Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishCulturalcorner&taskListeningtothe1stpartListenandcompletethepassage.

Hello,andwelcometotoday’seditionofIntheair.Asyouknow,everyweekonthisprogrammewediscussanaspectofthewaywe__1____now,andtoday’stopicisthelanguagewe___2____-English.Sothat’ssomethingwhichaffectsusall.Thequestionis,what’sgoingto___3___tothewaywespeakEnglishinthefuture?AreweallgoingtospeaklikeAmericans?

livespeakhappenOrwillBritishEnglishcontinueto__4____?Lateronwe’regoingto_5___youtophoneinand__6___yourviewsonthesubject,butfirstwe’regoingto__7___totwoyoungpeople,oneAmerican,andoneBritish,whohavespenttimeonaneducationalexchangeintheother’scountry.We__8___theywillhavesomeinterestigideasonthesubject.existaskgivetalkthinkListentotheinterviewandfilltheformbelow.WhoDofoundthelocalaccentdifficulttounderstand.didn’tfindthelocalaccentdifficulttounderstand.getsonwellwithotherstudents.playedinaschoolsportsteam.SamanthaCallumSamanthaCallumWhoDodiscoveredalivelymusicscene.enjoyedtheend-of-yeardance.thinkseveryonewillspeakAmericanEnglishoneday.thinksit’sonlynaturalthattherearelotsofvarietiesofEnglish.SamanthaCallumCallumSamanthaWhichpartofthecountryisSamanthastayingin?DiscussionThenorthofEngland.2.Howlongdidittakehertounderstandwhatpeopleweresaying?Twomonth3.Whatdidshenoticeaboutthepronunciationofwordslikedanceandbath?They’rethesameasinAmericanEnglish.4.WhatisthelastquestiontheintervieweraskedSamantha?Doyouthinkyou’llgohomespeakingwithanorthofEnglandaccent?5.HowlongdidCallumspendintheUS?10months.6.Whatdidn’thelikeabouttheplacehestayedin?Theclimate7.Whatdidhesayaboutthewaypeoplespoke?Itwaseasytounderstand;theyspokeratherslowly.8.WhatdidgirlslikeaboutCallum?HisEnglishaccent.1.DoyouthinkthatinthefutureeveryonewillspeakAmericanEnglish?Discussion2.Whichaccentdoyouprefer,Americanaccentor