必修5module1.ppt

,Module1 British and American English,班级：高二（1）制作人：卢文华,Introduction Reading and Speaking,Period 1,British and American English,Introduction-1.Read the quotations and tell whether you agree or disagree.,A We have really everything in common with America nowadays,except of course,language.-Oscar Wilde,19th century writer,B With a century British and American English speakers will not be able to understand each other.-Henry Sweet,19th century linguist,C America and England are two countries divided by a common language.-George Bernard Shaw,20th century writer,D It doesnt make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.-Dave Sperling,founder of Daves ESL Cafe,Introduction-2.Discussion Read the quotations and answer the questions in Part 1.,KeysThe difference between British and American EnglishDB(open)DHenry Sweet,Introduction-3.Reading Read the e-mails and decide which writer is American.,Which is American and which is British?(point out the reason),Key to the answers,The second writer is American.Some of the reasons we know are:,Language points,1.have in common 有共同之处,John and I have something/nothing in common.,有一些/无共同之处,The two cultures have a lot/much/little in common.,有很多/几乎没有共同之处,2.make a difference 有影响 使不同,What you said made a difference to her.,make no/some/much difference to sb/sth.对某人/某物没有/有一些/有很大影响,It makes no difference to me whether he goes or not.,The rain didnt make much difference to the game.,家庭作业,背诵单词和词组用所学的词组造句,