UNIT5LANGUAGESAROUNDTHEWORLDTolearndifferentkindsofEnglish.WhatdifferencebetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishcanyouseefromthevideo?_________________PronunciationLookatthevideo.HowmuchdoyouknowaboutAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?Discussthewordsabove.Whatotherdifferentwordsdoyouknow?RecallthecontentslearnedinListeningandSpeakingandanswerthequestions.1.Whichlanguagehasthemostnativespeakersintheworld—English,SpanishorChinese?2.HowaboutEnglish?Doesithavethesecondlargestnumberofnativespeakersintheworld?Chinese.No,itcomesthethird,afterSpanish.Listentothefirstpartofthetalk.WhatarethedifferentkindsofEnglisharementioned?BritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,andAustralianEnglish.LISTENINGTEXTPART1

AsmanycountriesspeakEnglishasafirstlanguage,therearemanydifferentkindsofEnglisharoundthe

world:BritishEnglish,AmericanEnglish,AustralianEnglish,andmanyothers.SomeEnglish

learnersmightask,"CanEnglishspeakersfrom

differentcountriesallunderstandeachother?"The

answerisyes.Peopleinthesecountriescanusually

understandeachotherwithveryfewproblems.Thereareditterencesinvocabulary,pronunciation,andgrammar,

butthose

areusuallynotbig

problems.However,thoseditterencescancause

confusiontornon-native

Englishspeakers.For

example,astudentwhohaslearntBritishEnglishmightnotbetamiliarwiththeditterentvocabulary

thatanAmericanmightuse.Listentothisconversation

between

foreignlanguage

student

andherAmericanclassmate.LISTENINGPART2Amy:Thankyouverymuchforhelpingmewithmy

English.Betty:You'rewelcome!Whenareyoutreetomeet?Thissemester,I'mfreeonTuesdayand

Ihursdayatterlunch.Amy:I'msorry?Whatdoes"semester"mean?Betty:Youknow,semesterhalfofaschoolyear.Amy:Uh,youmeanlikeaterm?Betty:Yes,likeaterm.TheBritishsay"term".Weusuallysay"semester"hereinAmerica.Amy:Gotit!MyfirstEnglishlessonwithyou,haha?OK,let'smeetonTuesday.Where

shallwemeet?Betty:Let'smeetatacoffeeshopnearmyhome.It's

very

convenienttogettherebysubway.Amy:Subway?Doyoumeantheunderground?Betty:Yes,thetrainthatgoesundertheground.Amy:Ah,gotit!Haha,mysecondEnglishlesson.Thankyou.Listentothesecondpartofthetalk.Whatarethetwopairsofwordsthatthestudentisconfusedby?Tickthemintheboxes.semester/termrestroom/toilet

gas/petrol

subway/underground√√n.

汽油；氣味；燃氣n.

汽油n.

地鐵BrE&AmEWhenyouheartwonativespeakersofEnglish,theymaystillnotspeakthesamekindofEnglish.What?Doyoumeanthisautumn?Doyouhaveanyplanthisfall?American?British?

A:Doyouwanttocometomyapartment?B:Yourflat?Idon’tthinkso.Canwegotothepub?A:Wow,thebarisaniceplace.Wecango.B:Great.IwantatinofCokeandsome

sweets.A:Well,Iwantacanofbeerandsome

candies.B:Hey,Ilikefootballmatchverymuch.A:

OK.Wecangoandseeasoccergametomorrow.B:Oh,timetogohome,let’sgotothelift.A:

OK.Let’sgototheelevatortogether.Lookatthepairsofwordsbelow.WhichareBritishandwhichareAmerican?n.

公寓套房BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishBrEAmEThedifferencesbetweenBrE&AmE.vocabularyspellingpronunciationautumn

falltyphoontornadoI

think

Iguesscolour

colorcentre

centertraveller

travelerdancedancenot

notChineseBrEAmE鄰居關系neighbourhoodneighborhood勞動力labourlabor顏色colourcolor榮譽honourablehonorable幽默humourhumor特別喜愛的人（或物）favouritefavorite電影院theatretheater公里kilometrekilometerChineseBrEAmE電梯liftelevator汽油petrolgas,gasoline秋天autumnfall地鐵undergroundsubway大學universitycollege垃圾rubbishgarbage垃圾箱dustbintrashcan假期holidayvacation兩周fortnighttwoweeksChineseBrEAmE公寓flatapartment酒吧pubbar罐頭tincan糖果sweetscandy橡皮eraserrubber比賽matchgame足球footballsoccer電影filmmovie出租車taxicabcenterflatcolourliftgrayhonorpetrolundergroundpictureserasergreycentreapartmentelevatorhonourcolorrubber

gasmoviessubwayMatchthewordsthathavethesamemeaning.Wow,Iwantsome

sweets.Whataboutyou,Martin?Well,Iwantsome______.

candyTimetogohome.Let’sgotothe________together.Ohno,the_______mustbefullofpeoplethistime.liftelevatorMartin:Hey,ZhouWei,doyouwanttogo

shopping?There’sasaleatmyfavouritestore.ZhouWei:Oh,yes!Ireallyneedtobuysome

pants.Martin:Pants?That’sfunny.Idon’tusuallygoshoppingwithmyfriendsforpants.Readandrole-playtheconversation.WhichwordsareBritishEnglishandwhichareAmericanEnglish?Trytothinkofmorepairsofwordslikethese.n.

內褲；短褲；褲子ZhouWei:Youdon’t?Don’tyouliketohavesomebodytellyouifthepantslookgoodornot?Martin:Er…Notreally…Hey,wait,doyoumeantrousers—whatyouandI

arewearingonourlegsrightnow?ZhouWei:Oh,yes.That’swhatImeanbypants!That’sAmericanEnglish,isn'tit?Martin:Yes,itis!Iknewwhatyoumeant,bytheway.Iwasjustjokingwithyou.DidyouknowthatinBritishEnglish,“pants”meanssomethingverydifferent?ZhouWei:Really?Sowhatdoesitmean?Martin:InBritishEnglish,theword“pants”

meansunderwear.…WhatdoesZhouWeiwanttobuy?WhydoesMartinfeelpuzzledaboutwhatZhouWeiwantstobuy?Howdotheymisunderstandeachother?Howdothey