英式英语与美式英语的差异资料讲解.pptVIP

* * * * * “England and America are two countries divided by a common language.” ~George Bernard Shaw why? The English language was first introduced to the Americas by British colonels, beginning in the early 17th century. Over the past 400 years, the form of the language used in the Americas—especially in the United States—and that used in the British Isles have diverged in a few minor ways, leading to the dialects now occasionally referred to as American English and British English. One particular contribution towards formalizing these differences came from Noah Webster, who wrote the first