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
adiabolists
Advanced Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing
aedileships
agitator of armed fighting
all-wave receiver
ananieva
antituberculin
Apt faience
argyros
Arteria profunda clitoridis
backrest angle
bank premises and equipments
barechested
Belle Fourche River
bellottis
bifter
big fat
buggy
Cagniard-De Hoop technique
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carquest
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communication band
crosnierita yante
declaration of income
Dermestril-Septum
despeciated sera
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Doha Round
electro beam welding
emersiprata
fast-evolving
flattening plane
forces on
gaging adjustment
gingival marginal atrophy
greenbrier
hepatitis deltas
high pressure rubber sheet
highmindedness
Hilone
hydrogen controlled covering
hypogymnia pseudophysodes
improve the soil
intercourse between heart and kidney
interstitial cluster
Japonism
Jonestowners
juncturae lumbosacralis
Kameme
kangaroo meat
kickstart
labor supply
langlume
Little Karoo
mathematical program
mesocoracoid
micropipet tip
military base survey
Morungole
n-dimensional vector group
n-pentyl iodide
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Nuway
phyllostictae phormi schroter
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postfix translation
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presoftening
prolymphocytic lymphosarcoma
put someone down
Pyrroxate
QRT
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reground material
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Rockeskyll
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tailheavy
take a moment
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Tridactylidae
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