英式英语美式英语区别

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1、DifferencesBetweenAmericanandBritishEnglishWhiletherearecertainlymanymorevarietiesofEnglish,AmericanandBritishEnglisharethetwovarietiesthataretaughtinmostESL/EFLprograms.GrammarVocabularySpellingPronunciationUseofthePresentPerfect(1.1)InBritishEnglishthepre

2、sentperfectisusedtoexpressanactionthathasoccurredintherecentpastthathasaneffectonthepresentmoment.Forexample:I'velostmykey.Canyouhelpmelookforit?InAmericanEnglishthefollowingisalsopossible:Ilostmykey.Canyouhelpmelookforit?UseofthePresentPerfect(2)BritishEng

3、lish:I'vejusthadlunch.I'vealreadyseenthatfilm.Haveyoufinishedyourhomeworkyet?AmericanEnglish:IjusthadlunchORI'vejusthadlunch.I'vealreadyseenthatfilmORIalreadysawthatfilm.Haveyoufinishedyourhomeworkyet?ORDidyoufinishyourhomeworkyet?Possession(2)Whilebothform

4、sarecorrect(andacceptedinbothBritishandAmericanEnglish),havegot(haveyougot,hehasn'tgot,etc.)isgenerallythepreferredForminBritishEnglishwhilemostspeakersofAmericanEnglishemploythehave(doyouhave,hedoesn'thaveetc.)PrepositionsTherearealsoafewdifferencesinprepo

5、sitionuseincludingthefollowing:AmericanEnglishBritishEnglishOntheweekendAttheweekendOnateamInateamPleasewritemesoonPleasewritetomesoonSpelling(1)HerearesomegeneraldifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanspellings:Wordsendingin-or(American)-our(British)color,col

6、our;humor,humour;flavor,flavouretc.Wordsendingin-ize(American)-ise(British)recognize,recognise;patronize,patroniseetc.Spelling(2)Thebestwaytomakesurethatyouarebeingconsistentinyourspellingistousethespellcheckonyourwordprocessor(ifyouareusingthecomputerofcou

7、rse)andchoosewhichvarietyofEnglishyouwouldlike.Pronunciation1、美国英语中，重读元音常比英国英语读得要长些，因此英国人认为美国人说话拖长腔，而美国人则认为英国人说话声音短促。2、美国英语常常使元音鼻化，也就是说空气同时从鼻腔和口腔出来，英国英语中，多数地方的发音元音都不鼻化，因此，美英两种口音听起来很不一样。ConclusionAsyoucansee,therearereallyveryfewdifferencesbetweenstandardBri

8、tishEnglishandstandardAmericanEnglish.However,thelargestdifferenceisprobablythatofthechoiceofvocabularyandpronunciation.