1、British EnglishVSAmerican English, Grammar,2.Vocabulary, Spelling, Pronunciation, Expression of date and number,Major differences between British English and American English:,1.Grammar, Article,e.g.: British English： It was a Tuesday and he wasnt back at work until the Wednesday. American English:

2、It was Tuesday and he wasnt back at work until Wednesday.,While British uses article, American doesnt use., Preposition,(1)British English ： at the weekend American English：on the weekend,(2)British English ： Some parents are talking about keeping their children off school. American English： Some pa

3、rents are talking about keeping their children out of school.,1.Grammar,2. Vocabulary,(1)The same meaning of different words:,elevator,lift,automobile,car,cookie,biscuit,film,movie,freeway,motorway,soccer,football,(2)The same concept of different word:,ground floor,first floor,trousers,pants,2. Voca

4、bulary,3. Spelling,Americans pay more attention to pragmatism(實用主義), and delete the aphonic(不發(fā)音的) letters in vocabulary., 英語單詞中不發(fā)音的詞尾：-me，-ue, 英語中的以-our結(jié)尾的單詞，在美語中刪去了不發(fā)音的字母u, 英語中以-re結(jié)尾 在美語中改為er結(jié)尾, 英語中某些以-ence為結(jié)尾的單詞， 在美語中改為-ense結(jié)尾，讀音仍為 /ns/,英語中的-ise動詞在美語中拼寫為-ize,There is a exception:,4. Pronunciation,

5、英語和美語在讀音上的差異主要反映在: 輔音字母r, l; 元音字母a, o, 的不同讀音上。,Consonant, r： 英音中，只在元音前有卷舌, /r/和后面的元音結(jié)合, 美音中，在拼寫中有r時發(fā)卷舌音/r/ ，/r/和前面的元音結(jié)合,e.g.: clear animosity/nimsiti/，,英語: clea-ranimosity 美語: clear-animosity, l: 輔音/l/前后有元音時 British English：/l/和后面的元音結(jié)合, American English：/l/和前面的元音結(jié)合，,e.g.: Australia,英音：Austra-lia 美音：

6、Austral-ia,a: British pronunciation: /a:/, e.g.: fast/fa:st/ American pronunciation: /,e.g.: fast/fst/,4. Pronunciation,o: British pronunciation : /, e.g.: shop/p/ American pronunciation: /a/, e.g.: shop/ap/,Vowel,5. Expression of date and number,The pattern of British English: date is placed at the

7、 first position, month in the middle, year at the end; The pattern of American English: date is placed in the middle, month at the first position.,e.g.: the writing of“1996年3月2 號”：,British English: 2nd March, 1996 American English: March 2, 1996,(1)date,5. Expression of date and number,For example:

8、1996年3月2 號,Reading: British English : the second of March ,1996 American English: March the second,1996,5. Expression of date and number,Reading:e.g.: $175,（2）number,British English: a (one) hundred and seventy five dollars， American English: one hundred seventy five dollars，(usually delete “and”),British English use double or triple but American English does not use it.,（3）to express continuous and the same number,e.g.: 320112,British English: three two zero, double one two American English: thre