Introduction & Cultural Corner

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1、Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishIntroduction&CulturalCornerIntroductionWhat’sthedifferencebetweenAmericanandBritishEnglish?Listenanddiscuss:Spelling,pronunciation…Readthequotationsandtellwhetheryouagreeordisagree.AWehavereallyeverythingincommonwithAmericanowadays,exceptofcourse,language.---OscarWi

2、lde,19thcenturywriterBWithacenturyBritishandAmericanEnglishspeakerswillnotbeabletounderstandeachother.---HenrySweet,19thcenturylinguistCAmericaandEnglandaretwocountriesdividedbyacommonlanguage.--GeorgeBernardShaw,20thcenturywriterDItdoesn’tmakemuchofadifferencewhetherateacherspeaksBritishorAmerican

3、English.--DaveSperling,founderofDave’sESLCafeDiscussion:Readthequotationsandanswerthequestions1.Whatisthetopicofthequotations?2.Whichisthemostoptimistic?3.Whichisthemostpessimistic?4.Which(ifany)doyouthinkarefunny?5WhichisgoodnewsforstudentsofEnglish?6.CanyouguesswhichquotationsarefromBritishpeople

4、?KeysThedifferencebetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishDB(open)DHenrySweetImagination:WritedownyourexpectationsWhatdoyouexpectBritishandAmericanEnglishtobelike?AreyouoptimisticorpessimisticabouttheBritishandAmericanEnglish?Reading:Readthee-mailsanddecidewhichwriterisAmericanWhichisAmericanandwhichisBrit

5、ish?(pointoutthereason)KeytotheanswersThesecondwriterisAmerican.someofthereasonsweknoware:BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishMumMomprogrammeprogramtheatretheaterrealisedrealizewritetomewritemeCultureCornerAskthefollowingquestions.Doyouknowthisman?DoyouknowAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage?Readandans

6、werthefollowingquestions.Whatdoesthefirstparagraphtalkabout?WhatdoesitsayaboutthespellingofEnglish?What’stherelationbetweenthespellingandthesoundinEnglish?DoesEnglishspellingalwaysrepresentitssound?Dealwiththedifficulties.1….thankstotheworkofNoahWebster…2.…shouldhaveadistinctive“American”look.3.…su

7、ggestedsimplifyingthespellingofEnglishwords.4.TheBritishcriticisedthedictionary,butitquicklybecameastandardreferencebookintheStatesDiscussandshareyourideawithyourpartner.WhatreasonsdidWebsterhaveforwritinga