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1、British EnglishVSAmerican English,Grammar,2.Vocabulary,Spelling,Pronunciation,Expression of date and number,Major differences between British English and American English:,1.Grammar,Article,e.g.:British English：It was a Tuesday and he wasnt back at work until the Wednesday.American English:It was Tu
2、esday and he wasnt back at work until Wednesday.,While British uses article,American doesnt use.,Preposition,(1)British English：at the weekend American English：on the weekend,(2)British English：Some parents are talking about keeping their children off school.American English：Some parents are talking
3、 about keeping their children out of school.,1.Grammar,2.Vocabulary,(1)The same meaning of different words:,elevator,lift,automobile,car,cookie,biscuit,film,movie,freeway,motorway,soccer,football,(2)The same concept of different word:,ground floor,first floor,trousers,pants,2.Vocabulary,3.Spelling,A
4、mericans pay more attention to pragmatism(实用主义),and delete the aphonic(不发音的)letters in vocabulary.,英语单词中不发音的词尾：-me，-ue,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,英语中以-re结尾 在美语中改为er结尾,英语中某些以-ence为结尾的单词，在美语中改为-ense结尾，读音仍为/ns/,英语中的-ise动词在美语中拼写为-ize,There is a exception:,4.Pronunciation,英语和美语在读音上的差异主要反映在:辅音字母r,l;元音字
5、母a,o,的不同读音上。,Consonant,r：英音中，只在元音前有卷舌,/r/和后面的元音结合,美音中，在拼写中有r时发卷舌音/r/，/r/和前面的元音结合,e.g.:clear animosity/nimsiti/，,英语:clea-ranimosity美语:clear-animosity,l:辅音/l/前后有元音时British English：/l/和后面的元音结合,American English：/l/和前面的元音结合，,e.g.:Australia,英音：Austra-lia 美音：Austral-ia,a:British pronunciation:/a:/,e.g.:fas
6、t/fa:st/American pronunciation:/,e.g.:fast/fst/,4.Pronunciation,o:British pronunciation:/,e.g.:shop/p/American pronunciation:/a/,e.g.:shop/ap/,Vowel,5.Expression of date and number,The pattern of British English:date is placed at the first position,month in the middle,year at the end;The pattern of
7、American English:date is placed in the middle,month at the first position.,e.g.:the writing of“1996年3月2 号”：,British English:2nd March,1996 American English:March 2,1996,(1)date,5.Expression of date and number,For example:1996年3月2 号,Reading:British English:the second of March,1996American English:Mar
8、ch the second,1996,5.Expression of date and number,Reading:e.g.:$175,（2）number,British English:a(one)hundred and seventy five dollars，American English:one hundred seventy five dollars，(usually delete“and”),British English use double or triple but American English does not use it.,（3）to express continuous and the same number,e.g.:320112,British English:three two zero,double one twoAmerican English:three two zero one one two,e.g.:999,British English:nine double nine/triple nine American English:nine nine nine/three nines,Thank you!,
