1. vs Word Power American English British English
Book 10_课件_U1_Reading2-8
Word Power
American English vs
British English 1

2. Vocabulary BrE toilet/WC BrE trousers AmE rest room /bathroom
AmE pants

3. BrE football
BrE sweets
AmE candy
AmE soccer ball

4. BrE sitting room
BrE holiday
AmE vacation
AmE living room

5. pants candy trousers restroom bathroom sweets soccer ball holiday
AmE BrE
pants
candy
restroom bathroom
soccer ball
holiday
sitting room
film
trousers
sweets
toilet/WC
football
vacation
living room
movie

6. Spelling centre meter metre -er vs -re center realize realise realize
BrE
Rules
AmE
AmE
centre
meter
metre
-er vs -re
center
realize realise
organize organise
organize
realize
-ze vs –ze/-se
colour
-or vs -our
color
humor
humour
traveler
-l- vs –ll-
traveller
skilful
skillful
program
programme
-m vs -mme
kilogram
kilogramme

7. Guess
theater
favourite
neighbor
kilogram
recognise
jewellery

8. Grammar
Sam just went home.
Sam’s just gone home.

9. That skirt fit badly.
That skirt fitted badly.

10. Hello, is this Wang Li? (on the phone)
Hello, is that Wang Li? (on the phone)

11. I live on Zhenning Road.
I live in Zhenning Road.

12. Call me at
Call me on

13. I often watch TV on the weekend.
I often watch TV at the weekend.

14. 1 I play basketball on weekends.
Find out if the statement is in American or British English. Then change it to the other form .
1 I play basketball on weekends.
2 Please call me at
3 I have just lost my pen.
4 Hello, is that Hallie?
AmE
I play basketball at weekends.
BrE
AmE
Please call me on
BrE
BrE
I just lost my pen.
AmE
BrE
Hello, is this Hallie?
AmE

15. AmE vs BrE There are some differences between them in : Vocabulary
Spelling
Grammar

16. Sam: Hi David .How are you?
Read the following dialogue carefully, and find out if the underlined sentences are British or American English.
Sam: Hi David .How are you?
David: Fine, have you just come back from New York?
Sam: yeah, I just came back here.
David: How was your summer holiday, Sam?
Sam: Excellent, during my summer vacation I joined a soccer ball club.
David: Good! I also practised playing football this summer too.
Sam: Ok. Please call me at if the students’ union organizes a soccer ball match.
David: Good idea! You may call me on
BrE
AmE
AmE
BrE
AmE
BrE

17. Change the underlined words and phrases from American to British English. Then ,practise the new dialogue with a partner.

18. ______ near Huaihai Road, to change
Li Hua: Hello, (1) is this ____ Dai Jun?
Dai Jun: Yes. Hi,Li Hua, how are you?
Li Hua: I’m okay now, but I just had the
worst morning ever!
Dai Jun: What happened?
Li Hua: I went to the shopping (2)center
______ near Huaihai Road, to change
the new shoes I bought, the ones that
(3)fit ______ badly, for bigger ones.
One saleswoman was in the (4)
bathroom _____ and the other was
watching a TV (5) program _______
behind the counter.
that
centre
fitted
toilet
programme

19. Neither of them would help me! Finally , I got help, but they only had
the shoes in a (6) color _____ I didn’t
like. I wanted to complain, but when I
asked to see the manager, they told me,
‘Oh, sorry, (7) she just went home
_________________.’
Dai Jun: what a terrible shop! What did you do ?
Li Hua: They gave me a number to phone the
manager (8)at _____ , so I called when
I got home. Now I feel a bit better, but
I still don’t have new shoes!
colour
She’s just gone home. on

20. Pair work
Suppose that you’re Annie from London, Britain, and your partner Hallie from California, America. This time Hallie has just come back from New York. She met Annie in the street.

21. watched a movie called ‘Parent Trap’ and I loved it. I love movies.
Hallie: Hi Annie. How are you?
Annie: Fine, have you just come back from New
York?
Hallie: Yeah, I __________here last Monday.
Annie: How is your winter holiday, Hallie?
Hallie: Excellent, during my winter_______ I
watched a movie called ‘Parent Trap’ and I
loved it. I love movies.
Annie: Oh, it sounds interesting. You know, I love
_____ too. We can watch them __weekends
later.
Hallie: Ok. Please call me at if you get
any news.
Annie: No problem! Call me __
Hallie: Ok. See you!
Annie: Goodbye!
came back
vacation
films at on

22. Homework:
1.Try to collect more words or expressions which are different in British English and American English in the three ways.
2. Talk with your group members after class which language you prefer and why.
3.Go to the following websites to get more information about American English and British English