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【正文】 the accent isn39。s going well. Lessons start tomorrow for students on the exchange programmes. I39。s ESL Caf233。Module 1 British and American English IntroductionRead the quotations and answer the questions.Quotations:a. We have really everything in mon with America nowadays, except of course, language.Oscar Wilde, 19th century writerb. Within a century British and American English speakers will not be able to understand each other.Henry Sweet, 19th century linguistc. America and England are two countries divided by a mon language.George Bernard Shaw, 20th century writerd. It doesn39。t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.Dave Sperling, founder of Dave39。Questions:1. What is the topic of the quotations? 2. Which is the most optimistic? 3. Which is the most pessimistic? 4. Which (if any) do you think are funny? 5. Which is good news for students of English? 6. Can you guess which quotations are from British people?Read the s and say what the writers have in mon. Then decide which writer is American.Hi there Mum,Everything39。ve already decided to join the theatre group. First practice is on Thursday. Good news — I39。t going to be a problem.You can write to me at the school address or use my usual address.CallumHi Mom,There was a party for exchange program students yesterday. They had it in the school theater. It was great fun. Everyone was friendly. The only problem was I didn39。ll learn with practice.Write me or when you have a moment.SamanthaReading and SpeakingBritish and American EnglishWords, words, wordsBritish and American English are different in many ways. The first and most obvious way is in the vocabulary. There are hundreds of different words which are not used on the other side of the Atlantic, or which are used with a different meaning. Some of these words are well known — Americans drive automobiles down freeways and fill up with gas。s a torch. The British queue up。 in the States chips are very thin and are sold in packets. The British call these crisps. The chips the British know and love are French fries on the other side of the Atlantic.Have or have got?There are a few differences in grammar, too. The British say Have you got ...? while Americans prefer Do you have ...? An American might say My friend just arrived, but a British person would say My friend has just arrived. Prepositions, too, can be different: pare on the team, on the weekend (American) with in the team, at the weekend (British). The British use prepositions where Americans sometimes omit them (I39。 Write me soon!).Colour or color?The other two areas in which the two varieties differ are spelling and pronunciation. American spelling seems simpler: center, color and program instead of centre, colour and programme. Many factors have influence
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