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1、关于英国英语和美国英语的区别多有讨论，今天我给大家来个简单的总结吧。在总结前有三句话说在前头：1.倒退三四百年世界上没有所谓的标准英语，标准的英音和美音是上流社会经济和文化的产物。2.英式英语和美式英语沟通不存在问题，所以学那种都可以。3.英音和美音各有自己的特点，所以学那种都可以，不存在说美音的人听不懂英音的情况。今天就给大家看几篇西方人对英美英语的区别的总结。第一篇是位教书有10年的英国教师的总结Therearemanywell-knowndifferencesbetweenBritishandAmerica
2、nEnglish,butthesedifferenceswon'tcauseyouanyseriousproblemsifyoucomeandworkinBritain. First,thereareafewnoticeable GRAMMAR differencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish:I'lltalkaboutthetwomostimportantones. Firstofall,whenAmericansmakesentencesusing 'just', 'al
3、ready' or 'yet',theynormallyusethepastsimpletense,whileinBritain,weusethepresentperfect. SoanAmerican,forexample,mightsay: "I alreadyhad lunch." "Shedidn'tarriveyet." AndaBritishpersonwouldsay: "I'vealreadyhad lunch." -That's "Ihavealreadyhad lunch." Or... "S
4、he hasn't arrived yet." Also,inBritainweoftenuse 'havegot' or 'hasgot' whenwetalkaboutpossession,whileAmericansgenerallyjustuse 'have' or 'has'. So,forexample,inAmericanEnglishwemightsay: "Ihaveanewcar." InBritishEnglishit'smorenormaltosay: 13"I'vegotanewcar.
5、" Themeaning'sthesame,there'sjustasmallgrammaticaldifferencethatyoumightnotice. Therearetheseandafewotherverysmalldifferences,buttobehonest,thesedifferencesalmostnevermakeitdifficultforustounderstandeachother. Ontheotherhand,thedifferencesin VOCABULARY betwee
6、nAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglisharestrongerthanthegrammaticaldifferences,butagain,theseveryrarelycauseseriousproblems. Alotofthewordswhicharedifferentareinformalorslangwords... Forexample,IthinkmanyAmericanswouldbeunfamiliarwiththeBritishslangword 'naff',whi
7、chmeans'un-cool'or'poor-quality'. Ontheotherhand,aBrit(aBritishperson)mightbeveryconfusedbyasentencelike: "Thecaféiskitty-cornertothepharmacy." Thismeansthatthecaféisdiagonallyoppositetothepharmacy,butwedon'thavetheword'kitty-corner' inBritishEnglish. Another
8、examplewouldbetellingthetime... Ifwewanttodescribe 2:45 inBritain,wemightsay: "Quarter to three",or 3:15 wouldbe"Quarter past three". Ontheotherhand,inAmerica,thesemightbe: "Quarter of th
