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1、Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishAlthoughpeoplestilltalkaboutdifferenttypesofEnglish—AmericanEnglish,AustralianEnglish,andIndianEnglish—itisinterestingtonoticehowclosetheyaretoeachothernowadays.Anynativespeakerreadingorlisteningtoanother“type”ofEnglishwillunderstandalmosteveryword.However,largelybec
2、auseofglobalcommunication,cinema,televisionandespeciallytheInternet,differenttypesofEnglishhaveinfluencedeachotheralotrecently.Thisiscominginoneside—fromtheUStoBritain—andithaschangedourdailylanguagesomuch.TeensandyoungadultsinBritainuseAmericanvocabularythathascrossedtheAtlanticallthetime—thingsth
3、atyoungspeakerslikealotaredescribedascoolorawesome,and,asawaytorefusetodosomethingimpossible,weoftenhearthephraseNoway!Iwasfortunateenoughtoworkonavocabularyresearchproject,whichiscalledtheEnglishVocabularyProfile.Whatdidwefindout?TherearesomewordsthatarestillBritishorAmerican.Britishpeoplehavebisc
4、uitswiththeircupofteaorcoffee,butAmericanshavecookies.WealsohavecookiesinBritain,buttheyareacertaintypeofbiscuits,suchaschocolatechipcookies,wheretheoriginalrecipeisAmerican.Americanswhoarewearingpantsdefinitelyhavetheirlegscovered,butifaBritishpersonisdressedonlyinpants,theyareintheirunderwear!Phr
5、asalverbs(verbswithtwoormorewordslike“takeoff”or“liveupto”)areanotherareaofdifference,andthereareslightlyfeweroftheminAmericanEnglish.WhenBritishandAmericanspeakers,forexample,talkofarelationshipbreakingup,Americanswillnotusethisphrasalverbtomean“finishingaschoolterm”aswedoinBritain.Overall,the10mo
6、stcommonwords(the,of,to,and,a,in,that,is,forandI)arethesameinbothcountries,andthevastmajorityofthe5,000mostcommonwordsintheUKarealsointheUSA'stop5,000.Section_ⅠIntroduction_&_Reading_—_PrereadingWords,words,words19BritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferentin①manyways.Thefirstandmostobvious②wayisinthevoc
7、abulary.TherearehundredsofdifferentwordswhicharenotusedontheothersideoftheAtlantic,orwhichareusedwithadifferentmeaning③.Someofthesewordsarewellknown—Americansdriveautomobilesdown④freewaysandfillupwith⑤gas;t