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1、DifferencesBetweenAmericanandBritishEnglishWhiletherearecertainlymanymorevarietiesofEnglish,AmericanandBritishEnglisharethetwovarietiesthataretaughtinmostESL/EFLprograms.GrammarVocabularySpellingPronunciationUseofthePresentPerfect(1.1)InBritishEnglishthepre
2、sentperfectisusedtoexpressanactionthathasoccurredintherecentpastthathasaneffectonthepresentmoment.Forexample:I'velostmykey.Canyouhelpmelookforit?InAmericanEnglishthefollowingisalsopossible:Ilostmykey.Canyouhelpmelookforit?UseofthePresentPerfect(2)BritishEng
3、lish:I'vejusthadlunch.I'vealreadyseenthatfilm.Haveyoufinishedyourhomeworkyet?AmericanEnglish:IjusthadlunchORI'vejusthadlunch.I'vealreadyseenthatfilmORIalreadysawthatfilm.Haveyoufinishedyourhomeworkyet?ORDidyoufinishyourhomeworkyet?Possession(2)Whilebothform
4、sarecorrect(andacceptedinbothBritishandAmericanEnglish),havegot(haveyougot,hehasn'tgot,etc.)isgenerallythepreferredForminBritishEnglishwhilemostspeakersofAmericanEnglishemploythehave(doyouhave,hedoesn'thaveetc.)PrepositionsTherearealsoafewdifferencesinprepo
5、sitionuseincludingthefollowing:AmericanEnglishBritishEnglishOntheweekendAttheweekendOnateamInateamPleasewritemesoonPleasewritetomesoonSpelling(1)HerearesomegeneraldifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanspellings:Wordsendingin-or(American)-our(British)color,col
6、our;humor,humour;flavor,flavouretc.Wordsendingin-ize(American)-ise(British)recognize,recognise;patronize,patroniseetc.Spelling(2)Thebestwaytomakesurethatyouarebeingconsistentinyourspellingistousethespellcheckonyourwordprocessor(ifyouareusingthecomputerofcou
7、rse)andchoosewhichvarietyofEnglishyouwouldlike.Pronunciation1、美國英語中，重讀元音常比英國英語讀得要長些，因此英國人認(rèn)為美國人說話拖長腔，而美國人則認(rèn)為英國人說話聲音短促。2、美國英語常常使元音鼻化，也就是說空氣同時從鼻腔和口腔出來，英國英語中，多數(shù)地方的發(fā)音元音都不鼻化，因此，美英兩種口音聽起來很不一樣。ConclusionAsyoucansee,therearereallyveryfewdifferencesbetweenstandardBri
8、tishEnglishandstandardAmericanEnglish.However,thelargestdifferenceisprobablythatofthechoiceofvocabularyandpronunciation.
