The Differences between American English and British English.doc

1 The Differences between American English and British English 美式英语与英式英语的区别 The Differences between American English and British English 2 The spelling of them ? In the United States ’ development of language, spelling have occurred ina similar movement of our simplified characters (The simplified Spelling Movement), delete the word spelling in some of the letters are not pronounced. 1 、英语单词中不发音的词尾-me, -ue 在美语拼写中被删除。? British American ?公斤 kilogramme kilogram ?方案 programme program ?目录 catalogue catalog ?对话 dialogue dialog ?序言 prologue prolog 2 、英语中的以-our 结尾的单词,在美语中删去了不发音的字母 u。? British America ?举止、行为 behaviour behavior ?颜色 colour color 特别喜爱? favourite favorite 风味 flavour flavor ?荣誉 honour honor ?劳动 labour labor 3 、英语中以-re 结尾,读音为[2] 的单词,在美语中改为-er 结尾,读音不变。? British American ?中心 centre center ?纤维 fibre fiber ?公尺 metre meter 4 、英语中某些以-ence 为结尾的单词,在美语中改为- ense 结尾,读音仍为[ns] 。? British American ?防御 defence defense ?犯法行为 offence offense ?执照 licence license ?托词 pretence pretense ?剧场 theatre theater 5 、英语中以-ise 结尾的动词,美语中则拼作-ize 。?例如: ? British American ?批评 criticise criticize ? anize ?实现 realise realize ?辨认 recognise recognize ?使标准化 standardise standardize 6 、英语中以双写-ll- 拼写的部分词,在美语中只有一个-l-, 例如: 3 ? British American ?地方议员 councillor councilor ?顾问 counsellor counselor ?珠宝商 jeweller jeweler ?奇异的 marvellous marvelous ?包裹 parcelled parceled ?旅行 travelling traveling 7 、英语中以- xion[-kJ2n] 结尾的词,美语中拼