Red Line 4, Coursebook

twenty-five 25 4 American and British English a) American English (AE) has some words which are different from British English (BE). Find the British words for these American words from the unit and start a list. AE BE cab … cab young French fries Chinese popular during plane opened United States store vacation manager well delicious immigrant cab money b) The AE words in blue are new, but the pictures will help you to match them with the BE words on the right. Add the pairs to your list from a). bill film queue rubbish toilet Don’t throw your trash on the street – put it in there! I’ll pay the check while you go to the restroom . I hope we don’t have to wait in a long line for the movie . ä c) Some spellings are different in AE, too. Complete the BE spellings. What are the rules? •  neighborhood, color, harbor • center •  neighbourhood, … • … 5 My grandfather Find the right word and complete the sentences. My grandfather was an 1 from China. He came to the 2 when he was a 3 man because he believed he could do 4 here. He came by 5 in 1948. For many years he worked in a friend’s store 6 the day. In the evenings he drove a 7 because he needed more 8 . After twenty years he 9 our 10 restaurant here in Chinatown. The restaurant is very 11 today, and the food is really 12 . I should know. I’m the 13 . 6 What’s the word? Find the word. 1. A person who moves to another country is an … . 2. The first people from Europe travelled to the US by … . 3. If you are … , this means you get sick on a ship because of the waves. 4. Many Irish people decided to go to the US because there was a … in Ireland. 5. Today a lot of people who … into the US come fromMexico. 6. The limit on the number of people who can come to the US from a country is a … . ➝ WB 12, 1 – 4 Wordwise 1 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv