Unit 6 Experiencing different cultures Focusing on culture 同步分层作业 2026-2027学年沪教版初中英语九年级下册

Unit 6 Experiencing different cultures Focusing on culture 分层作业 建议用时：30分钟 一、单词汉译英（Focusing on culture：英美英语 British English and American English: similar but different!） 1. 英式英语 ____________ 2. 美式英语 ____________ 3. 公寓 ____________ 4. 电梯 ____________ 5. 秋天 ____________ 6. 拼写 ____________ 7. 发音 ____________ 8. 词汇 ____________ 9. 词典 ____________ 10. 统一的 ____________ 11. 口音 ____________ 12. 全球的 ____________ 二、短语汉译英（教材原短语） 1. 被称为 ____________ 2. 许多不同 ____________ 3. 互相听懂 ____________ 4. 拼法不同 ____________ 5. 例如 ____________ 6. 取而代之 ____________ 7. 传遍世界 ____________ 8. 大同小异 ____________ 三、词形变换（写出下列动词的名词形式） 1. spell → ____________ 2. pronounce → ____________ 3. differ → ____________ 4. travel → ____________ 5. organise → ____________ 一、单句填空（用括号内单词的正确形式填空） 1. The English ____________ (spell) the word colour with a u. 2. Americans ____________ (call) the first floor of a building the ground floor? No. 3. Two nations ____________ (divide) by a common language, someone joked. 4. The new spelling ____________ (become) standard in America. 5. Both kinds of English ____________ (understand) around the world today. 二、根据汉语意思完成句子（每空一词） 1. 英式英语和美式英语大同小异。 British and American English are ____________ ____________ the same. 2. 英国人说 lift，美国人说 elevator。 The British say ____________ ____________ the Americans say elevator. 3. 有些词的拼写不同。 ____________ words are ____________ differently in the two countries. 4. 韦伯词典简化了许多拼写。 Webster's dictionary ____________ ____________ spellings. 5. 两国人互相完全听得懂。 People from the two countries ____________ each other ____________. 三、句型转换 1. The British say lift while Americans say elevator.（对画线部分提问） ____________ ____________ do the British say while Americans say elevator? 2. The differences between the two Englishes are very small.（改为感叹句） ____________ ____________ small the differences between the two Englishes are! 3. Webster's dictionary simplified many spellings.（改为一般疑问句） ____________ Webster's dictionary ____________ many spellings? 4. The two kinds of English are not two languages.（改为反意疑问句） The two kinds of English are not two languages, ____________ ____________? 5. People watch both British and American films worldwide.（改为被动语态） Both British and American films ____________ ____________ worldwide. 四、选词填空（两种英语） 【flat, autumn, spelling, accent, global】 1. They rented a ____________ in London and an apartment in New York. 2. The British say ____________; Americans often say fall. 3. Colour and color differ only in ____________. 4. After two weeks, you stop noticing the ____________ differences. 5. Films and the internet keep both Englishes ____________ and alive. 五、情景补全对话（5个空，6个选项，1项多余） A. What words differ most between the two? B. Why did Webster simplify the spellings? C. Do the two kinds cause real misunderstanding? D. Which one should we learn, then? E. Is the pronunciation very different too? F. Do you like American films? Lily: Ben, our culture text is about British and American English. Ben: 1.____________ Lily: Everyday words: flat and apartment, lift and elevator, chips and fries. Ben: 2.____________ Lily: He wanted a young nation's language to be neat and democratic — every letter earning its keep. Ben: 3.____________ Lily: Hardly ever. The biggest trouble is a word like pants, which means trousers in America. Ben: 4.____________ Lily: Either. Films, games and travel mix them constantly — learn the standard, enjoy the rest. Ben: 5.____________ Lily: Some vowel sounds, yes, but after one film you follow everything. 拓展提高（课内同源 + 课外同源） 课内同源：被一种语言分开的两个国家 　　A famous writer once joked that Britain and America are two nations divided by a common language. The joke works because it is almost true — and the almost is worth an essay. / The differences live in three drawers. Vocabulary: the British live in flats, ride lifts, take the underground and eat biscuits; Americans live in apartments, ride elevators, take the subway and eat cookies. Spelling: Webster's dictionary of 1828 trimmed English to its bones for a young democracy — colour became color, centre became center, and the silent letters were sent packing. Grammar is a smaller drawer: the British happily use collective plurals — the team are winning — where Americans prefer the team is. / How did one language drift apart? Distance, mainly, plus time. For a century after independence, ships took six weeks each way, and a dictionary was the fastest bridge available. Radio, cinema, television and now the internet have run the traffic the other way, and the drift has slowed to a crawl: each side understands the other's films at full speed. / The lesson in the culture text is calming for learners. There is no correct English to choose between — there are two great dialects of one language, each with its own literature, jokes and accents. Pick a standard for spelling, keep it consistent through your essay, and stay curious about the other. A student who can laugh at both chips and crisps has understood the unit better than any exam can measure. 