二、 二轮阅读

学习建议：在文中勾画出重点单词、短语、句型和交际用语，并结合语境猜测其含义。

I完成下列短语

1. have... common 有相同的特点

2. a difference 有影响；使不相同

3. fill with 充满；被填满

4. get 四处走动（旅行）；（消息）传开

5. queue 排队

6. stand line 排队

7. compare A B 把A和B相比较

8. differ 不同于，与...有区别

9. be similar 与...相似

10. have difficulty (in) sth. 做某事有困难

11. the flick of 轻按一下...

12. lead 导致；引起；通向

13. as as 既...又...；也

II Translate the following sentences into Chinese.（选做）

1） After all, there is probably as much variation of pronunciation within the two countries as between them.

2） A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.

3） Since the 1980s, with satellite TV and the Internet, it has been possible to listen to British English and American English at the flick of a switch.

我的疑问：

课内探究：

Ｉ.Read the passage and finish activity 1.

Ⅱ.Choose the correct answers.(Activity 3)

Ⅲ.Finish the summary

British English differ from __1___ English in many ways. The first and most obvious __2___ lies in the vocabulary. It is easy to find a few differences in __3___, too. The British say Have you got a pen? __4___ Americans prefer Do you have a pen?

The two varieties differ also in ___5__ and pronunciation. American spelling seems __6___ while British spelling seems more complicated. Some experts __7___ that the two varieties of English __8___ moving closer to each other． Some experts __9___ think that they are moving further and further away __10___ each other. But we are told that "Don't worry." Users of __11___ throughout the world will all be able to understand __12___ other---wherever they are.

当堂检测:(True or False)（五分钟）