Unit2Unit2GrowingpainsAmericanEnglishvsBritishEnglish&ColloquialismsWordpowerJoe(anAmerican)Nancy(anEnglishman)OnceJoecametoBritainforthefirsttimebyair.WhenhearrivedatNancy’shome.

Heasked,“CouldIuseyourbathroom?”

Nancysaidokandgave

himaclean

towelandtoldhimthatthebathroomwasupstairs.Afterawhile,however,Joedidn’tfindthebathroom.1.WhatisitthatJoecan’tfindinthebathroom?2.Whycan’thefindit?ItisatoiletthatJoecouldn’tfind.JoeisanAmerican,hesaysbathroomandmeansaplacewherethereisatoilet.ButinNancy’seye,it’saplacewherepeoplecanonlyhaveabath.Becauseofthis,theymisunderstoodeachother.It’susefulforustoknowsomedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.Lookatthefollowinginformation:DifferencesBetweenAmericanorBritishEnglish?(AmE/BrE)2ndMarch,1996

March2,1996April20,1987----Aprilthetwentieth,nineteeneighty-seven

20thApril,1987----thetwentiethofApril,nineteeneighty-seven

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a(one)hundredandseventyfivedollarsonehundredseventyfivedollars

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請(qǐng)稍等holdtheline,pleaseholdonAEBEAmericanorBritishEnglish?(AE/BE)

1.—Haveyougotanypets?—Yes,I’vegotthreerabbitsandatortoise.

2.Ihaveanapartmentinthecitycentre.3.Doyouhaveawalkman？

Haveyou(got)awalkman？AEBEBEAE4.Idon’thaveanyink.Ihaven’t(got)

anyink.5.Sheworksnightsasajanitor.Sheworksatnightasajanitor.

6.Let’sstayhome.Let’sstayathome.

7.Hehasgottenanewjob.Hehasgotanewjob.

AEAEAEAEBEBEBEBECanyounameanyotherdifferences?Howmuchdoyouknow?Thanksgivingisobservedonlyin________.(2)Peopleusuallywalkonthe______sideintheUSAwhileintheUKpeopleusuallywalkonthe_____side.(3)___________behaveinamorecasualwaywhilein_______peopleareabitmoreformalortraditional.AmericarightleftAmericansBritish(4)Americansselect_________asthetopleaderofthecountry,whileintheUK,the______or______isalwaystherepresentativeofthecountry.(5)Footballhasitsoriginin______,butinAmerica,whereitiscalled______,itisnotsopopularasAmericanfootball.presidentKingQueenBritainsoccerReadthesentencesandexpresswhatthecolloquialismsunder-linedmean.

1.Thoughyouarebusy,couldyoujust

lendmeanear

foramoment?

lendmean

ear:to

listenandpayattentionto傾聽(tīng)；注意；仔細(xì)地聽(tīng)

2.IfHustonrocketscanwinthisbasketballgamebytwentypoints,Iwill

eatmyhat.

eatmyhat:Youare100percentcertainthatsomethingwillhappen.拓展：eat(one’s)words:toretractsomethingthatonehassaid.食言：對(duì)自己說(shuō)的話又反悔3.IhaveneverexpectedLilytoact

as

coolasacucumber

inthetrafficaccident.

ascoolasacucumber:verycalmandcontrolledindifficultsituations.

像黃瓜一樣涼爽

就是當(dāng)一個(gè)人碰到困難和麻煩時(shí)很冷靜、很放松。4.AllthefamilymemberscometopersuadeJimtochangehisidea,but

heis

asstubbornasamule.

asstubbornasamule:refusingtochangeone’sopinion

倔得像頭騾子5.As

agreenhand,

Robertnearlydroveintothegroceryonroadside.

greenhand:onewhoisnewinacertainfield

生手，沒(méi)有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人6.BecauseTodfailedinhismaths

exam,hewas

asquietasamouse

whenhisfatherscoldedhim.

asquietasamouse:makingverylittlenoise

非常安靜，不聲不響Guesswhattheexpressionsmean.1.MrsBlack’sgardenisthebestinourtown.Shehasrealgreenfingers._____________________________2.Hemakeseverydecisioninourcompany.Heisthetopdog.__________________________________begoodatgardening(園藝能手）

animportantpersoninanorganization3.Whydidyougiveherthecoldshoulder?Youaregoodfriends,aren’tyou?_____________________4.IwishIhadbroughtmyumbrella.It’srainingcatsanddogs.__________________________5.Footballisjustnotmycupoftea—Ilikeplayingvolleyball.____________________benotfriendlytoherrainingheavily(下傾盆大雨)

notreallytomytasteFillintheblankswiththecolloquialismswehavelearned.1.Kate,don’tbe_____________attheparty.Let’sdancetogether.2.Jim,whenIexplainthelanguagepoints,youshould_____________.

awetblanketleadmeanear3.Robisalwayslateforschool.Ifhecanarriveatschoolontimetoday,Iwill____________.4.----Oh,yougotwetallover.Howisit,Daniel?----Mum,don’tyouknowit___________________onmywayhome?eatmyhatanddogsrainscats5.----Hey!Ellen,yougotanAforyourhistoryexam.----Don’t__________.Areyouserious?6.LookatMr