Unit5ListeningandTalkingBytheendoftheclass,youwillbeabletoListentoatalkaboutdifferentkindsofEnglish;Gainusefulexpressionsaboutaskingforclarificationandmakeaconversationonaskingforclarification.DistinguishthevocabularydifferencebetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish;DifferentkindsofEnglishBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishCanadianEnglishAustralianEnglishNewZealandEnglishIndianEnglishSouthAfricanEnglishThemostcommonlyrecognizedtypesofEnglishareBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.Nowlet'slistentoatalkaboutdifferentkindsofEnglish.Listentothefirstpartofthetalk.WhataredifferentkindsofEnglishmentioned?AsmanycountriesspeakEnglishasafirstlanguage,therearemanydifferentkindsofEnglish:_______________________________________________________________.BritishEnglish,AustralianEnglishandmanyothersAmericanEnglish,Therearedifferencesin_________,_____________and_________....However,thesedifferencescancause_________fornon-nativeEnglishspeakers.confusionvocabularypronunciationgrammar聽力文本AsmanycountriesspeakEnglishasafirstlanguage,therearemanydifferentkindsofEnglisharoundtheworld:BritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,AustralianEnglish,andmanyothers.SomeEnglishlearnersmightask,“CanEnglishspeakersfromdifferentcountriesallunderstandeachother?”Theanswerisyes.Peopleinthesecountriescanusuallyunderstandeachotherwithveryfewproblems.Therearedifferencesinvocabulary,pronunciation,andgrammar,butthoseareusuallynotbigproblems.Howeverthosedifferencescancauseconfusionfornon-nativeEnglishspeakers.Forexample,astudentwhohaslearntBritishEnglishmightnotbefamiliarwiththedifferentvocabularythatanAmericanmightuse.ListentothisconversationbetweenaforeignlanguagestudentandherAmericanclassmate.□semester/term□restroom/toilet□gas/petrol

□subway/undergroundTheyaredifferentinvocabulary—usingdifferentwordsbutreferringtothesamething.Listentothesecondpartofthetalk.Whatarethetwopairsofwordsthatthestudentisconfusedby?Tickthemintheboxes.◆Accordingtopart2,howBritishEnglishisdifferentfromAmericanEnglish?Howtoaskforclarification?Amy:ThankyouverymuchforhelpingmewithmyEnglish.Betty:You’rewelcome!Whenareyoufreetomeet?Thissemester,I’mfreeonTuesdayandThursdayafterlunch.Amy:

_____________?________________________________?Betty:Youknow,semester—halfofaschoolyear.Amy:Oh,__________________?Betty:Yes,likeaterm.TheBritishsay“term”.Weusuallysay“semester”hereinAmerica.Amy:

Gotit!MyfirstEnglishlessonwithyou,haha?Ok,let’smeetonTuesday.Whereshallwemeet?Betty:

Let’smeetatacoffeeshopnearmyhome.it’sveryconvenienttogettherebysubway.Amy:

__________?________________________________?Bettty:

Yes,thetrainthatgoesundertheground!Amy:

Ah,gotit!Haha,mysecondEnglishlesson—thankyou!I’msorryWhatdoes“semester”meanyoumeanlikeatermDoyoumeantheUndergroundSubwayTheyaredifferentinspelling.Lookatthepairsofwordsbelow.WhichwordsareBritishEnglishandwhichareAmericanEnglish?Trytothinkofmorepairsofwordslikethese.petrolsweettoilethonourmumflatgascandyrestroomhonormomapartment◆Accordingtothispart,howBritishEnglishisdifferentfromAmericanEnglish?英式和美式英語用詞的一些常見差異及規(guī)律:有些名詞的詞尾,英式拼寫為-re,美式拼寫為-er,

例如:metre-meter、theatre-theater、centre-center。有些名詞的詞尾,英式拼寫為-our,美式拼寫為-or,

例如:labour--labor、honour-honor、favour-tavore。有些詞的詞尾變化時,英式雙寫字母l,而美式則單寫l,

例如:quarrelled-quarreled、traveller-traveler。有些詞的變化無規(guī)律,只是改變其中的某幾個字母,

例如:grey-gray、plough-plow。同一概念在兩種英語中用不同的詞來表示,

例如:autumn-fall、railway-railroad、waistcoat-vest。Role-playWhatmisunderstandinghashappened?Thesamewordmayrefertodifferentmeaningsorthings.◆Accordingtothispart,howBritishEnglishisdifferentfromAmericanEnglish?ZhouWeirefersto

,AmericanEnglishfor

.Martinexplainsthatpantsrefersto

inBritishEnglish.pantstrousersunderwearCanyoufindthewordsusedtoaskforclarification?ChooseoneortwopairsofwordsinActivity3andmakeaconversation.A:Excuseme,doyouknowwhereistheschoolrestroom?B:...A:....AskingforclarificationExpresslackofunderstandingCouldyousayitinanotherway?Canyouclarifythatforme?Couldyourephrasethat?Whenyousay…,doyoumean…?I’msorrybutI’mnotsure(that)Iunderstand.Sorry,I’mnotsure(that)Iknowwhatyoumean.SorrybutIdon’tquitefollowyou.Example1A:Let'sstopatthenextstationtogetsome

petrol

forthecar.B:Petrol?

Doyoumean

gas?Idon'tunderstandwhatpetrolis.A:Oh,right!InBritishEnglish,“petrol”iswhatAmericanscall“gas”—it'sfuelforcars.B:Gotit.

SoamIrightinsaying

“petrol”and“gas”meanthesamehere?A:Exactly!JustdifferentwordsindifferentEnglishvarieties.Example2A:Let'sbuysome

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