英国英语和美国英语区别大总结

关于英国英语和美国英语的区别多有讨论，今天我给大家来个简单的总结吧。在总结

前有三句话说在前头：

1.

倒退三四百年世界上没有所谓的标准英语，标准的英音和美音是上流社会经济和文

化 的产物。

2.

英式英语和美式英语沟通不存在问题，所以学那种都可以。

3.

英音和美音各有自己的特点，所以学那种都可以，不存在 说美音的人听不懂英音的

情况。

今天就给大家看几篇西方人对英美英语的区别的总结。

第一篇

是 位教书有

10

年的英国教师的总结

There are many well-known differences between British and American English, but these

differences won't cause you any serious problems if you come and work in Britain.

First, there are a few noticeable GRAMMAR differences between British and American

English: I'll talk about the two most important ones.

First of all, when Americans make sentences using

'just'

,

'already'

or

'yet'

, they normally use

the past simple tense, while in Britain, we use the present perfect.

So an American, for example, might say:

already had

lunch.

And a British person would say:

I've already had

lunch.

- That's

lunch.

Or...

hasn't

arrived

yet

.

Also, in Britain we often use

'have got'

or

'has got'

when we talk about possession, while

Americans generally just use

'have'

or

'has'

.

So, for example, in American English we might say:

In British English it's more normal to say:

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The meaning's the same, there's just a small grammatical difference that you might notice.

There are these and a few other very small differences, but to be honest, these differences

almost never make it difficult for us to understand each other.

On the other hand, the differences in VOCABULARY between American English and British

English are stronger than the grammatical differences, but again, these very rarely cause

serious problems.

A lot of the words which are different are informal or slang words...

For example, I think many Americans would be unfamiliar with the British slang word

'naff'

,

which means 'un-cool' or 'poor- quality'.

On the other hand, a Brit (a British person) might be very confused by a sentence like:

This means that the café is diagonally opposite to the pharmacy, but we don't have the

word

'kitty- corner'

in British English.

Another example would be telling the time...

If we want to describe

2:45

in Britain, we might say:

to

three

3:15

would be

past

three

On the other hand, in America, these might be:

of

three

2:45

, or

after

three

3:15

.

It's another small difference, but it's one that's not going to cause serious problems - it's

quite easy to get used to.

There are also some differences in SPELLING which I should mention.

One example of this is the verb

'to practise'

:

In British English, this is spelt with an

'S'

, so that's

P-R-A-C-T-I-S-E.

In American English, it's spelt with two

'C's

, so in American English it's

P-R-A-C-T-I- C-E.

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And there are lots of other examples of slight difference of spelling, but about 99% of the

time, British and American people can understand each other without any trouble at all. In

Britain we watch lots of American films and TV programs, and we listen to lots of American

music, so American English is generally very familiar to us.

This is probably not quite so true for an American coming to Britain. Americans, I think, don't

watch quite so much British TV or British movies.

I should also point out that regional English can be an important thing to think about. Not

everyone in Britain talks like James Bond. There are some regional accents in Britain which

you don't hear so often in the movies, and these might be a bit more difficult to get used to.

However, I'd like to finish by saying that many, many Americans live and work in Britain, and

they don't have any serious language problems at all. So, Brittney, my advice to you is: don't

worry about the language, you'll be fine!

第二篇

关于两种拼写

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British and American spelling

There are several areas in which British and American spelling are different. These are the

main ones to be aware of.

Words ending in

–

re

British English words that end in

-re

often end in

-er

in American English:

British

centre

fibre

litre

theatre

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US

center

fiber

liter

theater

or

theatre

Words ending in -our

British English words ending in

-our

usually end in

-or

in American English:

British

US

colour

color

flavour

flavor

humour

humor

labour

labor

neighbour

neighbor

Words ending in -ize or -ise

Verbs in British English that can be spelled with either

-ize

or

-ise

at the end are always

spelled with

-ize

at the end in American English:

British

US

apologize

or

apologise

apologize

organize

or

organise

organize

recognize

or

recognise

recognize

Words ending in -yse

Verbs in British English that end in

-yse

are always spelled

-yze

in American English:

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British

analyse

breathalyse

paralyse

US

analyze

breathalyze

paralyze

Words ending in a vowel plus l

In British spelling, verbs ending in a vowel plus

l

double the

l

when adding endings that begin

with a vowel. In American English, the

l

is not doubled:

British

travel

travelled

travelling

traveller

fuel

fuelled

fuelling

Words spelled with double vowels

British English words that are spelled with the double vowels

ae

or

oe

are just spelled with

an

e

in American English:

fuel

fueled

fueling

US

travel

traveled

traveling

traveler

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British

leukaemia

manoeuvre

oestrogen

paediatric

US

leukemia

maneuver

estrogen

pediatric

Note that in American English, certain terms, such as

archaeology

, keep the

ae

spelling as

standard, although the spelling with just the

e

(i.e.

archeology

) is usually acceptable as well.

Nouns ending with

–

ence

Some nouns that end with

-ence

in British English are spelled

-ense

in American English:

British

defence

licence

offence

pretence

Nouns ending with

–

ogue

Some nouns that end with

-ogue

in British English end with either

-og

or

-ogue

in American

English:

British

US

US

defense

license

offense

pretense

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