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Word Power
American English
vsBritish English
Vocabulary
BrE toilet/WCAmE rest room
/bathroom
BrE trousers
AmE pants
BrE sweets
AmE candy
BrE football
AmE soccer ball
BrE sitting room
AmE living room
BrE holiday
AmE vacation
AmE BrEpantscandy
restroom bathroom
soccer ball
holiday
sitting room
film
trouserssweets
football
toilet/WC
vacation
living room
movie
Spelling
BrE BrE Rules
programme
colourtravelle
r
centre
metre
humourskillfu
l
-er vs -re
-or vs -our-l- vs –ll-
-ze vs –ze/-se
-m vs -mmekilogramme
AmE
meter
realize
humorskilful
kilogram
AmE
organize organise
realize realise
center
organize
colortraveler
program
Guess
•favourite theater
neighbor kilogram jewelleryrecognise
Grammar
Sam just went home.
Sam’s just gone home.
That skirt fit badly.
That skirt fitted badly.
Hello, is this Wang Li? (on the phone)
Hello, is that Wang Li? (on the phone)
I live on Zhenning Road.
I live in Zhenning Road.
Call me at 5555 5678.
Call me on 5555 5678.
I often watch TV on the weekend.
I often watch TV at the weekend.
• 1 I play basketball on weekends.
• 2 Please call me at 328921.
• 3 I have just lost my pen.
• 4 Hello, is that Hallie?
Find out if the statement is in American or British English. Then change it to the other form .
I play basketball at weekends.
Please call me on 328921.
I just lost my pen.
Hello, is this Hallie?
AmE
AmE
AmE
AmEBrE
BrE
BrE
BrE
AmE vs BrE• There are some differences between
them in :
• Vocabulary • Spelling• Grammar
Read the following dialogue carefully, and find out if the underlined sentences are British or American English.
• Sam: Hi David .How are you? • David: Fine, have you just come back from New
York? • Sam: yeah, I just came back here. • David: How was your summer holiday, Sam? • Sam: Excellent, during my summer vacation I joi
ned a soccer ball club.• David: Good! I also practised playing football this
summer too. • Sam: Ok. Please call me at 33543165 if the stu
dents’ union organizes a soccer ball match. • David: Good idea! You may call me on 2568227
5.
BrE
AmE
AmE
BrE
AmE
BrE
Change the underlined words and phrases from American to British English. Then ,practise the new dialogue with a partner.
Li Hua: Hello, (1) is this ____ Dai Jun?Dai Jun: Yes. Hi,Li Hua, how are you?Li Hua: I’m okay now, but I just had the worst morning ever!Dai Jun: What happened?Li Hua: I went to the shopping (2)center ______ near Huaihai Road, to change the new shoes I bought, the ones that (3)fit ______ badly, for bigger ones.
One saleswoman was in the (4) bathroom _____ and the other was watching a TV (5) program _______ behind the counter.
that
centre
fitted
toiletprogramme
Neither of them would help me! Finally , I got help, but they only had the shoes in a (6) color _____ I didn’t like. I wanted to complain, but when I asked to see the manager, they told me, ‘Oh, sorry, (7) she just went home _________________.’Dai Jun: what a terrible shop! What did you do ?Li Hua: They gave me a number to phone the manager (8)at _____ , so I called when I got home. Now I feel a bit better, but I still don’t have new shoes!
colour
She’s just gone home.
on
Pair work
Suppose that you’re Annie from London, Britain, and your partner Hallie from California, America. This time Hallie has just come back from New York. She met Annie in the street.
• Hallie: Hi Annie. How are you? • Annie: Fine, have you just come back from New • York? • Hallie: Yeah, I __________here last Monday.• Annie: How is your winter holiday, Hallie? • Hallie: Excellent, during my winter_______ I • watched a movie called ‘Parent Trap’ and I • loved it. I love movies. • Annie: Oh, it sounds interesting. You know, I love • _____ too. We can watch them __weekends • later.• Hallie: Ok. Please call me at 8768 9645 if you get • any news.• Annie: No problem! Call me __ 65795431.• Hallie: Ok. See you!• Annie: Goodbye!
came back
vacation
films
at
on
Homework:
1.Try to collect more words or expressions which are different in British English and American English in the three ways.
2. Talk with your group members after class which language you prefer and why.
3.Go to the following websites to get more information about American English and British English
http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa110698.htm
www.aasky.com/english/