附录译文助读Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishReadingandSpeakingWords，words，wordsBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferentinmanyways.Thefirstandmostobviouswayisinthevocabulary.TherearehundredsofdifferentwordswhicharenotusedontheothersideoftheAtlantic，orwhichareusedwithadifferentmeaning.Someofthesewordsarewellknown—Americansdriveautomobilesdownfreewaysandfillupwithgas；theBritishdrivecarsalongmotorwaysandfillupwithpetrol.Asatourist，youwillneedtousetheundergroundinLondonorthesubwayinNewYork，ormaybeyouwillprefertogetaroundthetownbytaxi(British)orcab(American)．ChipsorFrenchfries?Butotherwordsandexpressionsarenotsowellknown.Americansuseaflashlight，whilefortheBritish，it’satorch.TheBritishqueueup；Americansstandinline.Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning，whichcanbeconfusing.Chips，forexample，arepiecesofhotfriedpotatoinBritain；intheStateschipsareverythinandaresoldinpackets.TheBritishcallthesecrisps.ThechipstheBritishknowandloveareFrenchfriesontheothersideoftheAtlantic.Haveorhavegot?Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar，too.TheBritishsayHaveyougot...?whileAmericanspreferDoyouhave...?AnAmericanmightsayMyfriendjustarrived，butaBritishpersonwouldsayMyfriendhasjustarrived.Prepositions,too，canbedifferent：compareontheteam,ontheweekend(American)withintheteam,attheweekend(British)．TheBritishuseprepositionswhereAmericanssometimesomitthem(I’llseeyouMonday；Writemesoon！)．Colourorcolor?Theothertwoareasinwhichthetwovarietiesdifferarespellingandpronunciation.Americanspellingseemssimpler：center，colorandprograminsteadofcentre，colourandprogramme.ManyfactorshaveinfluencedAmericanpronunciationsincethefirstsettlersarrivedfourhundredyearsago.Theaccent，whichismostsimilartoBritishEnglish，canbeheardontheEastCoastoftheUS.WhentheIrishwriterGeorgeBernardShawmadethefamousremarkthattheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonationsdividedbyacommonlanguage，hewasobviouslythinkingaboutthedifferences.Butaretheyreallysoimportant？Afterall，thereisprobablyasmuchvariationofpronunciationwithinthetwocountriesasbetweenthem.ALondonerhasmoredifficultyunderstandingaScotsmanfromGlasgowthanunderstandingaNewYorker.,词，词，词英式英语和美式英语在很多方面都有所不同。首先最明显的是在词汇方面。有数百个不同的单词在大西洋彼岸是不使用的，或者是有不同的意思。其中有些单词是熟悉的——美国人在freeways上驾驶automobiles，给automobiles加gas；英国人在motorways上驾驶cars，给cars加petrol。作为游客，在伦敦你要乘坐underground，而在纽约则是subway，或者你更愿乘坐taxi(英式)或者cab(美式)游览城市。Chips还是Frenchfries?但是其他一些单词和表达方式没有这么广泛地为人所知。美国人把手电筒称为flashlight，而英国人叫它torch。英国人排队用queueup，而美国人用standinline。有时，同一个单词在意义上有一点细微的差别，这会让人感到很困惑。比如chips这个词在英国是油炸的薯条，在美国却指小包装出售的非常薄的薯片。英国人把这种东西称为crisps。英国人知道而且喜欢的薯条在大西洋对岸被称为Frenchfries。Have还是havegot?在语法上，英式英语和美式英语也有一些区别。英国人说Haveyougot...？而美国人却更喜欢说Doyouhave...？美国人可能会说Myfriendjustarrived，但是英国人会说Myfriendhasjustarrived。介词的用法也有所不同：比较一下ontheteam，ontheweekend(美式)和intheteam，attheweekend(英式)。英国人用介词的地方美国人有时侯可能会省略(I’llseeyouMonday；Writemesoon！)。Colour还是color?另外两个不同之处是拼写和发音。美式英语的拼写好像更简单一些：用center，color和program代替centre，colo...
