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。
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agropyron repenss
air-to-air receiver
airmarker
angling clip
area mixogram
ask a question
aspergillus aculeatus
AVCN
awash at low water
Barabash-Levada
befinding
body of hyoid bone
california coffees
Canadian Standards Association
chisel bit
churn lorry
cloth insertion sheet
cohomology theory
collapse field of mangnetic bubble
confuzling
dacker
degree of algebraic equation
Diluvial epoch
drug dependency insomnia
EHPT
exchange trouble
Facraloy
fiant
fictitious power
fire retardant adhesive
first-in first-out method
Franz Kline
frownin'
glyptosternoid
guiled
hardedged
hemophotometer
Heterophyllium
high-pressure sterilizer
hillgruber
hypomineralocorticoidism
inboxing
jdi
kampyle of Eudoxus
kotalanol
lars-erik
lateral planation
libasole
lichen iceland
life care
liquid soap base
marked pellet
matrix metering
message switch
microporous barrier
Mongolian oak
motor-driven generator
motor-driven seed cleaner
mussman
national conference of weights and measures (ncwm)
needle annunciator
one-product
overland transit empty
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Parthenocissus semicordata
PHOLADINA
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Plagioklas
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serial vein
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silico-rudite
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spiking deconvolution
Suberae
sucralose
supersiliceous zeolite
telephone and telegraph
theburden of proof
underground operation
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VEOG
veterinary sciences
viscosity stability
voggy
warm start
yarran