内容正文:
Unit 2
Growing pains
American English vs British English & Colloquialisms
Word power
American English British English
vacation holiday
soccer football
be starving be hungry
garbage can rubbish tin
behavior behaviour
Revision and lead in:
Look at the screen, can you find words and phrases in
the play Home alone which have the same meaning?
Xi Jinping in the UK
Xi Jinping in the USA
Suppose you are the translator of Xi Jinping, do you think it’s enough to know just one kind of English?
It’s useful for us to know some differences between British English and American English.
It can enlarge our vocabulary and help us understand English better.
Differences British English American English
Pronunciation dance /da:ns/
not /nɔt /
either
/aiðə /
dance /dæns/
not /na:t/
either /iðə/
Differences British English American English
Spelling colour
neighbour
favour
favourite
honour
color
neighbor
favor
favorite
honor
Differences British English American English
Spell