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在……街 in … street on … street 五点十分 ten past five ten after five 两次 twice two times (女)理发店 hairdresser’s beauty parlor 休假 on holiday on vacation 真的吗？ Really? Is that so? 在周末 at the weekend on the weekend 住院 in hospital in the hospital 一杯咖啡 a coffee a cup of coffee 洗盘子 Do the washing up wash the dishes 没问题，可以 certainly sure 谢谢 Thanks very much. Thanks a lot. Summary With the development of the two countries-America and the UK, the differences in so many fields are clear and are also reflected in their languages. even though there are many similarities in both variants , there are still many differences because of different regions, social background, the ways of people`s thinking, etc. * Thank you ! * * You’d better get there by subway. Subway? Do you mean underground? American English British English The Differences Between American English and British English 08英本三班Group 1: 曹菊红 丁宇雁 方丽 付香香 葛培 A universal language--English About 500 to 700 million people can use English. approximately a quarter of the worlds population . 300 million native speakers:200 million in the US; 50 million in the UK. Varieties of English Australian E New Zealand E Canadian E Caribbean E BE AE What are the 2 best known? Historical background British colonization, beginning in the early 17th century. Close ties---a language that is different from BE. A melting pot of various cultures A confusion 据说英国【泰晤士报】上曾刊登过一篇文章，说是在某处国际会议上有一项提案，英美代表团都表示同意。但英国代表在发言中用了“to table the motion”这一短语，使得美国代表误以为英国代表要“延期讨论该提案，因而表示坚决反对，结果双方发生争执。 事后才弄清楚原来双方对“table”的用法不同。 制作：韶关市一中 王锦霞 * A confusion 1,To table the motion In BE : to submit for discussion or consideration. In AE: to postpone in definitely the discussion or consideration of a legislative bill, motion , etc. Generally, neither of the two is “the best version” The key rule:be consistent in your spelling Different in the following aspects: * The spelling of them In the United States’ development of language, spelling have