EnglisharoundtheworldUnit2elevatorpetrolgasofficialn.電梯;升降機n.<英>汽油=<美>gasolinen.汽油;氣體;煤氣;毒氣adj.官方的;正式的;公務(wù)的WordsreviewObjectiveUnderstandthedifferentkindsofEnglishandlearnthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.Let’sdoasmallquizaboutnationalflagsofdifferentcountries,andfindoutthelanguagesspokeninthesecountries.GreatBritain

AustraliaNewZealandCanada

IndiaIrelandUSASingaporeEnglish-speakingcountriesintheworldEnglishisspokeninmanycountriesthroughouttheworld.DoyouknowthatthereismorethanonekindofEnglish?Insomeimportantwaystheyareverydifferentfromoneanother.TheyarecalledworldEnglishes.CanyouunderstandthedifferentkindsofEnglishthesepeopleareusing?Let’sgotothepictures!WhynotgobyUnderground?OK.Buthowshallwegotothemovies?Er,butthesubwaystationisfaraway.Therearemanyvarieties(分類)of

Englisharoundtheworldsuchas:

CanadianEnglishBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishAustralianEnglishIndianEnglishVarietiesofEnglishBritishEnglishAmericanEnglish&WhatarethedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?What?Doyoumeanthisautumn?Doyouhaveanyplanthisfall?fallautumnWhenyouheartwonativespeakersofEnglish,theymaystillnotspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Chinese

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AmE秋天autumnfall公寓flat汽油gas,gasoline電梯lift地鐵subway橡皮rubber垃圾garbage/trash度假beonholidayFillinthetablebelow.apartmentpetrolundergrounderaserrubbishbeonvacationelevatorJackisaBritishboy.HewenttoAmericaforatripinthissummervacation.Thefirstdayhewenttoarestaurantandlookedaroundforatoilet.Whenheaskedthewaitress,shetoldhimitisonthesecondfloor.Jackwentthereonlytofindemptyrooms.SituationdiscussionWhereisthetoilet?

BritishEnglishthegroundfloor

thefirstfloor

thesecondfloorthethirdfloorthefirstfloorthesecondfloorthethirdfloorthefourthfloorAmericanEnglishN-E-I-G-H-B-O-U-R,neighbour.Canyoutellmehowtospelltheword“neighbor”?WhenyouwriteinEnglish,theymaynothavethesamespelling.neighbourneighborFillinthetablebelow.ChineseBrE

AmE鄰居neighbourneighbor勞動labor顏色colour幽默humor最喜愛的

favourite劇院theater千米kilometrelabourcolorhumourfavoritetheatrekilometerMaindifferencesBrEAmEspellingpronunci-ationcolourcolortravelledtraveleddance;can’t;neither;either

vocabularyautumnfallfilmmoviefootballsoccerBrE&AmEVariationsoftheEnglishlanguageexistallovertheworld.ThetwomostpopularversionsareBritishandAmericanEnglish.Nomatterwhichstyleyouprefer,youmustremainconsistentthroughoutyourwork.Inconsistencycanbeconfusingandlooksunprofessional.Therefore,chooseoneortheother,andsticktoyourchoice.Whatarethedifferencesbetweenthetwo.Let’stakealook.vocabularypossessionspellingpronunc