Презентация по различиям в Британском Английском и Американском Английском языках

British English VS American English

Difference in lexis

Differences in Spelling

SAE

SBE

month/day/year 12/03/03 December 3, 2003

day/month/year 12/03/03 March 12, 2003

Use of commas and periods inside/outside quotation marks.

He said, "I love you."

He said, 'I love you'.

Business letter salutations, colons vs commas.

Dear Mr. Jones:

Dear Mr Jones,

'Honorifics': Mr. or Mrs. or Dr. Smith (U.S.) vs Mr or Mrs or Dr Smith (GB), etc.

Mr. Smith Mrs. Brown Dr. Wolf

Mr Smith Mrs Brown Dr Wolf

• 1 . Распределите следующие слова на две группы (Британский и Американский), обращая внимание на написание слов.
• favorite – favourite, apologize – apologise, labour – labor, catalogue – catalog, theatre – theater, counselor – counsellor, license – licence, color – colour, hypnotise – hypnotize, center – centre, programme – program, specialize – specialise,  traveller – traveler, humour – humor, archaeology – archeology, dialog – dialogue, defence – defense, neighbour – neighbor, kilometre - kilometer.

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• British – favourite, apologise, labour, catalogue, theatre, counsellor, licence, colour, hypnotise, centre, programme, specialise, traveller, humour, archaeology, dialogue, defence, neighbour, kilometre.
• American – favorite, apologize, labor, catalog, theater, counselor, license, color, hypnotize, center, program, specialize, traveler, humor, archeology, dialog, defense, neighbor, kilometer.

• Прочитайте текст об английской девушке Мэри. Напишите аналогичный рассказ об американской девушке Норе, заменив британские выражения их американскими эквивалентами.
•     Mary lives in a big flat. Every morning she gets up at ten past six and puts on a blouse and a pair of trousers. Mary has a little son, so she has to change his nappy. Then she drinks her coffee with a biscuit and checks her post. Mary works in the city centre, so she takes the underground to get there. Her office is on the ground floor, so she doesn’t use the lift. Mary goes shopping after work. She buys a lot of stuff, so she drives her trolley to the car and puts all the bags into the boot. In the evening when Mary gets home she takes out the rubbish and then she just walks along the pavement. She usually watches some nice film before going to bed.

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• Mary lives in a big apartment. Every morning she gets up at ten after six and puts on a blouse and a pair of pants. Mary has a little son, so she has to change his diaper. Then she drinks her coffee with a cookie and checks her mail. Mary works in downtown, so she takes the subway to get there. Her office is on the first floor, so she doesn’t use the elevator. Mary goes shopping after work. She buys a lot of stuff, so she drives her cart to the car and puts all the bags into the trunk. In the evening when Mary gets home she takes out the garbage and then she just walks along the sidewalk. She usually watches some nice movie before going to bed.