1、British English VS American 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
3、parents 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. Vo
4、cabulary,3. Spelling,Americans pay more attention to pragmatism(实用主义), and delete the aphonic(不发音的) letters in vocabulary., 英语单词中不发音的词尾：-me，-ue, 英语中的以-our结尾的单词，在美语中删去了不发音的字母u, 英语中以-re结尾在美语中改为er结尾, 英语中某些以-ence为结尾的单词，在美语中改为-ense结尾，读音仍为 /ns/,英语中的-ise动词在美语中拼写为-ize,There is a exception:,4. Pronunciation,
5、英语和美语在读音上的差异主要反映在: 辅音字母r, l; 元音字母a, o, 的不同读音上。,Consonant, r： 英音中，只在元音前有卷舌, /r/和后面的元音结合, 美音中，在拼写中有r时发卷舌音/r/ ，/r/和前面的元音结合,e.g.: clear animosity/nimsiti/，,英语: clea-ranimosity 美语: clear-animosity, l: 辅音/l/前后有元音时 British English：/l/和后面的元音结合, American English：/l/和前面的元音结合，,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 号”：,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 号,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”),B
9、ritish 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: three two zero one one two,e.g.: 999,British English: nine double nine/triple nine American English: nine nine nine/ three nines,Thank you!,
