Vocabulary and Reading

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1、外研版高二年级(必修5)Module1Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishContents21345SkimmingScanningDetailedReadingPostReadingLanguagePoints6IntroductionIntroductionReadthequotationsandanswerthequestions.AWehavereallyeverythingincommonwithAmericanowadays,exceptofcourse,language.---OscarWilde,19th

2、centurywriterBWithinacenturyBritishandAmericanEnglishspeakerswillnotbeabletounderstandeachother.---HenrySweet,19thcenturylinguistCAmericaandEnglandaretwocountriesdividedbyacommonlanguage.--GeorgeBernardShaw,20thcenturywriterDItdoesn’tmakemuchofadifferencewhetherateacherspeaksB

3、ritishorAmericanEnglish.--DaveSperling,founderofDave’sESLCafe1.Whatisthetopicofthequotations?ThedifferencebetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.2.Whoseopinionisthemostoptimistic?DaveSperling.3.Whoseopinionisthemostpessimistic?HenrySweet.4.Which(ifany)doyouthinkarefunny?open5.Whichi

4、sgoodnewsforstudentsofEnglish?DaveSperling6.CanyouguesswhichquotationsarefromBritishpeople?HenrySweetBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishMumMomprogrammeprogramtheatretheaterrealiserealizewritetomewritemeReadtheemailsonpage1andsaywhatthewritershaveincommon.ThesecondwriterisAmerican.Ch

5、eckthetruestatements.PeoplefromHongKongcanunderstandpeoplefromBeijing.2.PeoplefromShanghaisoundthesameaspeoplefromXi’an.F3.ChinesecharacterscanbeunderstoodbyallspeakersofChinese.4.AmericanEnglishisverydifferentfromBritishEnglish.5.PeoplefromBritaincan’tunderstandpeoplefromAmer

6、ica.FFTReadingandspeakingReadthetitlesandthefirstsentencesofeachparagraphandfindfourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent.vocabularygrammarspellingpronunciationSkimmingSubjectSentencesinparts1-4.Part1:ThefirstandmostobviouswayisinthevocabularySometimesthesamewordhas

7、aslightlydifferentmeaning.Part2:Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.Theothertwoareasinwhichthetwovarietiesdifferarespellingandpronunciation.Part3:Part4:Readingcarefullyandfindthedifferencesinvocabulary,grammarandspelling.ScanningTheDifferencesinVocabulary(Part1)BritishAmericancar

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