Differences between American English and British English

Unit 2 English around the worldDIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN ENGLISH AND BRITISH ENGLISH1Differences in Vocabulary（词汇的区别）American English British English Chineseapartment flat 公寓bar pub 酒吧bathroom toilet 厕所, 洗手间busy（of telephone） engaged 电话占线can（of beans） tin（of beans） 罐头candy sweets 糖果chalkboardblackboard blackboard 黑板check banknotecheque 支票cookie biscuit 饼干, 小点心crazy mad 疯狂的drugstore chemists 药房elevator lift 电梯eraser rubber 橡皮fall autumn 秋天game match 比赛garbagetrash rubbish 垃圾gas, gasoline petrol 汽油line queue 队伍living room sitting roomdrawing room 客厅mad angry 气愤mail post 邮递mom mum 妈妈moviefilm film 电影pants trousers 裤子penpal penfriend 笔友repair mend 修理restroom（in public buildings）public toiletWC（water closet）公厕Santa Claus Father Christmas 圣诞老人schedule timetable 时间表sickill 生病的soccer football 足球subway underground 地铁stove cooker 炉子, 电炉trillion billion 万亿truck lorryvan 卡车, 货车be on vacation be on holiday 度假elementary schoolgrade school primary school 小学high school secondary school 中学the first floor ground floor 一楼the second floor first floor 二楼2Differences in Spelling（拼写的区别）American English British Englishtheater, center, litertheatre, centre, litrecolor, honor, labor, odor colour, honour, labour, odourtraveler, woolen traveller, woollenskillful, fulfill skilful, fulfilcheck chequecurb kerbprogram programmestory（of a building） storey（of a building）tire（of a car）tyre（of a car）realize, analyze, apologize realise, analyse, apologisedefense, offense, license（n）defence, offence, licence（n）burned burnt / burneddreamed dreamt