Unit 2 Word power课件-2021-2022学年高中英语牛津译林版必修一

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