任务一：单项选择 1.What did Webster's 1828 dictionary do? A.It trimmed spellings for a young democracy. B.It banned American words. C.It copied London English. D.It invented new grammar. 2.What slowed the drift between the two Englishes? A.Radio, cinema, television and the internet. B.New dictionaries. C.New laws. D.Slower ships. 任务二：判断正误(T/F) 3.The British may say the team are winning. (　　) 4.Learners must choose one English and never touch the other. (　　) 任务三：简答 5.What is the practical advice for students at the end? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Passage2（课外同源：英语里的中文） 　　Open any English dictionary and you will find China hiding in plain sight — not in the grammar, but in the borrowings that ships and silk roads carried home. / The oldest arrivals came by sea. Tea itself sailed out of the Min-nan port of Amoy, which is why English says tea; the northern word cha travelled the land routes and became chai across Persia, Russia and India. Ketchup, one of the most American of sauces, began as a fish brine from southern China, and the word drifted through Malay before landing in English cookbooks. / Trade brought hardware. Sampan, a small boat; typhoon, the great storm — a word so ancient that it may have met English halfway, from Cantonese taai fung and Chinese sailors' Greek and Arabic cousins. The polite bow of the head became kowtow, borrowed so exactly that English speakers still use it for excessive obedience. / The twentieth century added philosophy and food: yin and yang, feng shui, kung fu, tofu, and the friendly greeting long time no see, which linguists suspect was calqued from Chinese phrasing by sailors and traders who missed home grammar. / Borrowing is how living languages gossip. English took typhoon and ketchup; Chinese, for its part, took shafa (sofa), qiaokeli (chocolate) and Moli (Monet). A word that crosses an ocean, the lexicographers say, proves that two peoples once sat at the same table. Every borrowing in the dictionary is a receipt from a very old friendship. 任务一：单项选择 1.Where did the English word tea come from? A.The Min-nan pronunciation te, spread by sea trade. B.The Persian word chai. C.An English farmer. D.The word tay in French. 2.What does the writer say a borrowed word proves? A.That two peoples once sat at the same table. B.That one language is stronger. C.That dictionaries are old. D.That trade is over. 任务二：判断正误(T/F) 3.Ketchup began as a fish brine from southern China. (　　) 4.Long time no see was invented by American grammar teachers. (　　) 任务三：简答 5.Name two words that Chinese borrowed from other languages. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 任务四：单元微写作 文化课后，老师请你写一段话介绍“英语与汉语的互相借词”，不少于6句话。请写清例词与来历，并用上 for example 和 spread around。 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 参考答案 夯实基础 一、单词汉译英 1.British English 2.American English 3.flat/apartment 4.lift/elevator 5.autumn/fall 6.spelling 7.pronunciation 8.vocabulary 9.dictionary 10.standard 11.accent 12.global 二、短语汉译英 1.be known as 2.many differences 3.understand each other 4.spelt differently 5.for example 6.take the place of 7.spread around the world 8.much the same 三、词形变换 1.spelling 2.pronunciation 3.difference 4.travelling/traveling 5.organisation 能力进阶 一、单句填空 1.spell 2.do...call 3.are divided 4.became 5.are understood 二、根据汉语意思完成句子 1.much; the 2.lift; while 3.Some; spelt 4.simplified; many 5.understand; perfectly 三、句型转换 1.What; word 2.How; small 3.Did; simplify 4.are; they 5.are; watched 四、选词填空 1.flat 2.autumn 3.spelling 4.accent 5.global 五、情景补全对话 答案：1.A 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.E；多余项：F 拓展提高 Passage1 任务一：1.A 2.A 任务二：3.T 4.F 任务三简答：5.Pick a standard for spelling, keep it consistent, stay curious about the other. Passage2 任务一：1.A 2.A 任务二：3.T 4.F 任务三简答：5.Shafa (sofa) and qiaokeli (chocolate) — or Moli (Monet). 任务四范文：Languages are the friendliest thieves in the world, and English and Chinese have been borrowing from each other for centuries. English took tea from the ports of southern China, where the local word te sailed abroad with the crop; the same ships probably carried ketchup, which began life as a fish sauce. For example, typhoon and kowtow also crossed the ocean, one from the storms of the Guangdong coast and one from the old court etiquette. The traffic runs both ways: modern Chinese says shafa for sofa, qiaokeli for chocolate, and Moli for the painter Monet, each word a small boat from another shore. New words still spread around the world at the speed of the internet, and today's English speakers order tofu and practise kung fu without a second thought. Every borrowed word is a receipt for a meeting between two peoples. A dictionary, read this way, is not a rulebook at all — it is a photo album of old friendships. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $