1、Unit 2,Unit 2 Growing pains,American English vs British English grammar; pronunciation; vocabulary.,Brainstorming,3. Have you found any difference between American English and British English in the play? 4. Could you list the differences you know?,Read the following story and answer.,Joe (an Americ

2、an) Nancy (an Englishman) Once Joe came to Britain for the first time by air. When he arrived at Nancys home. He asked, “ Could I use your bathroom?” Nancy said ok and gave him a clean towel and told him that the bathroom was upstairs. After a while, however, Joe didnt find the bathroom.,1. What is

3、it that Joe cant find in the bathroom? 2. Why cant he find it?,It is a toilet that Joe couldnt find.,Joe is an American, he says bathroom and means a place where there is a toilet. But in Nancys eye, its a place where people can only have a bath. Because of this, they misunderstood each other.,Its u

4、seful for us to know some differences between British English and American English. Look at the following tables:,dance /dns/,not /nat/,either /i/,color,travel,program,favor,center,learned,vacation,stairway,mail,gas,baggage,American or British English? (AE/BE),1. Have you got any pets? Yes, Ive got

5、three rabbits and a tortoise. 2. I have an apartment in the city centre. 3. Do you have a walkman？ Have you (got) a walkman？,AE,BE,BE,AE,4. I dont have any ink. I havent (got) any ink. 5. She works nights as a janitor. She works at night as a janitor. 6. Lets stay home. Lets stay at home. 7. He has

6、gotten a new job. He has got a new job.,AE,AE,AE,AE,BE,BE,BE,BE,Can you name any other differences? How much do you know? Thanksgiving is observed only in _. (2) People usually walk on the _ side in the USA while in the UK people usually walk on the _ side. (3) _ behave in a more casual way while in

7、 _ people are a bit more formal or traditional.,America,right,left,Americans,Britain,(4) Americans select _ as the top leader of the country, while in the UK, the _ or _ is always the representative of the country. (5) Football has its origin in _, but in America, where it is called _, it is not so

8、popular as American football, or _.,president,King,Queen,Britain,soccer,rugby,Read the dialogue and find out whether it is in American English or British English.,Sam went back to London to go on with his study in CMHS. He met David on the school campus.,Sam: Hi, David. How are you? David: Fine, hav

9、e you just gone back from New York? Sam: Yeah, I went back here last Monday. David: How is your summer holiday, Sam?,BE,AE,BE,Sam: Excellent, during my summer vacation I joined a soccer ball club and I can play it better now. David: Good! I also practiced playing football this summer too.,AE,BE,Sam:

10、 OK. Please call me at 33543165 if the students union organize a soccer ball match. David: Good idea! You may call me on 25682275. Sam: See you! David: Goodbye!,AE,BE,BE,AE,Change the underlined words and phrases from American English to British English.,Answers: 1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._ 8._,is t

11、hat,fitted,programme,colour,toilet,on,Shes just gone home,centre,Colloquialisms,You are telling me Im lazy. Ha, look what a mess your room is! That is like the pot calling the kettle black !,This is a colloquialism. Do you know what does it mean?,A colloquialism is an informal expression used in spo

12、ken English. Colloquialisms are never used in formal English or in writing, but are often used in conversations.,What is a colloquialism?,Dont worry. Its a piece of cake!,something easy to do,Dont be a wet blanket. Have some fun!,boring / afraid to have fun,Go on, tell me. Im all ears.,listening car

13、efully,Are you serious? Dont pull my leg.,joke with someone,1. a piece of cake 小菜一碟 容易的事 e.g. No sweat. This project will be a piece of cake. 沒問題，這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃不費(fèi)吹灰之力。 We need not have worried about the math exam. It was a piece of cake. 我們本不必?fù)?dān)心數(shù)學(xué)考試，實(shí)際上很 容易。,2. a wet blanket 令人掃興的人 這一表達(dá)的來(lái)源是：當(dāng)發(fā)生火災(zāi)的時(shí)候，為了撲火，把濕毛毯

14、蓋到火上。后用來(lái)指在社交場(chǎng)合潑冷水，令人掃興的人。如： Im sorry to be such a wet blanket, but Im afraid I have to go home now.,I cant decide whether I should invite my girlfriends brother Tom to the party. After all he is her brother. But hes such a wet blanket. Im afraid hell spoil the party for all my other guests.,throw a

