美国和英国这两个国家都使用英语，但是在过去的三百年里，由于政治、经济和文化的原因，美式英语和英式英语都发生了很大变化。那它们之间有什么差异呢？Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishTherearemanydifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.Thedifferenceintheaccentisthefirstthingyoumightnotice.Regional(区域的)accentsvarygreatlyasyoutravelwithinGreatBritain，sothereisnowaytoaccurately(准确地)describe“theBritishaccent”.However，accordingtostandardBritishEnglish，Britstendtoomitthe“r”thatcomesattheendofaword.Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishTheseconddifferenceistheuseofwordsthatAmericanseitherdon’tuseorusetomeandifferentthings.Forexample，chipsinBritishEnglishareFrenchfriesinAmericanEnglish，andchipsinAmericanEnglisharecrispsinBritishEnglish.Inaddition，whendescribingfood，Britswillsaysomethingis“nice”，whichmeanspleasingortasty，whereasanAmericanwouldsay“good”．Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishAnotherdifferenceisperhapslessobvious，asitisonlynoticeablewhenreading.PickupaBritishnewspaperandyouwillsoonnoticethatsomewordsarespelleddifferently.TheAmerican“ize”or“yze”endingischangedto“ise”or“yse”inthecaseof“organize”/“organise”，and“analyze”/“analyse”．Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishSomeBritishwordscontainingtwo“l”shaveonlyoneinAmericanEnglish，suchas“cancelled(取消)”and“woollen”．Commonwordsendingin“er”arechangedto“re”inBritishEnglish:centre，theatre.AmericanEnglishwordsendingin“ense”arechangedto“ence”inBritishEnglish，likedefenceandoffence(冒犯)．Britsadda“u”tosomewordsthatendin“or”，suchascolourandneighbour.Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishSectionⅠIntroduction&ReadingandVocabulary—ComprehendingModule1BritishandAmericanEnglishⅠ重点单词1．_____________n.口音2．_____________adj.显然的，显而易见的_____________adv.显然地；明显地3．_____________vi.(英)排队(等候)4．_____________adj.令人困惑的；难懂的_____________v.使困惑；把……弄糊涂_____________adj.混乱的；迷惑不解的；糊涂的_____________n.困惑；混乱；混淆accentobviousobviouslyqueueconfusingconfuseconfusedconfusion5．_____________vt.比较6．_____________vt.省略7．_____________n.种类______________________许多；各种各样的8．_____________vi.不同，有区别_____________n.不同；区别_____________adj.不同的；相异的9．_____________n.评论；讲话_____________adj.值得注意的；显著的；非凡的compareomitvarietyavarietyof/varietiesofdifferdifferencedifferentremarkremarkable10．_____________adv.不断地；持续地_____________adj.持续的；稳固的11．_____________n.开关v.转换；转变_____________打开(电灯或机器等)_____________关掉(电灯或机器等)12．_____________n.结构；体系_________________句子结构steadilysteadyswitchswitchonswitchoffstructuresentencestructureⅡ重点短语1．__________________有相同的特点2．_________________有影响，使不相同3．_____________四处走动(旅行)4．____________________排队5．_______________与……相似6．_____________引起；导致have...incommonmakeadifferencegetaroundqueueup/standinlinebesimilartoleadtoⅢ重点句型1．while用作并列连词，表示对比，意为“而，却”Americansuseaflashlight，______________________(而对英国人来说)，it’satorch.2．havedifficulty(in)doingsth.做某事有困难ALondoner_______________________________________(更难听懂)aScotsmanfromGlasgowthanunderstandingaNewYorker.3．make＋it＋adj.＋forsb.todosth.Thisnonstopcommunication，theexpertsthink，______________________________________________...
