1、To learn different kinds of English.What difference between British English and American English can you see from the video? _PronunciationLook at the video.How much do you know about American English and British English?Discuss the words above. What other different words do you know?Recall the cont
2、ents learned in Listening and Speaking and answer the questions.1. Which language has the most native speakers in the worldEnglish, Spanish or Chinese?2. How about English? Does it have the second largest number of native speakers in the world?Chinese.No, it comes the third, after Spanish.Listen to
3、the first part of the talk. What are the different kinds of English are mentioned?British English, American English, and Australian English.LISTENING TEXT PART 1 As many countries speak English as a first language,there are many different kinds of English around the world: BritishEnglish,AmericanEng
4、lish,Australian English, and many others.Some English learners might ask,Can English speakers from different countries all understand each other? The answer is yes. People in these countries can usually understand each other with very few problems.There are ditterences in vocabulary, pronunciation,a
5、nd grammar, but those are usually not big problems. However, those ditterences can cause confusion tor non-native English speakers.For example, a student who has learnt British Englishmight not be tamiliar with the ditterent vocabulary that an American might use.Listen to this conversation between f
6、oreign language student and herAmerican classmate.LISTENING PART 2Amy: Thank you very much for helping me with my English.Betty: Youre welcome! When are you tree to meet?This semester, Im free on Tuesday and I hursday atter lunch.Amy: Im sorry? What does semester mean?Betty: You know, semester half
7、of a school year.Amy: Uh, you mean like a term?Betty: Yes, like a term. The British say term. Weusually say semester here in America.Amy: Got it! My first English lesson with you,haha? OK, lets meet on Tuesday.Where shall we meet?Betty: Lets meet at a coffee shop near my home. Its very convenient to
8、 get there by subway.Amy: Subway? Do you mean the underground?Betty: Yes, the train that goes under the ground.Amy: Ah, got it! Haha, my second English lesson.Thank you.Listen to the second part of the talk. What are the two pairs of words that the student is confused by? Tick them in the boxes.seme
9、ster/term restroom/toilet gas/petrol subway/undergroundn. 汽油；气味；燃气汽油；气味；燃气n. 汽油汽油n. 地铁地铁BrE & AmEWhen you hear two native speakers of English, they may still not speak the same kind of English.What? Do you mean this autumn?Do you have any plan this fall?American? British? A: Do you want to come to m
10、y apartment?B: Your flat? I dont think so. Can we go to the pub?A: Wow, the bar is a nice place. We can go.B: Great. I want a tin of Coke and some sweets. A: Well, I want a can of beer and some candies.B: Hey, I like football match very much.A: OK. We can go and see a soccer game tomorrow.B: Oh, tim
11、e to go home, lets go to the lift.A: OK. Lets go to the elevator together.Look at the pairs of words below. Which are British and which are American?n. 公寓套房公寓套房British EnglishAmerican EnglishBrEAmEThe differences between BrE & AmE.vocabularyspellingpronunciationautumnfalltyphoon tornadoI thinkI gues
12、scolourcolorcentrecentertravellertravelerdance dancenot not ChineseBrEAmE邻居关系邻居关系neighbourhoodneighborhood劳动力劳动力labourlabor颜色颜色colourcolor荣誉荣誉honourablehonorable幽默幽默humourhumor特别喜爱的特别喜爱的人（或物）人（或物）favouritefavorite电影院电影院theatretheater公里公里kilometrekilometerChineseBrEAmE电梯电梯liftelevator汽油汽油petrolgas, g
13、asoline秋天秋天autumnfall地铁地铁undergroundsubway大学大学universitycollege垃圾垃圾rubbishgarbage垃圾箱垃圾箱dustbintrash can假期假期holidayvacation两周两周fortnighttwo weeksChineseBrEAmE公寓公寓flatapartment酒吧酒吧pubbar罐头罐头tincan糖果糖果sweetscandy橡皮橡皮eraserrubber比赛比赛matchgame足球足球footballsoccer电影电影filmmovie出租车出租车taxicabcenterflat colourl
14、iftgrayhonorpetrolundergroundpictureserasergreycentreapartmentelevatorhonourcolorrubber gasmoviessubwayMatch the words that have the same meaning.Wow, I want some sweets. What about you, Martin?Well, I want some _. candyTime to go home. Lets go to the _ together.Oh no, the_must be full of people thi
15、s time. liftelevatorMartin: Hey, Zhou Wei, do you want to go shopping? Theres a sale at my favourite store.Zhou Wei: Oh, yes! I really need to buy some pants.Martin: Pants? Thats funny. I dont usually go shopping with my friends for pants.Read and role-play the conversation. Which words are British
16、English and which are American English? Try to think of more pairs of words like these.n. 内裤；短裤；裤子内裤；短裤；裤子Zhou Wei: You dont? Dont you like to have somebody tell you if the pants look good or not?Martin: Er Not really Hey, wait, do you mean trousers what you and I are wearing on our legs right now?Z
17、hou Wei: Oh, yes. Thats what I mean by pants! Thats American English, isnt it?Martin: Yes, it is! I knew what you meant, by the way. I was just joking with you. Did you know that in British English, “pants” means something very different?Zhou Wei: Really? So what does it mean?Martin: In British Engl
18、ish, the word “pants” means underwear. What does Zhou Wei want to buy? Why does Martin feel puzzled about what Zhou Wei wants to buy? How do they misunderstand each other? How do they clear up the misunderstanding?Choose one pair and role-play it.截止期限截止期限 time-limit /deadline 时间表时间表 timetable/ sched
19、ule 城市城市 town/ city 裤子裤子 trousers /pants 铁路铁路 tube(London) /subway 工作时间工作时间 working day /workday 工厂工厂 works /factoryChoose one or two pairs of words in Activity 3 and make a conversation. The expressions below may help you.Do you mean.? Does that mean.?Im sorry, would you mind repeating.? So am I right in saying?Asking for clarificationIm sorry. What does . mean?I beg your pardon.So what youre really saying isvt. 恳求；祈恳求；祈求；哀求求；哀求1. Find more expressions that may make people feel puzzled.2. Discuss these expressions with your classmates.
