1、Book 5 Module 1By Z High SchoolBritish and American EnglishLets appreciate two clips of video!Can you tell where they are from?USAUKUSAUKHow?pronunciationBritish and American English In which ways are British and American English different?How many parts can this passage be divided into?Part 1(-)The
2、 differences between British and American EnglishPart 2(-)The future of English1457Para.1 The differences in VocabularyautomobilefreewaygassubwaycabcarmotorwaypetrolundergroundtaxiPara.2 The differences in some expressions flashlightstand in linechipsFrench friestorch queue upcrispschipsPara.3 The d
3、ifferences in grammar Do you have?My friend just arrived.on the teamon the weekendHave you got?My friend has just arrived.in the teamat the weekendPara.4 The differences in spellingcentercolorprogramcentrecolourprogrammeHow did these differences come about?Discussion:Many students want to know about
4、 the differences between American English and British English.There is no quick answer to this question.At first the language in Britain and America was the same.In 1776 American became an independent country.After that,the language slowly began to change.For a long time the language in America stay
5、ed the same,while the language in England changed.For example,300 years ago the English talked about fall.Today,most British people talk about autumn,but Americans still talk abut fall.In the same way Americans still use the expression I guess(meaning I think),just as the British did 300 years ago.A
6、t the same time,British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages,ending up with different words.For example,the British took typhoon from Chinese,while the Americans took tornado from Spanish.In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary.He wanted to m
7、ake American English different from British English,so he changed the spelling of many words.Thats why the words colour,centre and traveller are spelt color,center and traveler in American English.Except for these differences in spelling,written English is more or less the same in both British and A
8、merican English.The differences are greater in the spoken language.For example,Americans say dance/dns/,and in southern England they say/dns/.In America they pronounce not/nt/;in southern England they say/nt/.However,most of the time people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in unders
9、tanding each other.It doesnt make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.-Dave Sperling,founder of Daves ESL CafeThe future of the EnglishPara 5 The two varieties are moving closer.British English will disappear.Para 6 The different accents of English.Para 7 There
10、are going to be many“Englishes”.Users of English will all be able to understand each other.Read part 5 and find the main idea of each paragraph.Finish the form.non-stop communicationaccents weather forecastersEnglishesDetailed understandingRead the text carefully again and decide whether the followi
11、ng statements are True(T)of False(F).1.The arrival of the first settlers had an effect on the American pronunciation.T2.A Londoner can understand a Scotsman more easily than understand a New Yorker.3.Monita Rajpal grew up speaking three different languages.4.It is certain that British English will d
12、isappear soon.FFTFill in the blanks and retell it according to it.Therere four ways in which British and American English _ from each other.The first and most _ way is in the vocabulary.In grammar therere a few _.The British say Have you got.?_Americans prefer Do you have?The British use preposition
13、s _ Americans sometimes _them.The other two areas in which the two _ are different are spelling and pronunciation.But for more than a century communications have developed _.Thanks to satellite TV and the Internet,it has been possilble to listen to many Englishes at the _ of a switch.So experts believe that the two are moving _.differobviousdifferenceswhilewhereomitvarietiessteadilyflickcloserEnjoy Briitish and American English Try to collect more words or expressions which are different in British and American English in the 4 ways.(vocabulary,grammar,spelling and pronunciation)Homework：
