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1、Unit2WarmingupandreadingEnglisharoundtheworldDoyouknowAmericanEnglish?DoyouknowBritishEnglish?WhatarethedifferencesbetweenA.EandB.E?KobeBryantisanAmericanbasketballplayer.DavidBeckhamisaformerEnglishfootballer.Let’sreadadialoguebetweenthem.Doyouwanttocome
2、tomyflat?Whereisyourapartment?Shallwegotothepubtocelebrateyourbirthday?Wow,thebarisaniceplace.Wow,IwantatinofCokoandsomesweets.Whataboutyou?Well,Iwantacanofmilkteaandsomecandy.Great.Ilikefootballmatch,too.Hey,let’sgoandseeasoccergame.Itisveryexciting.Ohno
3、,theliftmustbefullofpeopleatthistime.Timetogohome.Let’sgototheelevatortogether.It’simportanttohaveagoodknowledgeofEnglish.FromthesewecanseetherearedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.1.Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.Forexample,speakersofBritishE
4、nglishsay“inhospital”and“Haveyouapen?”Americanssay“inthehospital”and“Doyouhaveapen?”2.Pronunciationissometimesdifferent.Americansusuallysoundther’sinwordslike“bird”and“hurt”.SomespeakersofBritishEnglishdonotsoundther’sinthesewords.3.Therearedifferencesbet
5、weenBritishandAmericanEnglishinspellingandvocabulary.BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishspellingpronunciationwordscolour,color,favourite,favorite,theatre,theater,centre,center,travelled,traveled,metremeteraskdancewheelnotboxpostmailfilmmovieshopstoreIthinkIgues
6、sThoughtherearedifferencesingrammar,pronunciation,spelling,andvocabulary,forthemostpart,BritishandAmericanEnglisharethesamelanguage.Fast-readingAnswerthequestions.1.WhendidEnglishbegintobespokeninmanyothercountries?2.WhichcountryhasthelargestnumberofEngli
7、shlearnersintheworld?Inthe17thcentury.China.Detailed-readingFillintheformaccordingtothetext.Task1:AD450--1150Englishwasbasedon__________________EnglishwasmorelikeFrench.Attheendofthe16thcenturyHowmanypeoplespeakEnglish?_____________________Shakespearemade
8、useofawidervocabulary.___________AmericanEnglishgaineditsownidentity.Later__________Englishhaditsidentity.German5-7millionInthe1600’sAustralian18281150~15001.Englishhas/hadthemostspeakers___.A.nowB.whentheBritishrul