B5M1 British and American English

EnglishisthemostcommonlanguageintheearthvillageEnglishasthefirstlanguageBritainBigBenHerMajestyQueenElizabethIIAmericaStatueofLibertyAustraliaEnglishasofficiallanguageIndiaJamaica牙买加EnglishastheforeignlangugeChinabird'snesttheWaterCubeBritishandAmericanEnglishGeorgeWalkerBushTonyBlairAmericaBritainIntroductionReadingandspeakingWehavereallyeverythingincommonwithAmericanowadays,exceptofcourse,language.OscarWilde如今，我们和美国在一切方面都相同，当然除了语言。WithinacenturyBritishandAmericanEnglishspeakerswillnotbeabletounderstandeachother.不出一百年，讲英国英语和讲美国英语的人将不能互相理解。HenrySweetAmericaandEnglandaretwocountriesdividedbyacommonlanguage.GeorgeBernardShaw萧伯纳美国和英国是被同一种语言分开的两个国家。DaveSperlingfounderofDave’sESLCaféESL—EnglishasaSecondLanguage作为第二语言的英语EFL—EnglishasaForeignLanguage作为外语的英语Itdoesn’tmakemuchofadifferencewhetherateacherspeaksBritishorAmericanEnglish.老师讲英式英语或美国英语并没有多大的差别。BritishEnglishAmericanEnglishMumMomprogrammeprogramtheatretheaterrealiserealizewritetomewriteme1.Words,words,words2.ChipsorFrenchfries3.Haveorhavegot4.ColourorcolorC.GrammarA.SpellingandpronunciationB.VocabularyMatchparagraphsParagraph1~2:thedifferencesinvocabularyBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishcarsfreewaygasundergroundtaxitorchstandinlinechipsautomobilesmotorwaypetrolsubwaycabflashlightqueueupFrenchfriesBr.chipsAm.FrenchFriesCh.炸土豆条Br.crispsAm.chipsCh.炸土豆片Paragraph3:thedifferencesingrammarBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishHaveyougot…?Myfriendjustarrived.intheteam/attheweekendwritemesoon!Doyouhave…?Myfriendhasjustarrivedontheteam/weekendWritetomesoon!Paragraph4:thedifferencesinspellingandpronunciationBritishEnglishAmericanEnglishspellingpronunciationcentrecolourprogrammecentercolorprogramABCAmericanBroadcastingCompany美国广播公司NBCNationalBroadcastingCompany全国广播公司VOAVoiceofAmerica美国之音BBCBritishBroadcastingCorporation英国广播公司CNNCableNewsNetwork美国有线电视新闻网dimensionn.大小,体积,范围,面积(常用复数);cn.宽度,长度,厚度,高度等;维,度;方面,程度Whatarethedimensionsoftheroom?这房间的面积是多少?ofthreedimensions三维的,立体的Thereisanotherdimensiontothisproblemwhichyouhaven'tmentioned.这个问题还有一个方面你没提到。一般来说，英式英语读音比较平，硬。美式英语大多是卷舌，比较好听。