American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is ¡°Hi¡±. In Britain it is ¡°Hello!¡± or ¡°How are you?¡± ¡°Hi!¡± is creeping£¨²»Öª²»¾õµØ½øÈ룩into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, ¡°Glad to know you. ¡± The British say, ¡°How do you do?¡± or ¡°Pleased to meet you. ¡± When Americans say ¡°Good-bye¡±, they nearly always add, ¡°Have a good day. ¡± or ¡°Have a good trip. ¡± etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use ¡°Have a good day. ¡±
The British usually use ¡°got¡± in the sense of ¡°have¡±. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I have.
There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e. g. check£¨US£©/cheque£¨UK£©. Many American words ending in ¡°or¡±, e. g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an ¡°our,¡± e. g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with ¡°ize¡± or ¡°izing¡± forms, e. g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with ¡°ise¡± or ¡°ising¡±, e. g. organise, realising. In American English, ¡°practice¡± is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt ¡°practise¡±, and the noun ¡°practice. ¡± In AmE, one writes ¡°traveler,¡± while in BrE, one writes ¡°traveller¡±.
It was once
predicted that British and American English would become separate (¸÷×ÔµÄ)languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links£¨ÁªÏµ£©between the two countries are so strong that linguistically£¨ÓïÑÔÉÏ£©,and probably culturally£¨ÎÄ»¯ÉÏ£©too, they are closer together than ever before.
AmE¡ª¡ª American English BrE¡ª¡ªBritish English
СÌâ1:The Americans hardly say ¡°_____¡±
A£®Good-bye. Have a good day! |
B£®Glad to know you! |
C£®Hi! |
D£®Have you got a car? |
СÌâ2:What does the 3
rd paragraph talk about?
A£®There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE. |
B£®Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings. |
C£®There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE. |
D£®The different usages of words in AmE and BrE. |
СÌâ3:Which of the following is TRUE?
A£®The two languages will become separate languages. |
B£®American English will be used more and more. |
C£®The two languages will be closer and closer. |
D£®British English will be used more and more. |
СÌâ4:The underlined word ¡°predicted¡± means ______ in Chinese.
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