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Module1BritishandAmericanEnglish教材背景链接Iwouldliketolivetostudy,andnotstudytolive. —Bacon,Bhilosoher 我愿意为了学习而活着,不愿意为了活着而学习。 ——英国哲学家培根 Booksaretheever-burninglampsofaccumulatedwisdom.—G.W.Curtis 书籍是积累智慧的明灯。——G.W.柯蒂斯Englisharoundtheworld Nowadays,therearearound400millionspeakersofEnglishasafirstlanguageincountriessuchasAustralia,Britain,Canada,Ireland,Jamaica(牙买加),NewZealand,SouthAfricaandtheUnitedStates.Inaddition,therearemanymoremillionsofpeoplewhospeakEnglishasasecondlanguage,thatis,whenEnglishisusedingovernment,businessandeducation.ManycountrieswhereEnglishisusedasasecondlanguageareexBritishcoloniessuchasIndia,Kenya,Nigeria,Pakistan,SingaporeandSriLanka.Furthermore,Englishisthemostwidelystudiedforeignlanguageintheworld.CanadianEnglish CanadianEnglishstartedwhenBritishloyalistsmovednorthintoCanadain1782,neartheendoftheAmericanWarofIndependence.ToBritishpeople,CanadianEnglishsoundssimilartoAmerican,buttoAmericansitsoundsslightlyBritish!CanadiansusemanyAmericanwordslike“truck”for“lorry”and“gas”for“petrol”. AustralianEnglish AustralianEnglishbeganin1788whenthefirstBritishprisonersweresentawaytoAustraliaaspunishment.Forfiftyyears,Australiawasonebigprison.TheAustralianaccentwasheavilyinfluencedbyCockney(伦敦东区口音),astherewerelargenumbersofworkingclassLondonerswhoweretransportedtoAustraliaforcrimes.AustralianEnglishstillhasCockneyphrasesandexpressionsandisalsodistinctive(独特的)becauseoftheAboriginal(澳大利亚土著的)wordsthathavecomeintothelanguagewordslike“kangaroo”and“boomerang”.NewZealandEnglish NewZealandEnglishstartedin1840,withthetreatybetweentheBritishandtheMaoris(毛利人)inNewZealand.Thisbeganthecolonizationofthetwoislands.NewZealandEnglishsoundsverysimilartoAustralianEnglish,butusesmoreBritishwordsandexpressionsandhasborrowedwordsfromtheMaoris,particularlyforthenamesofflowersandtrees. Readthepassageandtellthefollowingstatementstrue(T)orfalse(F). 1.CanadianEnglishusesmanyBritishEnglishwordsliketruckandgas.() 2.AustralianEnglishwasinfluencedbytheAboriginalwords.() 3.NewZealandEngli