英美英语区别

1、英式和美式英语的差异 读音差异 表达差异 拼写差异 同词异义 同义异词读音差异 （一）单词中字母“r”发音“卷舌”的标志 显而易“听”，卷舌音是美音区别于英音的一大特色。 请注意： A 美音中除了Mrs.中的“r”不卷舌之外，只要含有“r”字母的单词均要卷舌。 美音 英音 spare /speEr/ /speE/ burglar /bErglEr/ /bE:glE/ purpose /pErpEs/ /pE:pEs/ 最典型实例 chairman, horse, dirty （二）在美音中/t/发音与/d/相近 注意：美音中/t/ 出现在两个元音之间且处于非重读位置的时候，发音近似/d/， 而

2、不是完全等同。我们这里用/d/来表示这个近似音。 美音 英音 city /sidi/ /siti/ better /bedEr/ /betE/ pretty /pridi/ /priti/ 最典型实例 waiter, winter, actor, yesterday, chapter （三）美音的/与英音的 /a:/字母a的发音出现在-ss, -st, -th, -ff, -ef, -nce 等前面时，美音把a读为/ 美音 英音 cant /knt/ /ka:nt/ last /lst/ /la:st/ Mask /msk/ /ma:sk/ chance / tns / / tns / adv

3、antage /dvntd/ /dvntd/ 最典型实例 answer, advance, after, ask, banana, branch, castle, commander, example, fast, France, glance, glass, half, last, etc. （四）由“hot dog” 看字母 “o”在美音中的发音。字母 “o” 在美音读为/而在英音中读为/ 美音 英音 bottle /bt()l/ /bt()l/ popular /ppjlr/ /ppjl(r)/ knock /nk/ /nk/ politician / .plt()n / / .plt(

4、)n / 最典型实例 odd, lock, pot, sock, watch, fog, nod, solve, rocket, monopoly（垄断）, shop, etc. （五）字母u和ew在英音和美音的不同 字母u和ew在l, d, n, t 之后， 美音倾向于读/u/, 而英音倾向读/ju/ 美音 英音 Due / du / /dju:/ produce / prdus / / prdjus / attitude / ttd / / ttjud / student / studnt / / stjud()nt / 最典型实例 opportunity，stupid，new etc.

5、Whats new? （六）词尾特殊读音 ile 在美音中“ile” 读为/l/, 在英音中读为 /ail/ 美音 英音 fertile (肥沃) /ftl; (canadian) ftal/ /ftal/ hostile (敌意) /hstl/ /hstal/ missile (导弹) / msl / / msal / textile (纺织品) / tekstl / / tkstal/ （七）组合-ary和-ory结尾Try it now 对比英美音(新概念第三册Lesson 1):Try to read it:A Puma at large Pumas are large, cat li

6、ke animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by pe

7、ople who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.英音美音 Pumas are large, cat like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the evidence began t

8、o accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar. 美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物，产于美洲。当伦敦动物园接到报告说，在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美洲狮时，这些报告并没有受到重视。可是，随着证据越来越多，动物园的专家们感到有必要进行一番调查，因为凡是声称见到过美洲狮的人们所描述的情况竟是出奇地相似。After-class

9、assignment: recording Choose whatever you like and record it as an evidence to show that you will have made some progress in the near future. If possible, try to pronounce it with American or British accent. Bring it to the class next time and share with your classmates.表达差异一. 日期表达如：1988年3月20日 英式用日月

10、年，美式用月日年，且日期里的st，nd，rd不写出来 英式：20th March, 1998 读作 the twentieth of March, nineteen ninety-eight 美式：March20, 1998 读作 March the twentieth, nineteen ninety-eight二. 数字读法 如175 英式：a/one hundred and seventy-five 美式：one hundred seventy-five, 常省略and三. 表述房间号，电话号如 9224， 60009 英式多用double，triple，美式则直接读，三个连用时也用 three +数字复数