●活动与探究

This activity is to supply students with a chance to use the words and phrases and inspire students’ imagination.So I will ask students to create an imaginary story with at least six words or phrases in it.They can work in pairs to work on it and in some spare time they can communicate their story to others.In the end，I will judge which one will be the top 3.

●备课资料

American English and British English

Written English is more or less the same in both Britain and the USA，and in everyday speech the two peoples have little difficulty in understanding one another.In fact，the Americans have explored a large number of their words and phrases to Britain—through literature，the movies，TV，American soldiers during both world wars and tourists.The following words and phrases are of American origin：teenager，boyfriend，radio，right away，way of life，etc.

Some of the words that Americans now use come from the languages of their immigrants，particularly from the Germans.The basic meaning of “dumb” in both British and American English，is “unable to speak”.In the USA，it acquired a second meaning “stupid”，straight from the German “damn” (stupid)，and this second meaning has now crossed the Atlantic to Britain.

Of course，there are some American words that are peculiar to the USA and are quite different from their equivalents in the rest of the English-speaking world.Here is a list of some of the most important.

British English American English

taxi

transport

petrol

main road

motorway

underground

subway

pavement

lorry

car park

secondary school

university

autumn

holiday

fortnight

rubbish

dustbin

wardrobe

flat

ground floor

lift

term

hire a car

tap

bath

dustbin

rubbish

to queue cab

transportation

gasoline

highway

interstate

subway

underpass

sidewalk

truck

parking lot

high school

college

fall

vacation

two weeks

garbage

trashcan

closet

apartment

first floor

elevator

semester

rent a car

faucet

bathtub

garbage can

garbage，trash

to line up

The words for the “toilet” can also cause confusion，although the word “toilet” itself is common to both languages

Am.English Br.English

comfort station

restroom

bathroom

little boys’ room

little girls’ room

the john public convenience

ladies/gents

lavatory

W.C

loo

lav

There are complications，too，with the time，the date with numbers.

Am.English Br.English

What time do you have?

What time is it?

A quarter after four (4：15)

A quarter of five (4：45)

Monday through Friday

July fourth，or fourth of July (in speech) What’s the time?

What time do you make it?

A quarter past four(4：15)

A quarter to five(4：45)

(from) Monday to Friday

July the fourth

There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words，e.g.check(US)/cheque(UK)，center(US)/center(UK).Many American English words ending in “or”，e.g.honor，vigor，labor are spelt in British English with an “our”，e.g.honour，vigour，labour.In American English，“practice” is used both for the verb and noun.In British English，the verb is spelt “practise”，and the noun “practice”.In the main，American English avoids the doubling up of consonauts in nouns and verbs while British English does not.In American English，for example，one writes “travel，traveled，traveling，traveler”，while in British English one writes “travel，travelled，travelling，traveller”.

It was once predicated that British and American English would draw so far apart that eventually they would become separate languages.The opposite has happened.The links between the two countries are so strong that linguistically and culturally too，they are closer together than ever.

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