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1、CulturaldifferentsbetweenUSAandUKContents01.02.03.04.LanguageFoodClothingEducation01.LanguageAlthough, American and England are all English speaking countries, they all haveitsown kind of English after along time, and we call them British English and AmericanEnglis
2、h.1.1PronunciationBritish English is conservative and rigorous. In many cases, thereis no correspondence between the pronunciation and spelling,and British are willing to follow the rule in this way to show theirkind of recognition and respect for their language. H
3、owever,Americans have another concept. They do everything under the precondition of convenience, and they tend to follow the regularpronunciation rather than irregular pronunciation in BritishEnglish. Americans change the irregular pronunciations in BritishEnglish
4、into regular ones.1.2SpellingThe way of spelling in American English is more concise and practical than that in British English, they would ignore the letter in writing if the letter was not pronounced, which makes words short and easy to spell. Take an example, if
5、 the letter L ending in a word was not unstressed syllable, American people seldom end the word with double L, such as councillor,American will spell councilor instead, and traveler instead of traverller, and so on.1.3VocabularyThe differences between British Engli
6、sh and AmericanEnglish also exist in their vocabulary.ChineseBritishEnglishAmericanEnglish裤子trouserspants汽油petrolgas商店shopstore糖果sweetscandy秋天autumnfall02.Education2.1AmericaneducationFrom the educational philosophy of theeducation system in the United States,there
7、 are the characteristics of diversityand openness,international and flexibility, which enable the U.S. Department of Education to ensure educational equity and equality of opportunity to receive education, and take full advantage of the strengths of educationalobje
8、cts, so education is the dynamic, vibrant in American. It also reflects what the Americans have been in pursuit, the freedomand equality.2.2Briti
