BritishandAmericanEnglishReadingandSpeaking詞匯過關apartmentautumnelevatorfallfirstfloorflashlightflat garbagegroundfloor gasholiday liftstandinline lorrypavement petrolqueue rubbishsidewalk torchtruck vacationReadthetitlesandthefirstsentencesofeachparagraphandfindfourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent.vocabularygrammarspellingpronunciationSkimmingSubjectSentencesinparts1-4Part1:Part2:Part3:Part4:ThefirstandmostobviouswayisinthevocabularySometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning.Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar.Theothertwoareasinwhichthetwovarietiesdifferarespellingandpronunciation.Readingcarefullyandfind

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andfinishtheform.AtpresentDifferentpeople,suchasnewsreadersand7.__________________,speakEnglishwithdifferent8._______.InthefutureTherearegoingtobemany“Englishes”.accentsweatherforecastersOrganizationofthetextParagraphOne,Two,ThreeandFour.ParagraphFive,SixandSeven.Couldyoutellthestructureofthewholepassage?1.WhichparagraphstellthewaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent?2.Whichparagraphspredictthefutureofthesetwovarieties?1.Thereare____differencesbetweenAmericanandBritishvarietiesofEnglish.A.noB.afewC.lotsof

Completethesentenceswiththecorrectwordsorphrases.2.Americans____understandwhattheBritisharesaying.A.sometimesB.usuallyC.never3.Thereare___differencesbetweenBritishandAmericangrammar.A.noB.manyC.notmany4.Americanspellingis__Britishspelling.A.thesamewayB.simplerthanC.harderthan5.ForaLondoner,anAmericanaccentmaybeeasiertounderstandthan___.A.aChineseaccentB.someBritishaccentsC.aCNNnewsreader6.TelevisionandtheInternethavemadeit___fortheBritishandAmericanstounderstandeachother.A.harderB.easierC.impossibleDetailedunderstandingReadthetextcarefullyagainanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrue(T)ofFalse(F).ThearrivalofthefirstsettlershadaneffectontheAmericanpronunciation.T2.ALondonercanunderstandaScotsmanmoreeasilythanunderstandaNewYorker.3.MonitaRajpalgrewupspeakingthreedifferentlanguages.4.ItiscertainthatBritishEnglishwilldisappearsoon.FFTHowmanymainvarietiesofChinesearethere?Inwhatwaysaretheydifferent?DoChinesepeoplefromdifferentregionshaveproblemsunderstandingeachother?WhatwillhappentoChineseinthefuture?Discussion下面是對課文BritishandAmericanEnglish內容的簡要概括，根據首字母提示填入適當的單詞完成短文。BritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent.Themosto______differenceisinthevocabulary.Forexample,Americansdrivedownfreeways,w_____theBritishdrivealongmotorways.Sometimesthesamewordhasadifferentmeaning,whichcanbec_________.bvious

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Therearedifferencesingrammar,too:c________theBritishsentence“Haveyougot...?”withtheAmericansentence“Doyouhave...?”.P_________canalsobedifferent.Americanssay“ontheweekend”,whiletheBritishsay“attheweekend”.Theothervariationsinthetwov_______ofEnglisharespellingandpronunciation.Americansprefertos_______spelling.ompare

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Asforpronunciation,althoughtherearedifferences,aBritoncanstillunderstandanAmerican.Recently,bothvarietiesofEnglishhavebecomemorealike.SatelliteTVandtheInternetlettheBritishandAmericanslistentoeachotheratthef____ofaswitch,leadingtoAmericanwordsands________passingintoBritishEnglish.licktructuresHowever,asEnglishisspokenworldwidetheremaybemorethantwovarietiesinthefuture.Butdon’tworry.Users