1. Unit 2 Growing Pains
Word Power

2. Revision Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
1. You are 20 years old. Stop acting ___ a kid.
like

3. 春 卵

4. Grammar British American Sam’s just gone home.
That skirt fitted badly.
Hello, is that Wang Li?
(on the phone)
I live in Zhenning Road.
Call me at
at the weekend / in a team
Please write to me soon.
Have you got a car?
Sam just went home.
That skirt fit badly.
Hello, is this Wang Li?
(on the phone)
I live on Zhenning Road.
Call me on
on the weekend / on a team
Please write me soon.
Do you have a car?
Tip: (just, already, yet) BE---Present Perfect AE---Simple Past
eg, I’ve already seen that film.
I already saw that film.

5. Vocabulary Vocabulary American British American trousers sweets
sitting room
football
holiday
toilet/WC
Vocabulary
British
American
rubbish
biscuit
lorry
autumn
flat
lift
pants
trash
candy
cookie
living room
truck
soccer ball
fall
vacation
apartment
restroom/
bathroom
elevator

6. Spelling British American Rules Examples centre colour traveller
organise/
organize
tyre
programme
dialogue
licence
center
-re vs -er
metre/meter
color
-our vs -or
humour/humor
traveler
-ll vs -l
skillful/skilful
organize
-se vs -ze
realise/realize
tire
program
dialog
-ogue vs -og
catalogue/catalog
license
-ence vs -ense
depence/depense
Tip: AE has the shorter and phonetic( 语音的） spelling.

7. DISCUSSION: Do you know how these differences come about?
(come about: happen, take place)
different national histories, cultural, development
the influences of local and regional idioms
and expressions, etc
Which do you prefer, American English or
British English?
That is One man’s meat is another man’s poison.

8. apple of one’s eye A colloquialism is an informal expression used
in spoken English. Colloquialisms are never
used in formal English or in writing, but are
often used in conversations.
Alex has four sons and one daughter. She is the
youngest and the apple of her daddy’s eye.
apple of one’s eye

9. black sheep ----You see, Bill spends most of the money we
give him on computer games.
----He is the black sheep of the family.
black sheep

10. a piece of cake ----English is very difficult for me.
----But it’s a piece of cake for me.
a piece of cake

11. QUIZ: 1. Great minds think alike. ( 英雄所见略同。）
2. You are singing my song. （不谋而合）
3. a dark horse （黑马）
4. kiss up to sb （讨好，拍马屁）
5. take one for the team （为了集体利益牺牲个人利益）
6. kill two birds with one stone （一箭双雕，一举两得）
7. six one way, half the dozen the other（半斤八两）
8. a social butterfly （善于交际，会应酬的人）
9. Birds of a feather flock together. （物以类聚）
10. on pins and needles / ants in one’s pants
（如坐针毡，坐立不安）

12. QUIZ: 1. 英雄所见略同。 Great minds think alike. 2. 不谋而合
You are singing my song.
3. 黑马
a dark horse
4. 讨好，拍马屁
kiss up to sb.
5. 为了集体利益牺牲个人利益
take one for the team
6. kill two birds with one stone
（一箭双雕，一举两得）
7. six one way, half the dozen the other
（半斤八两）
8. a social butterfly
（善于交际，会应酬的人）
9. Birds of a feather flock together.
（物以类聚）
10. on pins and needles / ants in one’s pants
（如坐针毡，坐立不安）

13. Thank you for your attention! HOMEWORK:1.
Discuss: Is it useful for you to be aware （熟知的)
of these differences?
2. Find out all the sentences with attributive clauses
in the play, Home Alone.
3. Get ready for the competition in acting the play,
Home Alone.
Thank you for
your attention!

14. Thank you!