Module 1 British and American English
TherearemanydifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.Iudtoteachacouraboutthedifferencesbetweenthetwo.WespeakEnglishonbothsidesoftheAtlanticOceanbutwehavemanydifferencesinourcommonlanguage.Wehaveexamplesofthesamewordshavingverydifferentmeanings，differingspellingsofthesamewordsaswellascompletelydifferentwordsforthesamethings
.Herearesomeexamples.
AcookieintheUSiscalledabiscuitintheUK.AbiscuitintheUSisasmallcakeintheUK.CrispsintheUK，areknownaschips，butweBritishpeopleeataplateofchipsthatyoucallfriesintheUS.IntheUK，apiecanbemadefromeithermeatorfruit，whileintheUSpiesarenormallymadefromfruit；potpiesaremadefrommeat.MostthingsaremeasuredingramsandkilogramsintheUS，notpoundsandounces.
PetrolintheUKisgasintheUS.Theplacewherewefillupourcars，intheUK，isagarage；whileintheUS，it’sagasstation.Thetermgarageisalsoudasaplacetostoreyourcarnexttoorclobyyourhou.IntheUKwecallalorrywhatisknownasatruckintheUS.
AnelevatorintheUSiscalledalifthere，andthefirstfloorintheUS，iscalledthegroundfloorhere，somanyvisitorsgetoffonthewrongfloorinBritishhotels.
Icouldcontinuewiththis.Therearecountlesxamplesofdifferenceswithinoursharedlanguage.Withsomanydifferences，nowonderit’shardtounderstandeachotherwell.
阅读短文，选择正确答案
1．ThepassageismainlyaboutthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishin.
A．vocabulary B．grammar
C．sound D．spelling
答案 A
2．Intheauthor’sopinion，.
A．languagedifferencesdon’taffectunderstanding
B．thesamewordsinthetwodifferenttypesofEnglishmayhavedifferentspellings
C．therewillbefewerdifferencesbetweenAmericanandBritishEnglishinthefuture
D．itisimpossiblethatsomeAmericansgetoffonthewrongfloorinBritishhotels
答案 B
PeriodOneIntroduction&ReadingandSpeaking—Prereading
匹配左边的单词与右边的汉语意思
[第一组]
1．linguist A．vi今年是多少年.排队(等候)
2．accent B．adj.显然的，显而易见的
3．obvious C．n.语言学家
4．腾冲热海温泉subway D．n.地铁
5．queue E．n.口音
答案 1.C 2.E 3.B 4.D 5.A
[第二组]
6．confusing A．n.移民；定居者
7．compare B．n.种类
8．variety C．vt.比较
9．differ D．adj五十字的日记.令人困惑的；难懂的
10．ttler E．vi.不同；有区别
答案 6.D 7.C 8.B 9.E cherry怎么读10.A
[第三组]
11．remark A．adv.不断地；持续地
12衬托和对比的区别．variation B．n.轻打；轻弹
13．steadily C．n.开关
14．switch D．n.评论；讲话
15．flick E．n.变化
黄澄澄的正确读音答案 11.D 12.E 13.A 14.C西装外套>电子探针 15.B
1．WhichparagraphstellthewaysBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent?
Paragraphs1,2,3and4.
2．WhichparagraphspredictthefutureofBritishandAmericanEnglish?
Paragraphs5,6and7.
Choothebestansweraccordingtothepassage.
1．WhatarethefourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent?
A．Vocabulary，accent，grammarandspelling.
