（深圳专用）2013高考英语 电子题库 附录 新人教版必修5.doc

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

2、rdsarewellknown—Americansdriveautomobilesdownfreewaysandfillupwithgas；theBritishdrivecarsalongmotorwaysandfillupwithpetrol.Asatourist，youwillneedtousetheundergroundinLondonorthesubwayinNewYork，ormaybeyouwillprefertogetaroundthetownbytaxi(British)orcab(American)．ChipsorFrenchfries?Butotherw

3、ordsandexpressionsarenotsowellknown.Americansuseaflashlight，whilefortheBritish，it’satorch.TheBritishqueueup；Americansstandinline.Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning，whichcanbeconfusing.Chips，forexample，arepiecesofhotfriedpotatoinBritain；intheStateschipsareverythinandaresoldinp

4、ackets.TheBritishcallthesecrisps.ThechipstheBritishknowandloveareFrenchfriesontheothersideoftheAtlantic.Haveorhavegot?Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar，too.TheBritishsayHaveyougot...?whileAmericanspreferDoyouhave...?AnAmericanmightsayMyfriendjustarrived，butaBritishpersonwouldsayMyfriendhasj

5、ustarrived.Prepositions,too，canbedifferent：compareontheteam,ontheweekend(American)withintheteam,attheweekend(British)．TheBritishuseprepositionswhereAmericanssometimesomitthem(I’llseeyouMonday；Writemesoon！)．Colourorcolor?Theothertwoareasinwhichthetwovarietiesdifferarespellingandpronunciatio

6、n.Americanspellingseemssimpler：center，colorandprograminsteadofcentre，colourandprogramme.ManyfactorshaveinfluencedAmericanpronunciationsincethefirstsettlersarrivedfourhundredyearsago.Theaccent，whichismostsimilartoBritishEnglish，canbeheardontheEastCoastoftheUS.WhentheIrishwriterGeorgeBernard

7、ShawmadethefamousremarkthattheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonationsdividedbyacommonlanguage，hewasobviouslythinkingaboutthedifferences.Butaretheyreallysoimportant？Afterall，thereisprobablyasmuchvariationofpronunciationwithinthetwocountriesasbetweenthem.ALondonerha