnt stop them having a friendly argument about which word is the“right”one!subwayundergroundapartmentflatListen to three conversations and match them to the pictures.Answers:Conversation 1-bConversation 2-cConversation 3-aWordsMeaningOrigindim suma kind of traditional _from _using a cellphone without caring about othersa combination of the words _ and _a shorter way of saying _from the InternetChinese foodthe Guangdong dialectcellfishcellphoneselfishLOL“laugh out loud”Listen again and complete the table.
