Unit 2 Period 5 Listening 课件-高一上学期英语【精彩课堂】精品课件（外研社2019必修第一册）

Ⅱ American and British English 2 American and British English What is the English word for the object in the picture? Please name them in as many ways as possible. subway / underground highway / motorway theater / theatre gas / petrol apartment / flat elevator / lift Why are there different words describing the same thing? Between American English and British English, which do these words belong to? subway highway theater gas apartment elevator How do you feel about the American English and the British equivalent? 2. Complete the passage with the following words. Today, American English is in common international use. It is different from British English in several ways, mostly in spelling and vocabulary. Some American spellings were created by Noah Webster, who made one of America’s first dictionaries. He changed “ -re” spellings to“ -er ”, which is why________ is spelt _______ in American English. The Americans and the British also use different words for everyday things. For example, Americans talk about putting ______ in their cars and driving along the ___________, whereas in the UK, theatre theater American and British English gas highway people put _________ in their cars and drive along the _________. Americans take the_________ to the top floor of a building, but the British use the _____. In the US, they take the _________, but in the UK, people travel on the _____________, Americans live in a(n) ___________ while the British live in a(n) _______. It’s not as confusing as it seems: usually people from the two countries can understand each other from the context. But that doesn’t stop them having a friendly argument about which word is the “right” one! lift subway underground apartment flat elevator petrol motorway American and British English What are the major differences between American English & British English according to the passage? What’s the topic sentence for the passage? Today, American English is in common international use