究竟应当进修美式英语照样英式英语(国外英语资料).doc

到底应该学习美式英语还是英式英语 In a certain sense, the English is in English on the basis of a branch of the isolated, or as some linguists say that American English is a has been in the americas land. Although the main body of English and American English two languages (grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, spelling, etc.) is the same, but the most important is English in the process of its development by its unique history, culture, national, regional and other factors, formed its own characteristics, are significantly different with English. The main differences between English and American English are expressed in terms of vocabulary, pronunciation, spelling and speaking, especially the meaning of certain words. And words It mainly refers to the English and American English in said the same thing, choose different words, or the same word has different connotation in English and American English, and in the case of the same word in different usage. The words used in English and American English are different, involving many small aspects of life. Again in the aspect of education, for example, the British people call public school in the school, in the United States called prep school, is sponsored by private, more for rich children attend private schools, the purpose is to prepare students to enter universities for further study in the future. The government-funded public school in the UK is called the council school, because the schools are under the jurisdiction of the Education Committee of the County council. The class in British schools is called form and is called grade or class in American schools. Men in British universities are known as university men, and in American universities they are called college boys. In the British university teachers call staff, system call dons, while in American university faculty. For example, sidewalk is called pavement in the UK and sidewalk in the United States. The British call it a purse or wallet, while americans call it pocketbook.