Unit 2 Exploring English Using language Vocabulary 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

外研 必修 第一册 subway highway motorway gas petrol apartment flat elevator context n. 地铁 n. 公路 n. 高速公路 n. 汽油 n. 汽油 n. 一套住房，公寓套房 n. 一套住房，公寓套房 n. 电梯，升降机 n. 上下文，语境 U N I T 2 Exploring English P3 Vocabulary - American and British English Look at the pictures and get to know the American English words and their British equivalents. P18 4 American English British English subway highway theater gas apartment elevator underground motorway theatre petrol flat lift 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 1_______ is spelt 2________ in American English. The Americans and the British also use different words for everyday things. For example, Americans talk about putting 3____ in their cars and driving along the 4________ whereas in the UK, people put 5______ in their cars and drive along the 6__________. Now complete the passage with the words. subway/underground highway/motorway theater/theatre gas/petrol apartment/flat elevator/lift P18 4 theatre theater gas highway petrol motorway Americans take the7________ to the top floor of a building, but the British use the 8_____. In the US, they take the 9_______, but in the UK, people travel on the 10____________. Americans live in a(n) 11__________, while the British live in a(n) 12_____. 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! subway/underground highway/motorway theater/theatre gas/petrol apartment/flat elevator/lift elevator lift subway underground apartment flat Find more examples of differences between American and British English. Use a dictionary or search on the Internet. P18 5 Spelling Vocabulary Pronunciation Spelling Items AE&BE Differences Examples 以-er/-re结尾的单词 American English center, fiber, theater British English centre, fibre, theatre 以-or/-our 结尾的 单词 American English color, flavor, humor, labor, neighbor British English colour, flavour, humour, labour, neighbour 以 -ize/-ise结尾的单词 American English apologize, realize, organize, recognize British English apologise, realise, organise, recognise 以-er结尾 以-re结尾 以-or结尾 以-our结尾 以-ize结尾 以--ise结尾 Items AE&BE Differences Examples 以-yse结尾的单词 American English analyze, paralyze (麻痹) British English analyse, paralyse (麻痹) 以“元音+字母 l”结尾的单词 American English traveler, traveling, traveled British English traveller, travelling, travelled 双元音的拼写 American English leukemia, maneuver British English leukaemia, manoeuvre 以-yze结尾 以-yse结尾 不用双写 l 双写 l 一个字母e ae或oe Items AE&BE Differences Examples 以-ense/ -ence 结尾的 单词 American English license, defense, offense British English licence, defence, offence 以-og/ -ogue 结尾的 单词 American English analog/analogue, dialog/dialogue British English analogue, dialogue 以-gram/ -gramme结尾的单词 American English program, kilogram British English programme, kilogramme 以-ense结尾 以-ence结尾 以-og或-ogue结尾均可 以-ogue结尾 以-gram结尾 以-gramme 结尾 Vocabulary Meaning American English British English 长裤 出租车 大货车 秋天 曲奇 电影 电梯 足球 节假日 公寓 汽油 pants trousers cab truck fall cookie movie elevator soccer vacation apartment gasoline taxi lorry autumn biscuit film lift football holiday flat petrol Pronunciation Examples AmE BrE ask hot factory fertile tune clerk tomato [æsk] [ɑːsk] [hɑːt] [hɒt] [ˈfæktəri] [ˈfæktri] [ˈfɜːtəl] [ˈfɜːtaɪl] [tu:n] [tju:n] [klɜːrk] [klɑːk] [təˈmeɪtoʊ] [təˈmɑːtəʊ] British English and American English are different, though the same language. Why is it so? Background information $$