Section Introduction & Reading andVocabularyWarming Up来源:Zxxk.Com,预习多维感知,Section ,预习多维感知,Step One：Ask and discuss 1Is British English the same as American English? _ 2Do you know the difference between them? _,Step Two：Fast reading 1Scan the text and do some true or false questions. (1)Therere a lot of differences in grammar between British and American English.( ) (2)Vocabulary is the first and most obvious difference between the two.( ) (3)British people say “write me” and “on the team”( ),(4)Theres not much variation in language within the country.( ) (5)Television and Internet have made it easier for the British and Americans to understand each other.( ) (6)In the future，therell be only one kind of English.( ) 答案：(1)F (2)T (3)F (4)F (5)T (6)F,2Choose the best answer according to the text. (1)This passage is mainly about _. Ahow the British brought English into the New World Bthe tourists difficulties in the two countries Cthe use of the world official languageEnglish Dthe obvious differences between British English and American English 答案：D,(2)What is the writers attitude toward the differences between British English and American English? 来源:学科网ZXXK APeople can understand each other in the same nation however great the differences are. BDifferences within a language are quite normal even in the same country. CGeorge Bernard Shaw believed that English would grow better. DIt is surprising that the same language has such great differences. 答案：B,(3)The paragraph Colour or Color？tells us that _. Apeople on the East Coast of the US speak a much similar English to the British Bdifferences between languages often cause international problems CAmerican English seems better than British English Dspelling and pronunciation differences no longer exist in the same language 答案：A,(4)What causes “the two varieties are moving closer together”？ AThat the two nations are becoming more friendly. BAmerican words and structures passing into British English. CSteady communications between the two nations. DThat scientists have made communications much easier. 答案：C,(5)Why do many people believe that British English will disappear in the future? ABecause it is not easy to understand. BBecause its spelling is more difficult. CBecause lots of American words and structures have passed into it. DBecause it is not as useful as American English. 答案：C,Step Three：Careful reading 1Listen to the tape and answer the following questions. (1)Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one? There are a lot of differences between British English and American English. _ 答案：British English and American English are different in many ways.,(2)In what ways is American English different from British English? _ _ 答案：American English is different from British English in vocabulary，grammar，spelling as well as pronunciation.,(3)Translate the sentence into Chinese. But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing into British English，so that some people now believe that British English will disappear. _ _ 答案：但是这也导致许多美式英语单词和结构融入英式英语，以至于现在有些人认为英式英语会消失。来源:学科网ZXXK,2Read the text and fill in the blanks.,答案：(1)Differences (2)Words (3)Spelling (4)car (5)subway (6)queue up (7)French fries (8)Have you got？(9)in the team (10)color,Step Four：Summary British and American English are different in many ways.The first and most 1._way is in the vocabulary.For example，Americans drive automobiles down freeways while the British drive cars along 2._.The second difference is that sometimes the same word has a slightly different meaning，which can be 3._.Third，there are a few differences in 4._，too.The British say “Have you got.？” while Americans prefer “Do you have.？” Prepositions，too，can be different.,The British use prepositions while Americans 5._ them.Finally，many factors have influenced American 6._ since the first 7._ arrived four hundred years ago.The 8._，which is most 9._ to British English，can be heard on the East Coast of the US.A Londoner may have more 10._ understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker. 答案：1.obvious 2.motorways 3.confusing 4grammar 5.omit 6.pronunciation 7.settlers 8accent 9.similar 10.difficulty,Step Five：Discussion Do you think Chinese will be most widely used in the world? Why? (within 30 words) _ _