文档介绍：American English VS. British English
◆Pronunciation
◆Grammar
◆Words
◆Spelling
◆Other differences
Pronunciation
·British English –英语“普通话”
·American English - 高度自由化
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元音+ r
carbon, verb ,shirt, sport ,disturb
park the car
连音(AmE. )
■ go to = gonna
want to = wanna
shinning = shinnin’
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英国人把字母a读成[a:]的地方,美国人一般读成[æ],例如:
在英国人读音中,字母o的发音是[ɔ],而在美国人读音中[a]是这个字母的读音。例如:
British
American
laugh
[ la:f ]
[ læf ]
half
[ ha:f ]
[ hæf ]
British
American
not
[nɔt]
[nat]
bomb
[bɔm]
[bam]
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Grammar
在某些情况下,英式英语使用现在完成时而美式英语用一般过去时,尤其是在表达提供消息的时候。例如:
英语
美语
他刚回家。
He has just went home.
He just went home.
我刚吃完午餐。
I have just had lunch.
I just have lunch.
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介词的用法不同,例如:
英语
美语
在周末
at the weekend
on the weekend
在家
at home
home
不同于
different from /different to
different than
医生检查了我的脉搏。
The doctor felt my pulse.
The doctor felt of my pulse.
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在英式英语中“need, dare, used to”都作为情态动词使用,而在美式英语中他们都被当作实义动词使用。例如:
Eg:1. She dared not stay in the dark. (英) She didn’t dare to stay in the dark. (美)
2. Tom needn’t go with them. (英) Tom doesn’t need to go with them. (美)
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定冠词“the”
在定冠词“the”的用法上,美国英语和英国英语也有区别,比如:
美国人说go to the hospital,go to the university;
英国人说go to hospital, go to university;
但是英国人大多说go to college,go to school,go to the theatre (theater)等等。
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American English British English
公寓 apartment flat
洗手间 bathroom/restroom toilet
罐头 can tin
糖果 candy sweets
洋芋片 chips crisps
饼干 cookie biscuit
玉米 corn maize
电梯 elevator lift
果酱 jelly jam
足球 er football
人行道 sidewalk pavement
橡皮擦 eraser rubber
words
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spelling
British English American English
◆英语中的以-our结尾的单词,在美语中删去了不发音的字母u。
举止、行为 behaviour behavior 颜色 colour color 特别喜爱的 favourite favorite 风味 flavour flavor 荣誉 honour honor 劳动 labour labor
◆英语中以-re结尾,读音为[ǝ]的单词, 在美语中改为-er结尾,
中心 centre center 纤维 fibre fiber 公尺 metre meter 剧场 theatre theater
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