Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldWarmingup
CountriesspeakEnglishastheirnativelanguage:BritainAmericaCanadaAustraliaNewZealandIreland
SouthAfricatheUSACanadaNewZealandAustraliatheUnitedKingdomIreland
numberofspeakersexamplecountriesthenativelanguagetheforeignlanguagethesecondlanguage375million750million375millionUSA,UK,Canada,Australia,SouthAfrica,Ireland,NewZealandChinaandmanyothercountriesIndia,Pakistan,Nigeria,Philippines
CanadianAustralianEnglishBritishWorldEnglishesAmericanIndianCaribbean
WhatarethetwomaingroupsofEnglish?BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish
DoyouknowthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?
Br.EAm.EWhenyouheartwonativespeakersofEnglish,theymaystillnotspeakthesamekindofEnglish.
Br.EAm.EThedifferencesbetweenBr.EAm.E.vocabularyspellingpronunciationautumnfallflatapartmentmoviefilmcolourcolorcentrecentertravellertravelerdance[da:ns]dance[d?ns]not[n?t]not[na:t]
AmEneighborhoodlaborcolorhonorablehumorfavoritetheaterkilometerBrEneighbourhoodlabourcolourhonourablehumourfavouritetheatrekilometre
ChineseBr.EAm.E电梯liftelevator汽油petrolgas,gasoline秋天autumnfall地铁undergroundsubway公寓flatapartment垃圾rubbishgarbage垃圾箱dustbintrashcan薯片crispchips
ChineseB.EA.E公寓flatapartment酒吧pubbar罐头tincan糖果sweetscandy橡皮eraserrubber比赛matchgame足球footballsoccer电影filmmovie出租车taxicab