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1、ATOZED,ATOZEEAGUIDETOTHEDIFFERENCESBETWEENBRITISHANDAMERICANENGLISHATOZED,ATOZEEAGUIDETOTHEDIFFERENCESBETWEENBRITISHANDAMERICANENGLISHWRITTENBYGLENNDARRAGHPUBLISHEDBYEDITORIALSTANLEYLAYOUTANGELAGOMEZMARTINFRONTPAGEDESIGNDISENOIRUNES©EDITORIALSTANLEYAPDO.207-20302IRUN-SPAINTELF.(943)640412-
2、FAX.(943)643863ISBN:84-7873-346-9DEP.LEG.BI-930-00FIRSTEDITION2000PRINTERSIMPRENTABEREKINTZAContentsPrefaceIntroduction:Whyaretheysodifferent?vPartone:Spelling2Parttwo:Pronunciation11Partthree:GrammarandUsage19Partfour:AtoZed:aGB/USlexis27Partfive:AtoZee:aUS/GBlexis75FurtherReading121Prefa
3、ceThisbookisintendedforAmericansandThisstateofaffairsisreflectedintheBritonswhowanttounderstandeachstructureandcontentofthepresentotherbetter,andforforeignstudentsofbook,whichmakesnopretence(oreitherAmericanorBritishEnglishwhopretense)ofbeingexhaustive,butwhichwanttofamiliarise(orfamiliari
4、ze)doestrytobecomprehensive.Shortthemselveswiththeothermainvarietyinitialchaptersoutlinethehistoricalofthelanguage.AccordingtoGeorgebackgroundandthedifferencesinBernardShaw,theUnitedStatesandpronunciation,spellingandgrammar.EnglandaretwogreatnationsseparatedThemainpartofthebook,however,bya
5、commontongue.Infact,mostofconsistsofadictionaryofBritishthetimethetwopeoplesunderstandvocabularyandculturalreferenceswhicheachotherfairlywell,orthinktheydo.someonefromtheUnitedStatesmightTheaccentisdifferent,ofcourse,butithavetroubleunderstanding,andofapresentsnomoreofabarrierthananydictio
6、naryofAmericanvocabularyandregionalaccentwould.Differencesinculturalreferencesthatmightpresentgrammar,syntaxandspellingareproblemstosomeonefromtheBritishrelativelyminor.Themaindifferences,Isles.Asthebookisnotaimedatandtheyarehuge,arelexicalandacademics,butatlaymen(orcultural.laypersons)who
7、arecuriousaboutlanguage,phoneticdifferencesareshown,whennecessary,byafiguredpronunciation.TheAtoZedsectioniswrittentobereadbyAmericans,the/4toZeesectionbyBritons.Finally,anumberofoldertermshavebeenretainedinbothsectionsofthedictionaryforthebenefitofthesmallnum
