英国英语和美国英语区别大总结Word格式.docx
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vealreadyhad
-That'
s
Ihavealreadyhad
Or...
She
hasn'
t
arrived
yet."
Also,inBritainweoftenuse
havegot'
hasgot'
whenwetalkaboutpossession,whileAmericansgenerallyjustuse
have'
has'
.
So,forexample,inAmericanEnglishwemightsay:
Ihaveanewcar."
InBritishEnglishit'
smorenormaltosay:
vegotanewcar."
Themeaning'
sthesame,there'
sjustasmallgrammaticaldifferencethatyoumightnotice.
Therearetheseandafewotherverysmalldifferences,buttobehonest,thesedifferencesalmostnevermakeitdifficultforustounderstandeachother.
Ontheotherhand,thedifferencesin
VOCABULARY
betweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglisharestrongerthanthegrammaticaldifferences,butagain,theseveryrarelycauseseriousproblems.
Alotofthewordswhicharedifferentareinformalorslangwords...
Forexample,IthinkmanyAmericanswouldbeunfamiliarwiththeBritishslangword
naff'
whichmeans'
un-cool'
or'
poor-quality'
Ontheotherhand,aBrit(aBritishperson)mightbeveryconfusedbyasentencelike:
Thecafé
iskitty-cornertothepharmacy."
Thismeansthatthecafé
isdiagonallyoppositetothepharmacy,butwedon'
thavetheword'
kitty-corner'
inBritishEnglish.
Anotherexamplewouldbetellingthetime...
Ifwewanttodescribe
2:
45
inBritain,wemightsay:
Quarter
to
three"
or
3:
15
wouldbe"
past
Ontheotherhand,inAmerica,thesemightbe:
of
for
45,or"
after
15.
It'
sanothersmalldifference,butit'
sonethat'
snotgoingtocauseseriousproblems-it'
squiteeasytogetusedto.
Therearealsosomedifferencesin
SPELLING
whichIshouldmention.
Oneexampleofthisistheverb
topractise'
:
InBritishEnglish,thisisspeltwithan
S'
sothat'
P-R-A-C-T-I-S-E.
InAmericanEnglish,it'
sspeltwithtwo
C'
s,soinAmericanEnglishit'
P-R-A-C-T-I-C-E.
Andtherearelotsofotherexamplesofslightdifferenceofspelling,butabout99%ofthetime,BritishandAmericanpeoplecanunderstandeachotherwithoutanytroubleatall.InBritainwewatchlotsofAmericanfilmsandTVprograms,andwelistentolotsofAmericanmusic,soAmericanEnglishisgenerallyveryfamiliartous.
ThisisprobablynotquitesotrueforanAmericancomingtoBritain.Americans,Ithink,don'
twatchquitesomuchBritishTVorBritishmovies.
IshouldalsopointoutthatregionalEnglishcanbeanimportantthingtothinkabout.NoteveryoneinBritaintalkslikeJamesBond.TherearesomeregionalaccentsinBritainwhichyoudon'
thearsoofteninthemovies,andthesemightbeabitmoredifficulttogetusedto.
However,I'
dliketofinishbysayingthatmany,manyAmericansliveandworkinBritain,andtheydon'
thaveanyseriouslanguageproblemsatall.So,Brittney,myadvicetoyouis:
don'
tworryaboutthelanguage,you'
llbefine!
第二篇关于两种拼写牛津在线词典给了详细的说明
BritishandAmericanspelling
ThereareseveralareasinwhichBritishandAmericanspellingaredifferent.Thesearethemainonestobeawareof.
Wordsendingin–re
BritishEnglishwordsthatendin
-re
oftenendin
-er
inAmericanEnglish:
British
US
centre
center
fibre
fiber
litre
liter
theatre
theater
Wordsendingin-our
BritishEnglishwordsendingin
-our
usuallyendin
-or
colour
color
flavour
flavor
humour
humor
labour
labor
neighbour
neighbor
Wordsendingin-izeor-ise
VerbsinBritishEnglishthatcanbespelledwitheither
-ize
-ise
attheendarealwaysspelledwith
attheendinAmericanEnglish:
apologize
apologise
apologize
organize
organise
organize
recognize
recognise
recognize
Wordsendingin-yse
VerbsinBritishEnglishthatendin
-yse
arealwaysspelled
-yze
analyse
analyze
breathalyse
breathalyze
paralyse
paralyze
Wordsendinginavowelplusl
InBritishspelling,verbsendinginavowelplus
l
doublethe
whenaddingendingsthatbeginwithavowel.InAmericanEnglish,the
isnotdoubled:
travel
travelled
traveled
travelling
traveling
traveller
traveler
fuel
fuelled
fueled
fuelling
fueling
Wordsspelledwithdoublevowels
BritishEnglishwordsthatarespelledwiththedoublevowels
ae
oe
arejustspelledwithan
e
leukaemia
leukemia
manoeuvre
maneuver
oestrogen
estrogen
paediatric
pediatric
NotethatinAmericanEnglish,certainterms,suchas
archaeology,keepthe
spellingasstandard,althoughthespellingwithjustthe
(i.e.
archeology)isusuallyacceptableaswell.
