更深入地欣赏美式英语

ToAppreciateAmericanEnglish

InaDeeperSenseThelisteningmaterialsinPets2aremostlybasedontheoralEnglishpeopleuseintheirdailylives.WiththepopularityofAmericanEnglish,it’shighlynecessaryforourhighschoolstudentstohaveabetterunderstandingofit.Themicro-skilltraininginthisbookcanhelpthestudentsimprovetheirlisteningcomprehensioninsomeway,butit’sfarfrombeingenoughforthemtofullyunderstandAmericanEnglish.ThebackgroundknowledgeprovidedbelowcanhelpourstudentsappreciateAmericanEnglishmoreprofoundly.华夏天天•百朗时代SummaryHowAmericansSpeak(andwhytheythinkandrespondinthewaystheydo)CulturalDifferencesAmericanvs.BritishEnglish5Do’sOneconversation…华夏天天•百朗时代HowAmericansspeak(andwhytheythinkandrespondinthewaystheydo)

华夏天天•百朗时代MostAmericansare…∙Independent∙Open-minded∙Opinionated∙Well-traveled∙Fromdifferentculturalbackgrounds,religions,ethnicities,etc.∙Educated(whichisnotthesameassmart!)华夏天天•百朗时代TheEnglishthatmostAmericansspeakis…

∙Direct∙Humorous∙Fullofslang∙Fullofculturalreferences∙Lazy(sometimes)∙Rude(sometimes)∙Modern∙Informal华夏天天•百朗时代Intheirconversations,Americanstendto…∙Statetheiropinionsfreely∙Makefunoftheotherpersonifthespeakershaveacloserelationship∙Usealotofexclamations!∙Givegoodadvicebutonlywhenaskedforit∙Usealotof“filler”wordsandphrases(um,like,well,youknow,hmm,Iguess,etc.)华夏天天•百朗时代Americansliketotalkabout…∙Sports∙Politics∙Dating∙TVshows,movies,plays,andbooks∙Famouspeople∙Peopleatworkorschoolthattheylike/dislike∙Traveling∙Thenews∙Eating,drinking,andgoingtoparties∙Theirkids/pets华夏天天•百朗时代Americanstypicallydonotoftentalkabout…∙Theweather∙Goingtothedoctor∙Money∙Sensitivebody-relatedtopics(beingfat,diarrhea,women’speriods,etc.)∙Racialorculturaldifferencesinanegativeorjudgmentalway华夏天天•百朗时代CulturalDifferences华夏天天•百朗时代DidyouknowthatmostAmericans…∙Gotosummercampforweeksatatimestartinginelementaryschool∙Travelabroadbythemselvesintheirlateteens∙Havemanyboyfriends/girlfriendsbythetimetheyreachcollegeorarereadytogetmarried∙Workwhiletheyareinhighschoolandcollege∙Maketheirownchoicesaboutwhattostudy,wheretowork,andwhomtomarry∙Arenotexpectedtotakecareoftheirparentswhentheygetold华夏天天•百朗时代AmericanEnglishvs.BritishEnglish华夏天天•百朗时代AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishdifferintermsof…∙Spelling∙Grammar∙Pronunciation∙Wordchoice∙Idiomsandsayings∙Interjectionsand“filler”words/phrases∙Humor华夏天天•百朗时代AFewSimpleDo’sinAmericanEnglish华夏天天•百朗时代华夏天天•百朗时代5Do’sUsewordslikegonna,gotta,andwannatosoundmorenatural.Usecontractionslikecan’t,won’t,andwouldn’ttosoundmoreinformal.Use“filler”wordslikeuh,um,oh,like,well,hmm,andIguesstosoundmoreauthentic.Beopen-minded,creative,andevenabitwild…that’swhatAmericansarelike!Beclearanddirect,buttrytobefunny,too!华夏天天•百朗时代Fromthefollowingconversation,wecanseehownativeAmericansspeakwitheachotherintheirreallife……华夏天天•百朗时代M:What’sup,Mary?How’sitgoing?W:Hey,Greg!It’sbeenalongtime.Wherehaveyoubeen,man?M:Oh,youknow…justworkingalot.Mydadlosthisjob,soI’vebeentryingtohelpoutasmuchasIcan.W:Dude,thatsucksaboutyourdad’sjob.Mymomgotcannedlastmonth,soIknowhowyoufeel.M:What?!Shegotfired?Howcome?W:Idunno…somethingaboutnotbeingontime,Iguess.M:Well,ifshewasn’tgettingthereontime,maybeshehaditcoming…W:Hangonasec,buddy!Noteveryoneisrichlikeyourfamily!Mymomhadtotakethebusanhoureachwaytogettoherjobbecauseshecouldn’taffordacar!Shewasstillonlylate,like,twiceinthreeyears,so...M:Aw,that’scrazy!Shegotfiredforbeinglatetwotimes?W:Uh-huh.M:Whoa!That’sridiculous.W:Yeah,tellmeaboutit.So,whydidyourdadgetfired?M:Oh,hedidn’tgetfired.Hiscompanywentoutofbusiness,soeveryonelosttheirjobs.W:Wow,thiseconomyisreallygoingdownthetoilet!M:Youcansaythatagain!华夏天天•百朗时代Direct:美国人表达观点的方式直截了当，不遮遮掩掩，不同于英国人的含蓄和保守。喜欢就是喜欢，不喜欢或不同意就直接说No。从这段对话中两个朋友的谈话可略见一斑。Fullofslangs:美国人在日常对话中经常使用俚语，如对话中dude(男人，家伙)，buddy(朋友，伙伴)，godownthetoilet(糟透了)，getcanned(被解雇)等。Lazy:为了省事，美国人常常懒得把单词说全，例如他们经常说的gonna,gotta,wanna。在这段对话中，女士说Idunno,而不是Idon’tknow.

ADetailedAnalysisoftheConversation

华夏天天•百朗时代Informal:口语中会出现很多非正式的表达，如对话中的Thatsucksaboutyourdad’sjob.Hangonasec.

Theuseofexclamations:美国人说话喜欢大量使用感叹词，Oh,man!What?!Whoa!Oh,boy!Mygoodness!这样的感叹句随时可以听到。Theuseof“filler”