15、wet blanket on這個(gè)說法相當(dāng)于中文里的一句俗語(yǔ)： 給人當(dāng)頭潑涼水。人們逐漸引伸了這個(gè)說法用a wet blanket來(lái)比喻把周圍興高采烈的人們都弄得熱情冷卻的一個(gè)人。然而wet blanket并不只是用來(lái)說人，也可以指事情。如：,My friends and I were going to the beach this weekend for some sun and swimming. But the weather forecast threw a wet blanket on our plans it says itll be rainy and cold. 我和朋友們?cè)瓉?lái)打

16、算這個(gè)周末去海濱曬太陽(yáng)、游泳，但是天氣預(yù)報(bào)卻給我們當(dāng)頭潑了一瓢涼水。據(jù)說天要下雨而且很涼。,3. all ears 形容很專心地傾聽，全神貫注 When someone is all ears, he or she is listening with complete attention e.g. Whenever you tell Johnny some gossip, hes all ears. 每當(dāng)你說閑話給約翰尼聽時(shí)，他總是全神貫注。, We kids probably make a lot of noise when we are playing, but we are all ea

17、rs when Irma sits down and begins to read to us. 我們這些孩子去玩耍時(shí)也許是吵吵嚷嚷的，可一當(dāng)愛瑪坐下來(lái)開始給我們講故事時(shí)，我們就聚精會(huì)神地專心傾聽。, “I couldnt sleep a wink last night,” Andy said. “I was all ears listening to the sounds outside my tent in Country Park.”“昨晚我一點(diǎn)兒也沒睡著，”安迪說，“我專心聽著帳篷外郊野公園的動(dòng)靜。,4. to pull ones leg 逗別人，開別人玩笑 e.g. My roomm

18、ate said this girl had told him she wouldnt mind going out with me. But when I invited her to a movie, I learned he was just pulling my leg. 我的室友說，那個(gè)女孩愿意和我一起出去玩?？墒?，當(dāng)我請(qǐng)她去看電影的時(shí)候，我才發(fā)現(xiàn)我那同學(xué)是逗我，開我的玩笑。,Hey, stop pulling my leg, will you? I dont believe that girl really said she likes me and would like me t

19、o take her out. 喂，你別逗我行不行！我才不信那個(gè)女 孩真的說了她喜歡我，還要我邀她出去 玩。,Read the sentences and express what the colloquialisms under-lined mean.,1. Though you are busy, could you just lend me an ear for a moment? lend me an ear : to listen and pay attention to 傾聽；注意；仔細(xì)地聽,2. If Huston rockets can win this basketball

20、game by twenty points, I will eat my hat. eat my hat: You are 100 percent certain that something will happen. 拓展：eat (ones) words: to retract something that one has said. 食言：對(duì)自己說的話又反悔,3. I have never expected Lily to act as cool as a cucumber in the traffic accident. as cool as a cucumber: very calm

21、 and controlled in difficult situations. 像黃瓜一樣涼爽 就是當(dāng)一個(gè)人碰到困難和麻煩時(shí)很冷 靜、很放松。,4. All the family members come to persuade Jim to change his idea, but he is as stubborn as a mule. as stubborn as a mule: refusing to change ones opinion 倔得像頭騾子,5. As a green hand, Robert nearly drove into the grocery on roads

22、ide. green hand : one who is new in a certain field 生手，沒有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人,6. Because Tod failed in his maths exam, he was as quiet as a mouse when his father scolded him. as quiet as a mouse: making very little noise 非常安靜，不聲不響,Guess what the expressions mean.,1. Mrs Blacks garden is the best in our town. She ha

23、s real green fingers. _ 2. He makes every decision in our company. He is the top dog. _,be good at gardening (園藝能手）,an important person in an organization,3. Why did you give her the cold shoulder? You are good friends, arent you? _ 4. I wish I had brought my umbrella. Its raining cats and dogs. _ 5

24、. Football is just not my cup of tea I like playing volleyball. _,be not friendly to her,raining heavily (下傾盆大雨),not really to my taste,Fill in the blanks with the colloquialisms we have learned.,1. Kate, dont be_ at the party. Lets dance together. 2. Jim, when I explain the language points, you should _.,a wet blanket,lead me