Am E Br E Look at the pictures. Can you speak them in American English and British English? soccer football 第1页/共74页 Am E Br E eraser rubber 第2页/共74页 Am E Br E lift elevator 第3页/共74页 Am E Br E flat apartment 第4页/共74页 actually in fact 实际上, 事实上 at present now 现在的、出席的 rule govern 统治 vocabulary words and expressions 词汇、词汇量 gradually by degrees 逐渐地 New words 第5页/共74页 official 官方的 voyage 航行, 航海 native 本国的, 本地的 actually 事实上 latter 后者的 identity 身份 fluent 流利的 frequently 频繁地 第6页/共74页 be based on 以……为基础 culture 文化 、文明 identity 身份 government 政府 rapidly 迅速地 Singapore 新加坡 Malaysia 马来西亚 第7页/共74页 Pre-reading Read the title “The Road to Modern English” and predict (预测) what the passage is mainly about? The road to modern English The road the development of English language 第8页/共74页 More and more people speak English. Native English speakers can understand each other but not everything. Para 1: Para 2: Skimming Main ideas of paragraphs At the end of… Later in the next century… Today… 第9页/共74页 English is changing over time. (cultures & places) English is spoken as a foreign or second language in many countries. Para 3-4: Para 5: 第10页/共74页