There are hundreds of different words which are not used on the other side of the Atlantic
different meaning. Some of these words are well known
Americans drive automobiles down freeways and fill up
the British drive cars along motorways and fill up with petrol. As a tourist
you will need to use the under
ground in London or the subway in Now York by taxi
distinguished judges. I No. 1 candidate
applying for senior middle school English teacher.
My topic is British and American English. Now I ready. Class begins.
boys and girls. Is everybody ready to start
Before starting a new lesson
I like to ask you whether
you have ever been to Hong Kong and what difficulties you have when you are talking with people from Hong Kong.
tell me you experience.
:
Neo. You may sit down please. We can understand Hong Kong people
tonese and we speak mandarin
though wee both Chinese. So
is there any difference between British
and American English
:
Just now we talked about the difference between British and American English. Now let listen to the pas
sage and find out what the passage is mainly about. Which is the first and most obvious way that British English and
American English are different
:
Stop here. Speak out your answers
done
The passage is about the difference about British English
the first and most obvious way that British and American English are different is in vocabu
lary. Now listen to the passage again. Pay attention to the differences of word and list several different English in the
vocabulary according to the passage.
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Who can tell me the difference between the two varieties of English
please. Perfect!
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Now it time for our story. Here on the blackboard are some words without any connection now. I sure you
have read many stories before and I want to hear a story made by all of you. I will invite one of you to begin the story
and stop his/her at any time and invite another one to continue. In your first story you have to use the British Eng