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WhichtwocountriesarethemostimportantinusingEnglish?BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishDotheAmericansandtheEnglishpeopleuseEnglishinexactlythesameway?Let’sappreciatetwoclipsofvideo!Canyoutellwheretheyarefrom?USAUKUSAUKHow?pronunciationBritishandAmericanEnglishReadingInwhichwaysareBritishandAmericanEnglishdifferent?FastreadingVocabularyGrammarSpellingpronunciationHowmanypartscanthispassagebedividedinto?Part1(---)ThedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishPart2(---)ThefutureofEnglish1457AmericanEnglishBritishEnglishPara.1ThedifferencesinVocabularyautomobilefreewaygassubwaycabcarmotorwaypetrolundergroundtaxiCarefulreading:Para.2ThedifferencesinsomeexpressionsAmericanEnglishBritishEnglishflashlightstandinlinechipsFrenchfriestorchqueueupcrispschipsPara.3Thedifferencesingrammar

AmericanEnglishBritishEnglishDoyouhave…?Myfriendjustarrived.ontheteamontheweekendHaveyougot…?MheteamattheweekendPara.4ThedifferencesinspellingAmericanEnglishBritishEnglishcentercolorprogramcentrecolourprogrammeHowdidthesedifferencescomeabout?Discussion:ManystudentswanttoknowaboutthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.Thereisnoquickanswertothisquestion.AtfirstthelanguageinBritainandAmericawasthesame.In1776Americanbecameanindependentcountry.Afterthat,thelanguageslowlybegantochange.ForalongtimethelanguageinAmericastayedthesame,whilethelanguageinEnglandchanged.Forexample,300yearsagotheEnglishtalkedabout"fall".Today,mostBritishpeopletalkabout"autumn",butAmericansstilltalkabut"fall".InthesamewayAmericansstillusetheexpression"Iguess"(meaning"Ithink"),justastheBritishdid300yearsago.Atthesametime,BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishstartedborrowingwordsfromotherlanguages,endingupwithdifferentwords.Forexample,theBritishtook"typhoon"fromChinese,whiletheAmericanstook"tornado"fromSpanish.In1828NoahWebsterpublishedthefirstAmericandictionary.HewantedtomakeAmericanEnglishdifferentfromBritishEnglish,sohechangedthespellingofmanywords.That'swhythewords"colour","centre"and"traveller"arespelt"color","center"and"traveler"inAmericanEnglish.Exceptforthesedifferencesinspelling,writtenEnglishismoreorlessthesameinbothBritishandAmericanEnglish.Thedifferencesaregreaterinthespokenlanguage.Forexample,Americanssaydance/d?ns/,andinsouthernEnglandtheysay/dɑ?ns/.InAmericatheypronouncenot/nɑt/;insouthernEnglandtheysay/n?t/.However,mostofthetimepeoplefromthetwocountriesdonothaveanydifficultyinunderstandingeachother.

Itdoesn’tmakemuchofadifferencewhetherateacherspeaksBritishorAmericanEnglish.

---DaveSperling,founderofDave’sESLCafeThefutureoftheEnglishPara5Thetwovarietiesaremovingcloser.BritishEnglishwilldisappear.Para6ThedifferentaccentsofEnglish.Para7Therearegoingtobemany“Englishes”.UsersofEnglishwillallbeabletounderstandeachother.Readpart5

andfindthemainideaofeachparagraph.PeriodsThemesInthe20thcenturyThetwovarietiesofEnglishhavebeeninfluencingeachotherby_________.Finishtheform.non-stopcommunicationAtpresentDifferentpeople,suchasnewsreadersand__________________,speakEnglishwithdifferent_______.InthefutureTherearegoingtobemany“_________”.accents

weatherforecastersEnglishesDetailedunderstandingReadthetextcarefullyagainanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrue(T)ofFalse(F).ThearrivalofthefirstsettlershadaneffectontheAmericanpronunciation.T2.ALondonercanunderstandaScotsmanmoreeasilythanunderstandaNewYorker.3.MonitaRajpalgrewupspeakingthreedifferentlanguages.4.ItiscertainthatBritishEnglishwilldisappearsoon.FFTFillintheblanksandretellitaccordingtoit.There’refourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglish________fromeachother.Thefirstandmost________wayisinthevocabulary.Ingrammarthere’reafew__________.TheBritishsayHaveyougot…..?______AmericanspreferDoyouhave……?TheBritishuseprepositions______Americanssometimes______them.Theothertwoareasinwhichthetwo_________aredifferentarespellingandpronunciation.Butformorethanacenturycommunicationshavedeveloped_______.ThankstosatelliteTVandtheInternet,ithasbeenpossilbletolistentomanyEnglishesatthe______ofaswitch.Soexpertsbelievethatthetwoaremoving______.differobviousdifferen