之前英语君为大家整理了美式英语和英式英语的用词上的区别(具体戳:史上最全!英美式英语单词对照表:吐血整理!),今天英语君给大家整理了一个更加全面具体的美式英语和英式英语的区别,一起学起来~
上面的视频,我给大家解读一下:
1.Accent口音It’s difficult to make clear distinctions between US and UK accents when there is such a wide variety of accents within both the US and UK. A Texan and a New Yorker are both Americans, but have very different accents. The same goes for British accents in London, Manchester and Glasgow.要区别清楚美式英语和英式英语是很困难的,因为美国和英国都各自有着各式各样的口音。德克萨斯人和纽约人都是美国人,但是他们的口音也是相当不同的。对于英式口音也一样,在伦敦、曼彻斯特和格拉斯哥的口音也是不一样的。However, some very general distinctions can be made. Americans usually pronounce every “r” in a word, while the British tend to only pronounce the “r” when it’s the first letter of a word.然而,(美式英语和英式英语)也有一些一般的区别。美国人会读出单词里的每个“r”音,而英国人则倾向于只发单词中的第一个“r”音。下面来看一下更加具象化的二者差异:
2.Spelling拼写 含义 美式英语 英式英语 颜色 color colour 行为,态度 behavior behaviour 剧院 theater theatre 米,公尺 meter metre 组织 organize organise 旅行(过去式) traveled travelled3.Vocabulary词汇含义美式英语英式英语 公寓 apartment flat 大学 college university 剧院 theater theatre 假期,休假 vacation holiday 炸马铃薯片 chips crisps 炸薯条 (french) fries chips 电影院 the movies the cinema 软饮料 soda / pop / coke / soft drink soft drink / fizzy drink 软运动鞋 sneakers / tennis shoes trainers 针织套衫 sweater jumper 邮箱 mailbox postbox 创可贴,石膏 band-aid plaster 药店 drugstore chemist’s 足球 soccer football 饼干 cookie biscuit4.Grammar语法Prepositions介词The differences below are only a general rule. American speech has influenced Britain via pop culture, and vice versa. Therefore, some prepositional differences are not as pronounced as they once were.下面举例的区别只是一般规则。美国人的讲话方式通过流行文化影响到了英式英语,反之亦然。因此,有些介词上的区别并不是像它们曾经那样明显了。 中文 美式英语 英式英语 这周末我要去参加一个派对。 I’m going to a party on the weekend. I’m going to a party at the weekend. 你圣诞节要做什么呢? What are you doing on Christmas? What are you doing at Christmas? 从周一到周五。 Monday through Friday. Monday to Friday. 这跟其他人不一样。 It’s different from/than the others. It’s different from/to the others.5.Past Simple vs Present Perfect一般过去时和现在完成时Americans tend to use the past simple when describing something that has recently occurred, while people in the UK are more likely to use the present perfect.美国人倾向于使用一般过去时去描述刚刚发生的事情,而英国人则更可能使用现在完成时来描述过去刚刚发生的事情。 中文 美式英语 英式英语 我吃太多了。 I ate too much. I’ve eaten too much. 我去过商店了。 I went to the store. I’ve been to the shop. 从周一到周五。 Monday through Friday. Monday to Friday. 你拿到报纸了吗? Did you get the newspaper? Have you got the newspaper?6.The past participle of getGet的过去分词区别In the UK, “gotten” as the past participle of “get” is considered archaic and was abandoned long ago in favor of “got” .However, in the US people still use “gotten” as the past participle.在英国,用“gotten”作为“get”的过去分词形式是被认为很老派的,并且在很久之前就使用“got”来取代“gotten”了。然而,在美国,人们仍然使用“gotten”做为“get”的过去分词。 中文 美式英语 英式英语 得到 get — got — gotten get — got — got 我还没有收到关于他的消息。 I haven’t gotten any news about him. I’ve not got any news about him.7.Collective nouns: singular or plural?集合名词:单数还是复数?In British English, a collective noun (like committee, government, team, etc.) can be either singular or plural, but more often tends toward plural, emphasizing the members of the group. Collective nouns in the US, by comparison, are always singular, emphasizing the group as one whole entity.在英式英语中,集合名词(比如committee, government, team等等)作为单数和复数都是可以的,不过