1、Listening and Talking Chelsea Chen English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins werent invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which arent sweet, are meat. .We find
2、 that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but. hammers dont harm? (Richard Lederer) Listen to the paragraph read by two different speakers. British accent (woman) American accent (man) Which spe
3、aker has a British accent and which has an American accent? While Listening While Listening Questions: 1)In what ways are these kinds of English different from each other? 2)Are these differences great? 3) Do people from these countries have problems in communication? While Listening While Listening
4、 BrE AmE term semester underground subway autumn fall certainly sure film movie football soccer practise(v.) practice(v.) BrE AmE metre meter labour labor Talking Questions: 1)What does Zhou Wei want to buy? 2)Why does Martin feel puzzled about what Zhou Wei wants to buy? 3)How do they misunderstand
5、 each other? 4)How do they clear up the misunderstanding? Talking Find out the sentences that express the confusion or work out the confusion 疑惑：Pardon? / You dont? / Really? / What does it mean? 释疑：I think you mean . / Thats what I mean by . / I knew what you meant. / Thats why . Talking Thank you!
