AdvancewithEnglishUnit2GrowingpainsStudent’sBook1WordpowerColloquialisms

(口語(yǔ)/方言)

AmericanVSBritishEnglishpantstrouserscandysweets(BritishEnglish)(AmericanEnglish)(AmericanEnglish)(BritishEnglish)toilet/WCrestroom/bathroom(BritishEnglish)(AmericanEnglish)soccer(ball)football(BritishEnglish)(AmericanEnglish)livingroomsittingroom(BritishEnglish)(AmericanEnglish)vacationholiday(BritishEnglish)(AmericanEnglish)TherearesomedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.Inwhichaspectsdothesedifferencesexist?

BritishEnglishVSAmericanEnglishGrammarSpellingVocabularyPronunciationGrammarAmericanBritishSamjustwent

home.Sam’sjustgonehome.Thatskirt

fit

badly.Thatskirt

fitted

badly.Hello,isthisWangLi?Hello,isthatWangLi?Ilive

onZhenningRoad.Ilive

in

ZhenningRoad.Callmeat55555678.Callmeon55555678.Idon’thaveapen.Ihaven’t(got)apen.VocabularyAmericanBritishcandysweetspantstrouserssoccerfootballvacationholidaygarbagerubbishrestroom/bathroomtoilet/WCSpellingAmericanBritishcentercentrecolorcolourtravelertravellerbehaviorbehaviourorganizeorganise/organizeprogramprogrammePronunciationAmericanBritishanswer[?]

answer[ɑ:]Ofcourse.[k??rs]

Ofcourse.[k??s]

box[bɑ?ks]

box[b?ks]AmericanEnglishVSBritishEnglishDespitesuchdifferences,allEnglishspeakers,AmericansorEnglishmen,canunderstandeachother.Besideslanguage,canyounameanyotherdifferencesbetweentheculturesoftheUSAandtheUK?Brain-storm:Howmuchdoyouknow?1)Thanksgivingisobservedonlyin_______.2)Peopleusuallywalkonthe______sideintheUSAwhileintheUKpeopleusuallywalkonthe______side.3)__________behaveinamorecasualwaywhilein_______peopleareabitmoreformalortraditional.AmericarightleftAmericansBritainBrain-storm:Howmuchdoyouknow?4)Americansselect________asthetopleaderofthecountry,whileintheUK,the______or______isalwaystherepresentativeofthecountry.5)Footballhasitsoriginin______,butinAmerica,whereitiscalled______,itisnotsopopularasAmericanfootball,or______.presidentKingQueenBritainsoccerrugbyPractice1UsetheinformationfromwhatyouhavelearnttochangetheunderlinedwordsandphrasesfromAmericantoBritishEnglish.LiHua:Hello,(1)Isthis___DaiJun?DaiJun:Yes.Hi,LiHua,howareyou?LiHua:I’mokaynow,butIjusthadtheworstmorningever!DaiJun:Whathappened?LiHua:Iwenttotheshopping(2)

center_______nearHuaihaithatcentreRoad,tochangethenewshoesIbought,theonesthat(3)

fit_____badly,forbiggerones.Onesaleswomanwasinthe(4)

bathroom_____andtheotherwaswatchingaTV(5)

program___________behindthecounter.Neitherofthemwouldhelpme!Finally,fittedtoiletprogrammeIgothelp,buttheyonlyhadtheshoesina(6)

color_______Ididn’tlike.Iwantedtocomplain,butwhenIaskedtoseethemanager,theytoldme,oh,sorry,(7)

shejustwenthome____________________.DaiJun:Whataterribleshop!Whatdidyoudo?colourshe’s

justgonehomeLiHua:Theygaveanumbertophonethemanager(8)at_____,soIcalledwhenIgothome.NowIfeelabitbetter,butIstilldon’thavenewshoes!onMoreexamples:AskSstotelliftheyareAmericanorBritishEnglish.(AE/BE)

1.—Haveyougotanypets?—Yes,I’vegotthreerabbitsandatortoise.

2.Ihaveanapartmentinthecitycentre.3.Doyouhaveawalkman？

Haveyou(got)awalkman？AEBEBEAE4.Idon’thaveanyink.Ihaven’t(got)anyink.5.Sheworksnightsasajanitor.Sheworksatnightasajanitor.

6.Let’sstayhome.Let’sstayathome.7.Hehasgottenanewjob.Hehasgotanewjob.

AEAEAEAEBEBEBEBEJoe—anAmericanNancy—anEnglishmanTellastory

Afterthestory,youarerequiredtoanswerseveralquestions:OnceJoecametoBritainforthefirsttimebyair.WhenhearrivedatNancy’shome.

Heasked,“CouldIuseyourbathroom?”Nancysaidokandgave

himaclean

towelandtoldhimthatthebathroomwasupstairs.Afterawhile,however,Joedidn’tfindthebathroom.Question2:Whycan’thefindit?JoeisanAmerican,hesaysbathroomandmeansaplacewherethereisatoilet.ButinNancy’seye,it’saplacewherepeoplecanonlyhaveabath.Sobecauseofthis,theymisunderstoodeachother.Question1:WhatisitthatJoecan’tfindinthebathroom?ItisatoiletthatJoecouldn’tfind.ColloquialismsAcolloquialismisaninformalexpressionusedinspokenEnglish.Colloquialismsareoftenusedinconversations.Inmanycases,wecanguessthemeaningofthecolloquialismsthroughthewordsused.Whatisacolloquialism?Don’tworry.It’sapieceofcake!Don’tbeawetblanket.Havesomefun!Goon,tellme.I’mallears.Areyouserious?Don’tpullmyleg.Matchthetwocolumns:1.Don’tworry.It’sa

pieceofcake!2.Don’tbeawetblanket.Havesomefun!3.Goon,tellme.I’mall

ears.4.Areyouserious?Don’t

pullmyleg.jokewithsomeonesomethingeasytodolisteningcarefullyboring/afraidtohavefunGuessthemeaningoftheunderlined:Mrs.Black’sgardenisthebestinourtown.Shehasrealgreenfingers.tobegoodatmakingplantsgrow園藝能手2.Hejustcan’tdoanythingright.Heisall

thumbs.tobeunabletodosomethinginwhichyouhavetomakesmallcarefulmovementswithyourfingers笨手笨腳3.YouaretellingmeI’mlazy.Ha,lookwhatamessyourroomis!That’slike

thepotcallingthekettleblack!usedhumorouslytosaythatyoushouldnotcriticizesomeoneforsomething,becauseyouhavedonethesamethingorhavethesamefault五十步笑百步4.IwishIhadbroughtmyumbrella.It’s

rainingcatsanddogs.torainheavily傾盆大雨5.Don’tmakeamountainoutofamolehill.It’snotthatserious.totreataproblemasifitwasveryseriouswheninfactitisnot小題大做6.Hemakeseverydecisioninourcompany.Heisthetopdog.animportantpersoninanorganization領(lǐng)袖人物7.

Whydidyougiveherthecoldshoulder?Youaregoodfriends,aren’