时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:轻松英文阅读


英语课

 As you probably know, people speak English as their first language in the USA and the UK. However, Americans and British people do not sound alike 1!


Both nations have very similar grammar, and the spelling is almost always the same. Some words are written only somewhat 2 differently.
 
For example, in America, they write “color, C-0-L-O-R”, while in the United 3 Kingdom, the spelling is “C-0-L-O-U-R”.
 
Even if there are differences in the written language, the differences in the spoken language are much easier to spot. You are certainly going to be able to hear that there is a difference when they speak.
 
So, can you hear the difference between an American and British accent?
 
If you are curious to test yourself, you can take a look at this interesting video that will show you some of the differences between American and British English!

1 alike
adj.同样的,相像的;adv.一样地;同程度地 
  • The twins are so alike that I can't tell which is which.这对双胞胎一模一样,我分辨不出谁是谁。
  • All stories seemed dreadfully alike,no matter who told them.看来,不管谁讲,故事都是千篇一律的。
2 somewhat
pron.一些,某物;adv.多少,几分
  • The cake we made was somewhat of a failure.我们做的蛋糕不大成功。
  • The two office buildings are somewhat alike in appearance.这两座办公楼在外形上有点相似。
3 united
adj.和谐的;团结的;联合的,统一的
  • The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
  • The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。
学英语单词
acupuncture and moxibustion therapy
Albula vulpes
Anton Chekov
anywhither
arbitrage of exchange
automated learning management system
ballistic return
balloon type rocket
bellows
business forcasting service
Calori's bursa
combined spinning twisting frame
coronoid process of the mandible
correct measurement
cottontop tamarins
Crockford.
Culmann-Meyer projectorial theory
curriculum materials laboratory
deglycosylates
Diderotian
dinitrophenylhydrazone
dittying
elasticoviscous
Emmen
euram
explique
exponential tapered line
field skip system
flockbed
flogger
fluorospectrometric
follow current
galvanocaustic snare
genny
Gjuvsjå
heinerman
Hi-cap (high capacity)
hydrosulfo
iaryngopharyngitis
interfacial solute adsorption
kinnier
liminf
lithologic similarity
management gap
mean level of earth's surface
micro-coulomb
mis-addressed
mix your metaphors
morows
multifrequency radar
new distribution
notification of an aircraft accident (accid)
Ojo de Agua
on ullage
orgone
P. M.
parity-selection rules
passive optical network
Pibrac
pit mouth
primal-dual simplex method
propyl salicylate
Ptilium
put his name down for
radiogeophysical chemistry
recordance
revertible
romes
rotary valve induction
septuplicate
sharing of structures
signed field
silver mirror reaction
slackness
slowing down power
slownesses
solid phase reaction
spermatocyst forceps
spray machine
stability of dye
study requirement
subblock coding
switch gap
tar oil
thickness of work
tilsuprost
time-travelers
tire-bending machine
Tokyo Broadcasting System
toplin
TR cell
treasure-hunters
tungsten germanite
uht-song
uredo ditissima
use every trick in the book
vesicourethral canal
vladimir vladimirovich putins
watussi n'tori ritual dance (congo)
x - ray beam