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1、Americanvs.BritishEnglishByRosanneSkirbleandAviArdittiBroadcast:Thursday,December26,2002MUSIC:"Help!"/BeatlesAA:I'mAviArdittiwithRosanneSkirble.ThisweekonWordmasterwetalkaboutafewofthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.RS:It'saquestionweoftenget.Afterall,somediffe
2、rencescanleadtoembarrassment,otherstoplainoldconfusion.AA:Forinstance,Americansputbabiestosleepina"crib."TheBritishcallthesamekindofbeda"cot."RS:InAmericaacotisaflimsy,fold-upbedmadeofcanvas.AA:Oh,youmeanwhattheBritishcalla"campbed."RS:InBritain,"publicschool"iswhatAmericanswould
3、call"privateschool,"whereyoupaytohaveyourchildrengo.Nowlet'ssayyouhave"togo"--oryou'relookingforthetoilet.Here,it'snotpolitetoaskwhere"thetoilet"is.Say"bathroom"or"restroom"whenspeakingtoanAmerican.GraphicImageAA:JoiningusnowfromNewYorkistheauthorofahandylittlebookcalled"SpeakAme
4、rican:ASurvivalGuidetotheLanguageandCultureoftheU-S-A."DileriBorundaJohnstonlivedinEngland,sosheknowswhatit'slikefrombothsides.JOHNSTON:"Alotofthegrammarisslightlydifferent,soyouwouldhavethingsinBritishEnglishthatperhapsyouwouldn'twantanAmericanchildtolearnbecauseitmightsoundslig
5、htlyincorrect.Likeyouwouldn'tsay'Ihaven'tgotanymore.'YouwouldratheranAmericankidwouldlearntosay'Idon'thaveanymore.'"AA:Let'ssayaspeakerofBritishEnglishstepsoffaplaneintheStates.Justtocatchabusortrainintotownfromtheairportrequiresadifferentvocabulary.JOHNSTON:"InEnglandyouwouldcat
6、cha'coach'whereashereyoutakethe'bus,'orifyou'retakingthepublictransportationyouwouldtakethe'subwayinAmericaratherthanthe'tube'orthe'underground'asyouwouldinEngland."AA:Also,whattheBritishcall"lorries"weAmericanscall"trucks."RS:Nowlet'ssaytheweatheriscoldandwet,andourtravelerdidn'
7、tpacktherightclothes.DileriJohnstonpointedoutsomeBritishtermsthatmightconfuseanAmericanclerk.JOHNSTON:"Like,forexample,'jumper,'whichinEnglandisthemostcommonthingtocallasweater."RS:"Hereit'sadress."JOHNSTON:"Andajumperhereisadress,yes."AA:"Andthenherewehave'boots'and'galoshes'and
8、there..."JOHNSTON:"Theyhave'wellies,'yes
