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1、附　录译文助读Module1　BritishandAmericanEnglishReadingandSpeakingWords，words，wordsBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferentinmanyways.Thefirstandmostobviouswayisinthevocabulary.TherearehundredsofdifferentwordswhicharenotusedontheothersideoftheAtlantic，orwhichareusedwithadi

2、fferentmeaning.Someofthesewordsarewellknown—Americansdriveautomobilesdownfreewaysandfillupwithgas；theBritishdrivecarsalongmotorwaysandfillupwithpetrol.Asatourist，youwillneedtousetheundergroundinLondonorthesubwayinNewYork，ormaybeyouwillprefertogetaroundthetownbyt

3、axi(British)orcab(American)．ChipsorFrenchfries?Butotherwordsandexpressionsarenotsowellknown.Americansuseaflashlight，whilefortheBritish，it’satorch.TheBritishqueueup；Americansstandinline.Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning，whichcanbeconfusing.Chips，fo

4、rexample，arepiecesofhotfriedpotatoinBritain；intheStateschipsareverythinandaresoldinpackets.TheBritishcallthesecrisps.ThechipstheBritishknowandloveareFrenchfriesontheothersideoftheAtlantic.Haveorhavegot?Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar，too.TheBritishsayHaveyougot

5、...?whileAmericanspreferDoyouhave...?AnAmericanmightsayMyfriendjustarrived，butaBritishpersonwouldsayMyfriendhasjustarrived.Prepositions,too，canbedifferent：compareontheteam,ontheweekend(American)withintheteam,attheweekend(British)．TheBritishuseprepositionswhereAm

6、ericanssometimesomitthem(I’llseeyouMonday；Writemesoon！)．Colourorcolor?Theothertwoareasinwhichthetwovarietiesdifferarespellingandpronunciation.Americanspellingseemssimpler：center，colorandprograminsteadofcentre，colourandprogramme.ManyfactorshaveinfluencedAmericanp

7、ronunciationsincethefirstsettlersarrivedfourhundredyearsago.Theaccent，whichismostsimilartoBritishEnglish，canbeheardontheEastCoastoftheUS.WhentheIrishwriterGeorgeBernardShawmadethefamousremarkthattheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonationsdividedbyacommonlanguage，hewa

8、sobviouslythinkingaboutthedifferences.Butaretheyreallysoimportant？Afterall，thereisprobablyasmuchvariationofpronunciationwithinthetwocountriesasbetweenthem.ALondonerha