module1britishandamericanenglish(readingandspeaking) step1leadin。 theteacherssays: asyouknow,chinaisbiginsizeandfullofmanydialects。hongkongispartofchina。doyouthinkwewillhavedifficultyinunderstandingpeoplefromhongkong?whatdifficultiesinunderstandingdoyouthinkpeoplefromhongkongwillhavewhentheyareinbeijing?dopeoplefromshanghaisoundthesameasthosefromxi’an?whataboutchinesecharacters?doyouthinkpeoplefromdifferentregionsofchinahavedifficultyinunderstandingchinesecharacters?whataboutbritainenglishandamericanenglish?doyouthinktheyarequitedifferent?canpeoplefromthetwocountriesunderstandeachother? step2finishactivity2。 readthepassageandfindwaysinwhichbritishandamericanenglisharedifferent。theansweris:vocabularyspellinggrammarandpronunciation。 step3readthefirstpartandfindoutthetopicsentence thefirstandmostobviouswayisinthevocabulary。 whatistheexample?americansdriveautomobilesdownfreewaysandfillupwithgas。thebritishdrivecarsalongmotorwaysandfillupwithpetrol。asatourist,youwillneedtousetheundergroundinlondonorthesubwayinnewyork,ormaybeyouwillprefertogetaroundthetownbytaxi(british)orcab(american)。 letthestudentscomparethedifferencesinvocabularyandfillintheblanks。 step4thesecondpartofthepassage。 americansuseaflashlight,whileforthebritish,it’satorch。americanstandinline。sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning,whichcanbeconfusing。chips,forexample,inthestateschipsaresoldinpackets。thebritishcallthesecrisps。thechipsthebritishknowandlovearefrenchfriesontheothersideoftheatlantic。 themainideaofthisparagraph:sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning,whichcanbeconfusing。 step5thethirdpart thetopicsentenceis:thereareafewdifferencesingrammar。accordingtothetextsandtellussomeexample。 thebritishsay:haveyougot?myfriendhasjustarrived。intheteamattheweekendi’llseeyouonmonday。 americanssay:doyouhave?myfriendjustarrived。ontheteamontheweekend。i’llseeyoumonday step6thefourthpart thedifferenceisspelling,suchascenter,color,andprogram(americanenglish)centre,colour,andprogrammes(britishenglish) whatdoesthesentencemean? thebritishandtheamericansaretwonationspidedbyacommonlanguage。英国和美国是被同一种语言分开的两个民族。 step7thefifthpart whatisthemainideaofthefirstparagraphofthispart? itsaysthetwovarietiesofenglisharemovingcloser。 whatisthereason? thereasonisthatformorethanacenturycommunicationacrosstheatlantichavedevelopedsteadily。 willtherebemorethantwovarietiesofenglish?notjusttwomainvarieties。 step8listentothetape。 step9completethesentenceswiththecorrectwordsorphrases。 1。therearedifferencesbetweenamericanandbritishvarietiesofenglish。 a。nob。afewc。lotsof 2。americansunderstandwhatthebritisharesaying。 a。sometimesb。usuallyc。never 3。therearedifferencesbetweenbritishandamericangrammar。 a。nob。manyc。notmany 4。americanspellingisbritishspelling。 a。thesameasb。simplerthanc。harderthan 5。foralondoner,anamericanaccentmaybeeasiertounderstandthan。 a。achineseaccentb。somebritishaccentsc。acnnnewsreader。 6。televisionandtheinternethavemadeitforthebritishandamericanstounderstandeachother。 a。harderb。easierc。impossible thekey:1。b2。b3。c4。b5。b6。b step10listentotherecordingofaprogramofbbcandvoa。letstudentsjudgethespeakerisbritishoramerican。 step11matchthebritishandamericanwordsinthebox。 apartmentautumnelevatorfallfirstfloorflashlightflatgarbagegasgroundfloorholidayliftstandinlinelorrypavementpetrolqueueuprubbishsidewalktorchtruckvacation britishenglish:flatautumnliftgroundfloortorchrubbishpetrolholidayqueueuplorrypavement americanenglish:apartmentfallelevatorfirstfloorflashlightgarbagegasvacationstandinlinetrucksidewalk rewritethesentencesusingbritishwords。 1。wereallylikegoingonvacationinthefall。 2。youdon’tneedtotaketheelevator。ourapartmentinonthefirstfloor。 3。didyouseethattruckcomeoutofthegasstation? 4。passmeaflashlight,eddie。i’velostmywallet。 thekey: 1。welikegoingonholidayintheautumnverymuch。 2。youdon’tneedtousethelift。ourflatisonthegroundfloor。 3。didyouseethatlorrycomeoutofthepetrolstation? 4。passmeatorch,eddie。i’velostmywallet。 step12homework。recitethemainimportantsentencesinthepassage。