Culturalcorner (2)(教育精品).ppt

BritishEnglish AmericanEnglishWorldEnglishWorkingroups.ReadthenotesanddecidewhichisthebestvarietyofEnglishtolearn.TheGreatDebate:WhichEnglish?BritishEnglishthe“original”varietyofthelanguagethelanguageofShakespeareandothergreatwritersTheBBCandmanyinternationalnewspapersuseit.AmericanEnglishMostnativespeakersofEnglishuseanAmericanvariety.ThevarietymostusedininternationalbusinessMostEnglishlanguagefilmsareAmerican.WorldEnglishneitherAmericannorBritishEnglishdoesntbelongtoonegroupofpeople.Accentisnotimportantifpeopleunderstandeachother.Weneedtocommunicatewithnon-nativespeakersaswellasnativespeakers.1.TheOriginofChinese2.WhatisChinese?3.VarietiesofChineseReadtheparagraphinPart3.Choosethebesttitle.Collectinformationaboutthe3topicsandwritemoreparagraphs.1.TheWritingSystemAbout50,000characters/mostpeopleknowabout20,000/elementsofmeaningandinformationaboutpronunciation/2.VarietiesofChinese8mainvarieties/calleddialects/WenyanandBaihua/Putonghua-simplifiedChinese3.TheLanguageTodayPinyin,awritingsystemsince1958/helptousePutonghuaNoahWebsterBorn:October16,1758Place:Hartford,ConnecticutDied:May28,1848Place:NewHaven,ConnecticutDoyouknowthisman?NoahWebsterwasatrulyremarkableman,shrewd,passionate,learnedandenergetic.HewastheauthorofthefirstAmericanDictionary.Readquicklyandchecktheanswerswithdeskmates.1.Whatdoesthefirstparagraphtalkabout?2.WhatdoesitsayaboutthespellingofEnglish?BritishEnglishissocomplicated.Thespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound.3.WhatstherelationbetweenthespellingandthesoundinEnglish?4.DoesEnglishspellingalwaysrepresentitssound?Thespellingofwordsdoesnotalwaysrepresentthesound.No,itdoesnt.Readagainandandfillintheblanks.NoahWebsterwasa(n)1._whograduatedfromYaleUniversityin1778.Hehadfoughtagainst2._intheAmericanWarofIndependencewhenhewasyoung.Hethoughtthat3._EnglishinthenewlyindependentUnitedStatesshouldhaveadistinctive“4._”look.SohebeganworkingonAmericanEnglish.teachertheBritishwrittenAmericanNoahWebstersuggestedinhisfirstbook5._thatthespellingofEnglishwordsshouldbesimplified.Thebookgainedgreatpopularityandbecameoneofthemostpopularschoolbooksever.Webstersbest-knownwork,American Dictionary of the English LanguageTheElementarySpellingBookfirstappearedin6._.Itquicklybecamea(n)7._intheStatesthoughtheBritish8._it.Today,itsstillthenumberonedictionaryforAmericanstudents.1828standardreferencebookcriticised1.ForAmericansthingsarealittlebiteasier,thankstotheworkofNoahWebster,thanksto由于由于,因为因为;幸亏幸亏,多亏多亏常位于句首常位于句首,表感谢或讽刺。表感谢或讽刺。e.g.Thankstoyourhelp,wefinishedtheworkheadoftime.多亏你的帮助多亏你的帮助,我们提前完成了任我们提前完成了任务。务。Thankstothebadweather,thematchhadbeenputoff.多亏这倒霉的天气多亏这倒霉的天气,比赛推迟了。比赛推迟了。2.duetosth./sb.某人某人/某物引起的某物引起的;由于某人由于某人/某物某物e.g.Theteamssuccesswaslargelyduetoherefforts.该队的成功在很大程度上是由于她的该队的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力。努力。Theyarrivedlateduetothestorm.他们由于风暴而来迟。他们由于风暴而来迟。3.infavorof同意，支持同意，支持e.g.Sheisallinfavorofmysuggestion.她完全赞同我的建议。她完全赞同我的建议。Areyouinfavorofhisopinion?你会赞成他的意见吗你会赞成他的意见吗?4.单词比较：单词比较：adopt/adaptadopt采取采取;采纳采纳;吸收吸收过继过继,收养收养(as)adapt使适应使适应,使适合使适合(to)改编改编,改写改写(for)1.Aftermuchdeliberation,thepresidentdecidedto_hersuggestion.2.Theauthorisgoingto_hisplayfortelevision.3.Mr.Kern_theorphanashisownson.4.Hetriedhardto_himselftothenewconditions.adoptadaptadoptadapt1.Doexercises16-18onpage72.2.Writeapostcardtoafriendathome.TellthemaboutyourtriptotheUKortheUSA.