Nounsendingwith–ence
Somenounsthatendwith
-ence
inBritishEnglisharespelled
-ense
defence
defense
licence
license
offence
offense
pretence
pretense
Nounsendingwith–ogue
-ogue
inBritishEnglishendwitheither
-og
analogue
analog
catalogue
catalog
dialogue
dialog
Thedistinctionsherearenothardandfast.Thespelling
analogue
isacceptablebutnotverycommoninAmericanEnglish;
hasbecometheUSnorm,but
catalogue
isnotuncommon;
dialogue
isstillpreferredover
dialog.
Asidefromspellingdifferences,manyitemsandpracticeshavedifferentnamesinBritishandAmericanEnglish.Toexplorefurther,see
BritishandAmericanterms.
第三篇这位老师给了更详细的一个说明
Introduction
SpeakersofAmericanEnglishgenerallyusethepresentperfecttense(have/has+pastparticiple)farlessthanspeakersofBritishEnglish.InspokenAmericanEnglishitisverycommontousethesimplepasttenseasanalternativeinsituationswherethepresentperfectwouldusuallyhavebeenusedinBritishEnglish.Thetwosituationswherethisisespeciallylikelyare:
(i)Insentenceswhichtalkaboutanactioninthepastthathasaneffectinthepresent:
AmericanEnglish/BritishEnglish
∙Jennyfeelsill.Sheatetoomuch.
∙Jennyfeelsill.She'
seatentoomuch.
∙Ican'
tfindmykeys.Didyouseethemanywhere?
tfindmykeys.Haveyouseenthemanywhere?
(ii)Insentenceswhichcontainthewordsalready,justoryet:
AmericanEnglish/British
English
∙A:
Aretheygoingtotheshowtonight?
∙B:
No.Theyalreadysawit.
No.They'
vealreadyseenit.
IsSamanthahere?
No,shejustleft.
No,she'
sjustleft.
CanIborrowyourbook?
No,Ididn'
treadityet.
No,Ihaven'
treadityet.
1.Verb
agreement
withcollectivenouns
InBritishEnglishcollectivenouns,(i.e.nounsreferringtoparticulargroupsofpeopleorthings),(e.g.staff,government,class,team)canbefollowedbyasingularorpluralverbdependingonwhetherthegroupisthoughtofasoneidea,orasmanyindividuals,e.g.:
Myteamiswinning.
Theotherteamareallsittingdown.
InAmericanEnglishcollectivenounsarealwaysfollowedbyasingularverb,soanAmericanwouldusuallysay:
Whichteamislosing?
whereasinBritishEnglishbothpluralandsingularformsoftheverbarepossible,asin:
Whichteamis/arelosing?
2.Useof
delexical
verbshaveandtake
InBritishEnglish,theverbhavefrequentlyfunctionsaswhatistechnicallyreferredtoasadelexicalverb,i.e.itisusedincontextswhereithasverylittlemeaninginitselfbutoccurswithanobjectnounwhichdescribesanaction,e.g.:
dliketohaveabath.
Haveisfrequentlyusedinthiswaywithnounsreferringtocommonactivitiessuchaswashingorresting,e.g.:
She'
shavingalittlenap.
lljusthaveaquickshowerbeforewegoout.
InAmericanEnglish,theverbtake,ratherthanhave,isusedinthesecontexts,e.g.:
Joe'
stakingashower.
dliketotakeabath.
Let'
stakeashortvacation.
Whydon'
tyoutakearestnow?
3.Useof
auxiliaries
andmodals
InBritishEnglish,theauxiliarydoisoftenusedasasubstituteforaverbwhenreplyingtoaquestion,e.g.:
Areyoucomingwithus?
Imightdo.
InAmericanEnglish,doisnotusedinthisway,e.g.:
Imight.
InBritishEnglishneedn'
tisoftenusedinsteadofdon'
tneedto,e.g.:
Theyneedn'
tcometoschooltoday.
Theydon'
tneedtocometoschooltoday.
InAmericanEnglishneedn'
tisveryunusualandtheusualformisdon'
tneedto,i.e.:
InBritishEnglish,shallissometimesusedasanalternativetowilltotalkaboutthefuture,e.g.:
Ishall/willbetherelater.
InAmericanEnglish,shallisunusualandwillisnormallyused.
InBritishEnglishshallI/weisoftenusedtoaskforadviceoranopinion,e.g.:
Shallweaskh
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