Unit 2 Welcome to the unit 课件 2023-2024学年牛津译林版英语八年级上册

Unit 2 School life Welcome to the unit Welcome to the unit & comic strips To talk about school life and review the related words To learn different words which mean the same thing between British English and American English To learn the differences between British English and American English To learn the new words and expressions Objectives It’s a map of the world. 1. What countries do you know? 2. What languages do they speak? Welcome to the unit English is taken as official(官方的) language in over 45 countries. 1/3 of the world’s population speak English. People speak English in both the UK and the USA. However, sometimes they use different words which mean the same thing. So there are British English and American English Attention It is called … in British English. It is called … in American English. biscuit ['biskit] cookie ['kʊkɪ] autumn fall [fɔ:l] lorry ['lɔri] truck [trʌk] holiday vacation[və'keɪʃən] Different words for the same thing It is called … in British English. It is called … in American English. film movie ['mu:vɪ] football soccer ['sɔkə] garden yard [jɑ:d] rubber eraser [ɪ'reɪzə] shop store [stɔ:] Different words for the same thing Brithish English 1. biscuit 2. autumn 3. lorry 4. film 5. football 6. holiday 7. garden 8. rubber 9. shop American English a. eraser b. soccer c. vacation d. cookie e. fall f. store g. truck h. yard i. movie _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ d e g i b c h a f Write the correct words under the pictures below. film movie football soccer garden yard lorry truck rubber eraser Different spellings maths favourite humour colour centre practise metre math favorite humor color center practice meter American English British English 1. What is Simon going to buy for his cousin? He is going to buy a lorry for his cousin. 2. What is Daniel going to buy? He is going to buy some biscuits. 3. What’s Daniel’s plan for the weekend? He wants to see a film. 4. How about Simon’s? He will practise playing football this Saturday. truck cookies soccer movie D