RevisionPre-readingReadingComprehendingPost-readingUnit2EnglishAroundtheWorldRevisionPre-readingReadingComprehendingPost-readingHarryChenRevisionDoyouknowAmericanEnglish?DoyouknowBritishEnglish?DoyouknowVOA?

DoyouknowBBC?WhatarethedifferencesbetweenA.EandB.E?(VoiceofAmerica美國之音)(BritishBroadcastingCorporation英國廣播電臺)AMERICANENGLISHANDBRITISHENGLISHThedifferencebetween

A.EandB.E1.Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.Forexample,speakersofBritishEnglishsay“inhospital”and“Haveyouapen?”Americanssay“inthehospital”and“Doyouhaveapen?”2.Pronunciationissometimesdifferent.Americansusuallysoundther’sinwordslike“bird”and“hurt”.SomespeakersofBritishEnglishdonotsoundther’sinthesewords.

3.TherearedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishinspellingandvocabulary.

Forexample,“colour”and“honour”areBritish,while“color”and“honor”areAmerican.

4.Thesedifferencesingrammar,pronunciation,spelling,andvocabularyarenotimportant,however.Forthemostpart,BritishandAmericanEnglisharethesamelanguage.

Commonexamplesofthevariancesbetweenspellings.

American

center

check(money)

color

gray

honor

inquire

British

centre

cheque

colour

grey

honourenquire1.HowmanycountriesspeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguageintheworldtoday?Pre-reading2.WhydoyoulearnEnglish?今天，世界上以英語為母語的國家有十余個；以英語為官方語言的國家超過70個；在100多個國家，英語被列為外語教學(xué)中的第一外語。WhydoyoulearnEnglish?AnswertoPre-reading:WhydoyoulearnEnglish?1).Englishisoneoftheofficial(官方的)languagesoftheworld.8).Tobeatranslator(翻譯家).2).TocommunicatewithforeignerswhospeakEnglish.3).Totravelaroundtheworld.4).Todobusinesswithwesterncountries.5).ToseeEnglishfilmsorlistentoEnglishsongs.6).TolistentoEnglishradiobroadcast(廣播).7).Togetagoodjobinthefuture.What’sthemainideaofthepassage?Giveonesentencetodescribeit?2.WhendidEnglishbegintobespokeninothercountriesbesidesEngland?Why?Englishhaschangedanddevelopedovertime.Inthe17thcentury.BecausepeoplefromEnglandStartedmovingtootherpartsoftheworld.3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A.EnglishwasbasedmoreonFrenchthanGermanbetweenaboutAD450and1150.B.Englishbecameclosertothelanguagewearelearningnowfromabout1150to1500.C.Englishnolongerchangedinthe1600’s.D.BothAmericanEnglishandAustralianEnglishhavetheirownidentitiesthankstoNoahWebster.4.EnglishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinsomeAsianandAfricanareasbecause_____.A.thegovermentofficialsintheseareaswereborninEngland.B.Peopleintheseareashaveaspecialgift(天賦)forlearningEnglish.C.TheseareaswereonceruledbyEngland.D.PeopleintheseareascannotreceiveeducationwithoutknowingEnglish.

5.Whichofthefollowingistrue?A.Languagesneverchanged.B.Languageschangeonlyonmoderntimes.C.Languageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.D.Languagesseldomchangewiththedevelopmentofsociety.Comprehending:Readthetextagainandfillintheform.timefactsbetweenAD450and1150Englishwas___________________________________________from1150to1500Englishbecamemorelike______than_____becausethosewho______EnglandspokeFrench.inthe1600’sShakespearemadeuseof_____________________thanbeforesometimelaterNoahwrotethe________________________,givingAmericanEnglish___________________from1765to1947Englishbecamethelanguagefor____________________________inIndia.sinceabout1842English________________________inHongKong.todayMorepeoplespeakEnglishthaneverbefore.Thenumberofpeople______________inChina_____________rapidly.quitedifferentfromEnglishspokentodayFrenchGermanruledawidervocabularyAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglis