Unit2Schoollife

ComicstripandWelcometotheunitAnswerthefollowingquestions1.Whichpartofourschooldoyoulikebest?Why?2.Whatactivitiescanwedoinourschool?3.Whichdoyoulikebetteraboutschool,thelessonsortheafter-schoolactivities?4.Doyouthinkschoollifeisfun?Whyorwhynot?

LearnthenewwordadvertisementListentotheconversationbetweenEddieandHoboandanswerthequestionsbelow.1.WhydoesEddiethinkdogsdon’tgotoschool?

2.WhatdoesEddiethinkofschool?Becausehethinksdogsareclevererthanpeople.HethinksschoolislikewatchingTV.Completetheshortpassageaccordingtothedialogue.

HobotellsEddiethattheschool____1____isgoingpasttheirhome.HobotellsEddiethathewantstogotoschool,butEddietellshimthattheydon’t____2____togotoschool.ThenHoboasksEddie____3____theydon’tneedtogotoschool.EddiesaystoHobo,“____4____wearedogsanddogsare____5____thanpeople.”However,Hobostill____6____togotoschoolandasksEddietotellhimwhatschoolis____7____.Eddiesaysthatit’sjustlike____8___TV.HoboasksEddieincuriosity,“Arethereany____9____betweenthem?”Eddieanswers,“Yes,butthereare____10___advertisementsinschoolthanonTV.”busneedwhyBecauseclevererwantslikewatchingadvertisementsfewerPleasecompleteanothereditionofthisdialogue.

Hobo:Eddie!Iseemanychildrengotoschoolbys___1___bus.Ithinkthatmustbeinteresting.Whyd___2___wes____3____athomeallday?Eddie:Weneedtoeatw____4____andsleepwell.Wen____5____studyorw____6____.Hobo:W____7____dothechildrenneedtostudyorwork?Eddie:B____8____theyneedtostudyhowtolookafterus,l____9____cookingdeliciousfood.Hobo:Oh,Isee.Canyoutellmew____10____schoolislike?Eddie:It’sliketravelling,butyouhavetospendmoretimeandmoneyandbecomemoretired.

choolotayelleedn’torkhyecauseikehatHaveashowPractiseinpairsandmakeupnewdialogues,addingmoreinformationandchangingtheendofthedialogue.Haveafreetalk

Thinkaboutthereasonswhywelikeschoolordislikeschool.

PeopleinmanycountriesspeakEnglish,includingBritain,America,Canada,AustraliaandNewZealandetc.Takethelifttothefirstfloor!Questions:DidDanielknowwhatSimonsaidatfirst?2.Whycouldn’tDanielunderstandwhatSimonsaid?No,hedidn’t.BecauseDanielspokeAmericanEnglishwhileSimonspokeBritishEnglish.Thewordstheyusedhavenotonlydifferentformsbutalsodifferentmeanings.

Taskone:Let’sguessMathmathsmoviefilmhighschoolsecondaryschoolmailpostTasktwo:Let’slearnholidayvocationbiscuitcookieshopstorelorrytruckrubbererasergardenyardfootballsoccerfallautumnMatchtheBritishwordswiththeAmericanwords.Taskthree:Let’sreplace

ReplacetheBritishwordswiththeAmericanwords.D:Hi,Simon.Whereareyougoing?S:I’mgoingtobuyatoylorryformycousinintheshopnearmyschool.D:I’llgowithyou.I’dliketobuysomebiscuits.S:Doyouhaveanyplansfortheweekend?D:Iwanttoseeafilm.Shallwegotogether?S:I’dloveto,buttheschoolfootballteamwillpractise

thisSaturday.Wehaveanimportantmatchthisautumn.truckfallgamepracticesoccermoviestorecookieTaskfour:Let’srecordWritedowntheBritishwordsandtheAmericanwords.WritedowntheBritishwordsandtheAmericanwords.

英式英語美式英語

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crispschipschipsFrenchfriesfrizzydrinksodaliftelevatorfilmmoviepavementsidewalk長褲炸馬鈴薯片炸馬鈴薯條汽水電梯電影人行道Chooseoneofthethreekinds:BothofyouareBritishandspeakBritishEnglish.(2)BothofyouareAmericanandspeakAmericanEnglish.(3)OneisBritishandspeaksBritishEnglish,andtheotherisAmericanandspeaksAmericanEnglish.

TaskFive:Let’sshowMakeupnewdialogues.Tasksix:Let’sdiscussQuestion:WhatrulesofthespellingcanyoufindbetweentheBritishwordsandtheAmericanwords?centre—centerkilometre—kilometercolour—colorneighbour—neighbortravelled—traveledcrueller—cruelerpractise—practiceprogramme—programrecognise/recognize—recognizePartsoftherules1.一些英國英語中以re結尾的單詞，美國英語中拼寫的順序正好相反。

2.英國英語中以-our結尾的單詞，在美國英語中刪去了不發音的字母u。3.英國英語單詞中不發音的詞尾-me、-ue，在美國英語拼寫中被刪除。4.英國英語拼寫字母-ll-，在美國英語只寫-l-。5.英國英語中以-ise、-s-、-se結尾的單詞，美國英語中常以-ize、-z-、-ce結尾。形式各異，意義一樣；如書上PartA形式一樣，意義各異。

如以下單詞：英式英語美式英語

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