Whatiscommonbetweenthesecountries?M1BritishandAmericanEnglish第1頁UKUSACanadaAustraliaSouthAfricaIrelandNewZealandEnglishisusedasthefirstlanguage.第2頁WhichtwocountriesarethemostimportantinusingEnglish?BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishDotheAmericansandtheEnglishpeopleuseEnglishinexactlythesameway?第3頁A.WehavereallyeverythingincommonwithAmericanowadays,exceptofcourse,language.OscarWilde,19thcenturywriterB.WithinacenturyBritishandAmericanEnglishspeakerswillnotbeabletounderstandeachother.

HenrySweet,19thcenturylinguistC.AmericaandEnglandaretwocountriesdividedbyacommonlanguage.

GeorgeBernardShaw,20thcenturywriterD.Itdoesn’tmakemuchofadifferencewhetherateacherspeaksBritishorAmericanEnglish.

---DaveSperling,founderofDave’sESLCafe第4頁Canyoutellwheretheyarefrom?USAUKUSAUKHow?pronunciation第5頁BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishMumMomprogrammeprogramtheatretheaterrealiserealizewritetomewritemeAmericanEnglishthefirstwriter:Britishthesecondwriter:AmericanWhy?第6頁InwhichwaysareBritishandAmericanEnglishdifferent?FastreadingVocabularyGrammarSpellingpronunciation第7頁Howmanypartscanthispassagebedividedinto?Part1()ThedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishPart2()ThefutureofEnglish1457第8頁AmericanEnglishBritishEnglishPara.1thedifferencesinVocabularyautomobilefreewaygassubwaycabcarmotorwaypetrolundergroundtaxiCarefulreading:第9頁Para.2thedifferencesinsomeexpressionsAmericanEnglishBritishEnglishflashlightstandinlinechipsFrenchfriestorchqueueupcrispschips第10頁Para.3thedifferencesingrammar

AmericanEnglishBritishEnglishDoyouhave…?Myfriendjustarrived.ontheteamontheweekendHaveyougot…?Myfriendhasjustarrived.intheteamattheweekend第11頁Para.4thedifferencesinspellingAmericanEnglishBritishEnglishcentercolorprogramcentrecolourprogramme第12頁ThefutureoftheEnglishPara5Thetwovarietiesaremovingcloser.BritishEnglishwilldisappear.Para6ThedifferentaccentsofEnglish.Para7Therearegoingtobemany“Englishes”.UsersofEnglishwillallbeabletounderstandeachother.第13頁Thereare______differencesbetweenAmericanandBritishvarietiesofEnglish.A.noB.afewC.lotsofAmericans____understandwhattheBritisharesaying.A.SometimesB.usuallyC.neverThereare______differencesbetweenBritishandAmericangrammar.A.noB.manyC.notmanyBBC第14頁4.Americanspellingis_______Britishspelling.A.thesameasB.simplerthanC.harderthanForaLondoner,anAmericanaccentmaybeeasiertounderstandthan_______.A.aChineseaccentB.someBritishaccentsC.aCNNnewsreaderTelevisionandtheInternethavemadeit_____fortheBritishandAmericanstounderstandeachother.A.harderB.easierC.impossibleBBB第15頁Fillintheblanksandretellitaccordingtoit.There’refourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglish________fromeachother.Thefirstandmost________wayisinthevocabulary.Ingrammarthere’reafew__________.TheBritishsayHaveyougot…..?______AmericanspreferDoyouhave……?TheBritishuseprepositions______Americanssometimes______them.Theothertwoareasinwhichthetwo_________aredifferentarespellingandpronunciation.Butformorethanacenturycommunicationshavedeveloped_______.ThankstosatelliteTVandtheInternet,ithasbeenpossilbletolistentomanyEnglishesatthe______ofaswitch.Soexpertsbelievethatthetwoaremoving______.differobviousdifferenceswhilewhereomitvarietiessteadilyflickcloser第16頁TheManWhoMadeSpellingSimpleCulturalCorner:Whomadethespellingsimple?第17頁HefeltthatwrittenEnglishinthenewlyindependentUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive“American”look.WhydidNoahWebsterbeginhisworkonAmericanEnglish?Whataboutpeople’sattitudetohiswork?ManyofhissuggestionswereadoptedwhileotherswerenotandtheBritishcriticizedhisdictionary.第18頁WhatisthehistoricalroleofAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage?ItquicklybecameastandardreferencebookintheStatesafterpublished.What’smore,it’sstilltheNo.1dictionaryforAmericanstudentsnow.第19頁第20頁WhataboutotherreasonswhytherearedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish第21頁ManystudentswanttoknowaboutthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.Howdidthesedifferencescomeabout?Thereisnoquickanswertothisquestion.AtfirstthelanguageinBritainandAmericawasthesame.In1776Americanbecameanindependentcountry.Afterthat,thelanguageslowlybegantochange.ForalongtimethelanguageinAmericastayedthesame,whilethelanguageinEnglandchanged.Forexample,300yearsagotheEnglishtalkedabout"fall".第22頁Today,mostBritishpeopletalkabout"autumn",butAmericansstilltalkabut"fall".InthesamewayAmericansstillusetheexpression"Iguess"(meaning"Ithink"),justastheBritishdid300yearsago.Atthesametime,BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishstartedborrowingwordsfromotherlanguages,endingupwithdifferentwords.Forexample,theBritishtook"typhoon"fromChinese,whiletheAmericanstook"tornado"fromSpanish.第23頁In1828NoahWebsterpublishedthefirstAmericandictionary.HewantedtomakeAmericanEnglishdifferentf