听写练习AmericanandBritishEnglish

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1、AmericanandBritishEnglishLanguageexpertssaythatspokenEnglishwasalmostthesameintheAmericancoloniesandBritain.AmericansbegantochangethesoundoftheirspeechaftertheRevolutionaryWarin1776.TheywantedtoseparatethemselvesfromtheBritishinlanguageastheyhadseparatedthemselvesfromtheBritishgovernment.Web

2、sterpublishedTheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagein1828.ItestablishedrulesforspeakingandspellingthewordsusedinAmericanEnglish.ThedifferentlanguagesoftheimmigrantswhocametotheUnitedStatesalsohelpedmakeAmericanEnglishdifferentfromBritishEnglish.ManyforeignwordsandexpressionsbecamepartofEn

3、glishasAmericansspeakit.SometimesAmericansandBritishpeopledonotunderstandeachotherbecauseofdifferentwordmeanings.Forexample,a“wastebasket”inAmericaisa“dustbin”inBritain.FrenchfriedpotatoesintheUnitedStatesarecalled“chips”inBritain.AllthesedifferencesledBritishwriterGeorgeBernardShawtojoketha

4、tBritainandAmericaaretwocountriesseparatedbythesamelanguage.AmericanweddingcustomsWeddingdaysareoftenconsideredthemostimportantdayofmanypeople’slives.Forthisreasonalone,throughoutthepastandintomodernday,numerouscustomsandsuperstitionshavedevelopedaroundtheweddingevent,inhopesofcreating‘ThePe

5、rfectDay!’Averycommoncustomstillhonoredtodayisinreferencetoatime-oldsaying,‘Somethingold,somethingnew,somethingborrowed,somethingblue,andasilversixpenceinsideyourshoe’.Sooldisthisthattracingitbacktoitsoriginationisnearlyimpossible.The‘old’isbelievedtobethefriendsandfamilyattendingthewedding.

6、The‘new’isrepresentedbythecouplethemselves,asa‘new’union.The‘borrowed’issomethingfromthefamiliesthatistobereturned.Something‘blue’isinterpretedtorepresentthebride’svirginity.Thesixpencecanbeanyformofmoney,tuckedintothebride'sshoe,thistobringwealthtotheunion,bothinmonetarymeansandlove.AnOldSa

7、yingTodayweexplainaveryoldsayingthathashadabiginfluenceonrock-and-rollmusic.Thatsayingisarollingstonegathersnomoss.Ithasseveralmeanings.Onemeaningisthatapersonwhoneversettlesdowninoneplacewillnotbesuccessful.Anotheristhatsomeonewhoisalwaysmoving,wi