牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

Unit 2 Growing PainsWord powerAmerican vs British English

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

American English vs British Englishdifferences pronunciation spelling grammar vocabulary

BE

dance not either

colour have travelled got programme favour centre color traveled program favor center have

holiday post petrol luggage

AE

dance not either

vacation mail gas baggage

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

Grammar

BE (British English) Sam’s just gone home. The uniform fitted badly. Hello, is that Mr. He? (on the phone) I live in Xingtian Road. Call me at 5555 5678. at the weekend / in a team Please write to me soon. Have you got a pen?

AE (American English) Sam just went home.The uniform fit badly. Hello, is this Mr. He? (on the phone) I live on Xingtian Road. Call me on 5555 5678. on the weekend / on a team Please write me soon.

Do you have a pen?

Tip: (just, already, yet) BE---Present Perfect AE---Simple Past I already saw that film. eg, I’ve already seen that film.

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

VocabularyBE trousers sweets sitting room football holiday toilet/WC AE pants candy living room soccer ball

Vocabulary BE AErubbish film postman petrol autumn angry trash movie mailman gas

vacation restroom/ bathroom

fallmad

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

SpellingBE centre colour traveller organise/ organize tyre programme AE center color Rules -re vs -er -our vs -or -ll vs -l -se vs -ze Examples metre/meter humour/humor

travelerorganize tire program

skillful/skilfulrealise/realize

Tip: AE has the shorter and phonetic( 语音的) spelling.

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

Tell if they are American or British English. (AE/BE) 1. —Have you got any pets? —Yes, I’ve got three rabbits and a BE tortoise. 2. I have an apartment in the city center. AE 3. Do you have a walkman? AE Have you (got) a walkman? BE

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

4. I don’t have any ink. AE I haven’t (got) any ink. BE 5. She works nights as a janitor. AE She works at night as a janitor. BE 6. Let’s stay home. AE Let’s stay at home. BE 7. He has gotten a new job. AE He has got a new job. BE

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

PracticePage 26. Use the information from what you have learnt to change the underlined words and phrases from American to British English.

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

Li Hua: Hello, (1) Is this that ___ Dai Jun? Dai Jun: Yes. Hi, Li Hua, how are you? Li Hua: I’m okay now, but I just had

the worst morning ever!Dai Jun: What happened?

Li Hua: I went to the shopping (2)center _______near Huaihai centre

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

Road, to change the new shoes I bought,

the ones that (3) fit _____badly, for fitted bigger ones. One saleswoman was in the (4) bathroom _____and the other was toilet watching a TV (5) program ___________behind the counter. programme Neither of them would help me! Finally,

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

I got help, but they only had the shoes in a (6) color _______I colour didn’t like. I wanted to complain , but when I asked to see the manager, they told me, oh, sorry, (7) she she’s just gone home just went home____________________. Dai Jun: What a terrible shop! What did you do ?

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

Li Hua: They gave a number to phone

the manager(8) at_____, on so I called when I got home. Now I

feel a bit better, but I still don’t have new shoes!

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

What is a colloquialism?A colloquialism is an informalexpression used in spoken English.

Colloquialisms are never used informal English or in writing, but are

often used in conversations.

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

Part A

I can tell you that. That’s a no-brainer! something easy to understand

牛津版高一英语第一模块第二单元wordpower .ppt

1. no-brainer 不必花脑筋的事物 A: How do you use this program? It looks quite complicated. 你怎么用这个软件呢? 看起来蛮复杂的。 B: No. Looks can be deceiving. This thing is actually a no-brainer. Let me show you. 不会! 外表有时是会骗人的。这个东西 其实很容易(不必花脑筋的)。我玩给你看!