SBA Unit 3 American English

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?????? SBA Unit 3 American English
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Welcome To Our Class!
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? ? ? ? MAP OF U.S.A
The National Flag of USA ????
The World Trade Center ???????
The people in the USA(Americans)
speak English(American English).
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Unit 3 American
English Lesson 10 and 11
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Teaching Aims
1. To get the general idea of the text. 2.
To get some details of the text . 3. To
understand that languages are changing.
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There are some differences between American
English and British English.
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Read the whole passage quickly to
1. Find out the American English
words and expressions . 2. Do the True or False
exercises.
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American English words and expressions
color
center
traveled
I guess
movie
fall
gas
radio
store
mail
right away
way of life
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True or False Exercise 1. British written
English is quite different from American English
. ( ) 2.The differences in spoken
English are greater than those in written
English.( ) 3.People from Britain and USA
can not understand each other easily. ( ) .
F
T
F
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3.The English language is always changing.(
) 4.Many words from other languages have
come into the English language.( ) 5.The
American English is always changing too.( )
T
T
T
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Read the passage carefully again to
Answer the following questions .
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1.Do you think that people from Britain and
American can understand each other? Why do you
think so?
Both the people from Britain and America
speak English.
Yes.
2.Is there any difference in written English in
the two countries?
Yes.There is spelling difference.
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3.Can you give some examples to show spelling
differences between American and British English?
BE AE favour favor labour
labor metre meter theatre theater
AE BE vacation holiday fall
autumn check cheque
BE AE colour color centre
center travelled traveled
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4.What differences are there in spoken English?
AE
BE dance dæns
dans not nat
not
fast fæst
fast clerk cl?k
klak class cl
æs klas
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5.Where did the word fall first come
from? 6.Where did the expressionway of
lifecome from?
British English
American English
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7.How did the differences between American
English and Britain English come about?
Differences
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8.In which countries is English used as the
official language? 9.Which do you
prefer?American English or British English?Why?
Britain, USA,Australia , Canada ,India ,
Singapore, and so on.
I prefer American English.Because the USA is more
powerful ,American English is more useful than
British English.
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10.Why has American English changed?
Indian
Old French
cent
howl
American English
cookbook
Florida
German
Spanish
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The General Ideas

• The whole passage
• Part 1(Paragraph 1)
• Part 2(Paragraph 2)
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• Part 3(Paragraph 3---5)
• Part 4 (Text in Lesson 11)

The differences between AE and BE.
Spelling differences between AE and BE.
Speaking differences between AE and BE.
The reasons of the differences between AE and BE.
The changing of American English.
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Exercise 2.Complete the form
COUNTRY PEOPLE LANGUAGE CAPITALCITY
China
London
USA
Canberra(???)
Japanese
France
Russians
Ottawa
Beijing
Chinese
Chinese
English
Englishmen
Britain

• English

Washington D.C
Americans
English
Australians
Australia
Japanese
Japan
Tokyo
French
Frenchmen
Paris
Russian
Russia
Moscow
English/French
Canadians
Canada
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???????????AE?BE 1.color ( )
2.travelled.( ) 3.movie.( )
4.film ( ) 5. center ( )
6.autumn ( ) 7.favourite ( ) 8.metre
( ) 9.meter( ) 10.cheque (
) 11.traveled( ) 12.shop(
) 13.post ( ) 14.fall ( )
15.petrol( ) 16.store ( ) 17.
mail ( ) 18.gas ( ) 19.centre
( ) 20.I think( ) 21.I guess (
)
AE
BE
AE
BE
AE
BE
BE
BE
AE
BE
AE
BE
AE
BE
AE
AE
AE
BE
BE
BE
AE
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Homework Assignment 1.Read the whole passage
and find out the important expressions
after class. 2.Do Exercise 3 on page 68
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Thank you

and Good bye!