2.The differences between BrE. and AmE. came about in the following ways except _____.
A.people from England took English to different parts of the world and it began to change
B.some British English changed while English in other parts of the world remained the same
C.some other words came into the English language from other countries
D.many words and expressions came into the English language from American English
3.The main idea of Paragraph 6 is _____.
A.many words from other languages have come into the English language
B.there are several reasons for American English changes
C.American English brought in some words from the European countries
D.some British English were brought into American English
4.From the passage we can see that _____.
A.American English is quite different from British English
B.it is difficult to tell the differences between American English and British English
C.American English is really a“mixture”of different languages
D.people from other countries have changed the English language
5.From the text we know that Americans are _____.
A.people from European countries
B.people from France
C.people from all parts of the world
D.people from Spain
参考答案：
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Step 5 Fill in blanks.
T: Read the text again in details and fill in the blanks without looking at it.
1.Many students want to know about the differences between American English and British English.
2.How did these differences come about?
3.Sometimes the language spoken in these places stayed the same, while the language in England changed.
4.There are a great many American Indian words.
Step6 Language points:
1. more or less ------ about , not exactly , almost , nearly
It s more or less an hour s walk from here . more or less.
The work is more or less finished .
2. however adv. -----in spite of this , nevertheless
It s raining hard , However . I think we should go out .
He hasnt arrived . He may , however , come later.
The students thought they had done everything as the teacher did.
They were mistaken , however.
3. come about ------ happen , take place
Sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about .
When John woke up , he was in the hospital , but he didnt know how that had come about .
4.At first , the language stayed the same as the language used in Britain , but slowly thelanguage began to change from one part of the world to another.
1) stay vi ------ keep , remain e.g. The door stayed open all the day ;
The temperature has stayed hot this week.
2) the same as --- e.g. My dictionary is the same as yours .
We will do the same experiment as they did yesterday.
5. the language began to change from one part of the world to another : The form of English spoken in one area of the world becomes different from the forms of English spoken in other areas .
6. a great / a good many ------- a very large number of
e.g. Tom has a great many friends at school . A great many of them like American English better than British English.
Step 7 Sum up :
Today , we ve learned Lesson Ten . American English (1) , We ve learned the differences between America English and British English . Their differences Lie in three : one is in written English .e.g. Br.E colour, centre, travelled while AmE, color , center , traveled ; one is in spoken English , e.g. Br.E. dance [da:ns] ,not [nt], Ame dance, not; the third is in words and expressions. Br. E, movie , gas , store , mail , right away,I guess while Am. E , film , petrol , shop , post , at once . I think . The cause of making these differences is that people travelled from one part to another. ( Write parts of them on the Bb.)
Step VIII . Homework .
1.Revise the text of this lesson. 2. Make sentences with the words and expressions of Lesson10.
教学设计方案Lesson 12
Teaching Aims :1.Checkpoint 3 2. Direct Speech and Indirect Speech
Teaching Difficult Points :
the use of the Indirect Speech
Teaching Methods :
Inductive method , deductive method and observating method .
Teaching Aids :1. a recorder ; 2. a slide projector
Teaching Procedures :
Step I .Revision
T: Good morning everyone . Ss: Good morning , teacher.
T: Sit down , please , Now Ill check the homework . Ren Ping , please do Ex.1on Page 69 ---
Step II . Listening .
T: In the last two periods , weve learned something about the differences between American English and English spoken in England .Today,we are going to listen to a dialogue , An American woman . Terry is talking to her friend David . Let s listen to what they are talking about .Please listen carefully , then well do exercises on Page 129.
Listening to the Text :
David : What s it like living in England , Terry ?
Terry : Well,Imhavingagreat time , But I guess I sometimes have a little difficulty understanding what people are saying .
David : Can you explain a bit more ? Do you have some trouble with our pronunciation ?
Terry : No,but you use a lot of different words over here that I don t understand.
David : Can you give an example ?
Terry : A woman said she would ring me the next day .
David : What s strange about that ?
Terry : Well , we say , I ll call you tomorrow ,
David : Now that sounds very funny to me !
Terry : There s another thing . In the States people stand closer to each other than English people . For example , if I m talking to English people at a party . I find that they stand quite a long way away from me .
David : Anything else ?
Terry : Well , yes , It s clear to me that English people don t like touching somebody or being touched , Now in the States touch is important,Friends touch each other on the arm ,for example . And we often put an arm round a friend when we say Hello or Goodbye .So I have to remember not to touch people when I m in England.
，英语教案－American English