词汇学英式英语和美式英语的区别.pptxVIP

3. Differences between British and American English 1 . Warming up—jokes！ 一位英国人和美国人在火车站不期而遇 A：What’s your job? E： I’m a clerk. A： Clock? Your job is to tick tick all day long? ” 同一个词clerk,英国人读［cla:k］与美国人clock发音相同。而美国人念［klεrk］ 以上这则笑话就反映了英美两国在语音方面的不同。 2 . Warming up—jokes！ Lift / Elevator： A：How can I get to 20th floor? B：Take a lift. A：Ok ,but who can be so strong to lift me to 20th floor? 在英国, 你可以搭lift. 在美国搭elevator,没有人会把你抬上去的哦! 以上这则笑话就反映了英美两国在词汇方面的不同 3 . Think？ What are other differences between British English and American English？ 4 . Content： Differences in 5 . Part I: Differences in Pronunciation 6 . Notice! 1. British/American pronunciation: most associated with national broadcasting least restricted in its geographical distribution. 2. One the whole, the similarities are(greater/lesser) than the differences. Because: the differences may cause brief hesitation or a smile, but rarely interfere with communication. 7 . I:Differences in Pronunciation 1.The chief differences lie in the vowel sounds. 2.There is also differences in consonants. example (1.) ”r” . Silent : before a consonant; not silent: (1)at the end of a word (2)the next word begins with a vowel but not otherwise AmE. pronounced in all positions in American English BrE 8 . differences in consonants. BrE. farm /fα:m/ door /dɔ:/, a member of /əmembə əv/ AmE. /farm/, /dor/, /əmembər əv/ Example (2) The digraph wh is pronounced /w/ in British English, but /hw/ in American English when ：BrE /wen/， AmE/hwen/ 9 . Brit AmE Key words British American /α:/ (broad) /æ/ (flat) fast, advance /fα:st/,/əd’va:ns/ /fæst/,/əd’væns/ /ɔ/ /a/ hot, stop /hɔt/, /stɔp/ /hat/, /stap/ /ɔ/ /ɔ:/ dog, moth （蛾） /dɔg/, /mɔθ/ /dɔ:g/, /mɔ:θ/ /ju:/ /u:/ tube, absolute /tju:b/,