1. There are few differences between American and British English.

2. Americans always have difficulty in understanding what the British are saying.

3. Americans prefer center, color, and program instead of centre, colour and programme.

4. If you turn on CNN, the American TV network, you find newsreaders and weather forecasters

all speaking with the American accent.

5. There is going to be only one English left - British English.

6. A Londoner can understand an American better than a Scotsman from Edinburgh.

课后反思:

课后训练：

1. Finish activities 5,6,7,8 on pages68-69

2. 下一课时的课前预习练习题

课后学习指导: 牢记课文中的基础知识并背诵课文

Period 2 Reading

一轮阅读

Step 1 Skimming

1). vocabulary 2). grammar 3). spelling 4). Pronunciation

Step 2 Scanning

　Read the first four paragraphs again and make notes of the differences

Items British English American English Vocabulary cars, motorway, petrol, underground，taxi，torch,

queue up, chips automobiles, freeway, gas, subway, cab, flashlight, stand in line, French fries

Grammar Have you got...?

My friend has just arrived

in the team/ at the weekend

Write to me soon! Do you have...?

My friend just arrived.

on the team/ weekend

Write me soon! Spelling centre, colour, programme center, color, program pronunciation Step3 Choose the best answers.

1) A 2) C

3) There are going to be many "Englishes", not just two main varieties.

二．二轮阅读

I完成下列短语

1.in 2.make 3.up 4.aruond 5.up 6.in 7.with 8.in 9.to 10.doing