American English vs
British English
Michael
Jordan
playing basketball
He is good at _________________.
America
He is from__________.
Basketball is popular in America.
David
Beckham
He is good at
playing football
________________.
Britain
He is from________.
Football is popular in
Britain.
Basketball is popular in
America while football is
popular in Britain.
Can you name any differences between
America and Britain? How much do you know?
right
(1) People usually walk on the _________
side in the USA while in the UK people
usually walk on the _____
left side.
president as the top
(2) Americans select _________
leader of the country, while in the UK,
King or ______
Queen is always the
the ______
representative of the country.
English
Beckham speaks ___________.
British English
英式英语
English
Jordan also speaks __________.
American English
美式英语
American vs British
English
Do you think there are some differences
between American English and British
English?
American English and British English
differ in many small ways.
在…方面不同
football Bri.E 英式英语
soccer Am.E 美式英语
toilet /WC Bri.E 英式英语
restroom /
bathroom Am.E 美式英语
trousers Bri.E 英式英语
pants Am.E 美式英语
sweets Bri.E 英式英语
candy Am.E 美式英语
vacation Am.E
holiday
Bri.E
garbage Am.E
rubbish
Bri.E
sitting room Bri.E
living room Am.E
underground
Bri.E
subway Am.E
vocabulary
American English
soccer
restroom / bathroom
pants
candy
vacation
garbage
living room
subway
British English
football
toilet / WC
trousers
sweets
holiday
rubbish
sitting room
underground
Listen to the video carefully and tell the vocabularies
mentioned in the video:
□ pants; trousers
□ chips; crisps
□ soda; fizzy drink
□ gas; petrol
□ elevator; lift
□ store; shop
□ candy; sweets
□ movie; film
□ fall; autumn
□ sidewalk; pavement
Listen to the video carefully and tell the vocabularies
mentioned in the video:
√ pants; trousers
□
√ chips; crisps
□
□
√ soda; fizzy drink
□ gas; petrol
√ elevator; lift
□
□ store; shop
□ candy; sweets
□
√ movie; film
□ fall; autumn
√ sidewalk; pavement
□
Differences in Vocabulary
Difference in vocabulary
pants
trousers 裤子
Chips
Crisps 薯条
soda
fizzy drink 汽水
elevator
lift 电梯
sidewalk
pavement 人行道
movie
film 电影
Pronunciation
American
British
English
English
either
/ iðɚ /
/ aiðə /
dance
/ dæns /
/ dα:ns /
park
[ pɑrk ]
[ pɑːk ]
Question
In which aspects (方面) do these differences
between American English and British
English exist?
vocabulary 词汇
pronunciation 发音
grammar 语法
spelling
拼写
Differences in Grammar
A. the differences in tense
Sam just went home.
Am.E
______
Bri.E
Sam has just gone home.______
Do you have a book?
Am.E
______
Bri.E
Have you got a book? ______
B. the differences in verb
That skirt fit badly.
Am.E
______
Bri.E
That skirt fitted badly. ______
The man was burnt to death.
Bri.E
______
Am.E
The man was burned to death. ______
C. the differences in preposition
Br.E
I live in Zhengning Road. ______
Am.E
I live on Zhengning Road. ______
Am.E
Call me at 5555 5678. ______
Br.E
Call me on 5555 5678 . ______
spelling
American English
British English
center
centre
color
colour
traveler
traveller
behavior
behaviour
organize
organise
program
programme
American English VS (versus) British
English
Despite such differences, all English
speakers, Americans or Englishmen,
can understand each other.
【TASK】
Go through the examples on P26
and finish Task One.
Task One: Finding differences
AmE
BrE
They have just gone
1. They just went back
back to the school.
to the school.
2. My mother has two
sisters.
1. fall
2. subway
1. honor
2.
1. dance
2. car
My mother's got two
sisters.
autumn
underground
honour
metre
dance [dɑ: ns]
car [kɑ:]
Task One: Finding differences
AmE
BrE
1. They just went back
They have just gone
to the school.
back to the school.
2. My mother has two
My mother's got two
sisters.
sisters.
1. fall
autumn
underground
2. subway
honour
1. honor
2. meter
metre
1. dance
2. car
dance [dɑ: ns]
car [kɑ:]
Task One: Finding differences
AmE
BrE
1. They just went back
They have just gone
to the school.
back to the school.
2. My mother has two
My mother's got two
sisters.
sisters.
1. fall
autumn
underground
2. subway
honour
1. honor
2. meter
metre
1. dance [dæns]
dance [dɑ: ns]
2. car [kɑr]
car [kɑ:]
Differences in Spelling
Am.E
Bri.E
color---colour
humor---humour
favor---favour
behavior---behaviour
neighbor---neighbour
labor---labour
honor---honour
favorite---favourite
-or vs -our
Differences in Spelling
Bri.E
Am.E
center---centre
theater---theatre
centimeter---centimetre
fiber---fibre
Kilometer---kilometre
-er
vs
-re
Change the underlined words and phrases from
American English to British English on Page26.
Answers:
1.__________
is that
2.___________
centre
3.__________
fitted
4.___________
toilet
5.__________
programme
6.___________
colour
She’s just gone home 8._____
7.___________________
on
李华：喂，是戴军吗？
neither of
(两者) 都没有
戴军：是的，嗨，李华，你好吗？
finally 最后
李华：我现在不错，但是我这个上午糟透了！
戴军：出什么事啦？
manager 经理
neither
finally of
最后
（两
李华：我到淮海路附近的购物中心，去将一双我买的非常不
者）都没有
合脚的新鞋子换一双大的。一个女售货员在卫生间里，另一
terrible 可怕的
个在看电视节目。他们俩没有一个人来搭理我！最后，他们
manager 经理
还是过来了，但是他们只有我不喜欢的颜色。当我要求见经
terrible 可怕的
理时，他们告诉我，“噢，对不起，她已经回家了。”
戴军：这个商店太可怕了！那你怎么做的呢？
李华：他们给了我经理的电话号码，因此我回家时打了电话。
现在我感觉好些了，但是我还是没有换到新鞋子！
1. Try your best to keep the examples of
American English and British English
in your mind.
2. Find more colloquialisms if you like.
3. Do the Tasks on your study paper.