7-语体(b)课程教学课件.pptxVIP

Standard British English Standard American English ; American English (AmE) British English (BrE) ; Standard dialects of the two countries are not much different in lexis and syntactic structure. Thanks to the interchange of books and newspapers, films and television programs the differences seem to haven been getting even smaller. ;1. Phonological differences 1) Pronunciation AmE BrE class /?/ /α:/ caught / ? / / ? :/ cot /α/ / ? / bird / ?r/ / ?:/ home /ou/ / ?u/ dear /?r / /?? / ;2) Stress AmE BrE address /?`dres/ /?`dres/ laboratory/`l?br?t ?ri/ /l?`b ?r?tri/ ; 2. Spelling differences AmE BrE esthetic aesthetic color colour defense defence maneuver manoeuvre realize realize/-se;3. Grammatical differences 1) Verb forms (1) The irregular BrE verbs become regularized in AmE BrE AmE burnt burned smelt smelled dreamt dreamed ; (2) The few irregular verbs (BrE) are more used in their regular forms (AmE) He dove (BrE)/dived (AmE) in head first. That suit fit (BrE)/fitted (AmE) him last year. ; 2) Verb tense He just went home. (AmE) He’s just gone home. (BrE) ; 3) V to have (meaning ‘to possess’) BrE Have you any books? No, I haven’t. AmE Do you have any books? No, I don’t. ; 4) The subjunctive They suggested that Smith be dropped from the team. (AmE) They suggested that Smith should be dropped from the team. (BrE) ;5)Prepositions and adverb particles AmE BrE check sth out check sth fill in/out a form fill in a form visit with sb visit sb at the weekend on the weekend Sundays on Sundays ;4. Vocabulary differences 1) Same word different meaning AmE BrE billion a thousand million a million million dumb mute, stupid mute pants trousers underpants school school/ university school ;2) Same concept different word AmE BrE Administration Government apartment flat attorney solicitor/barr