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A、The differences between British English and American English. B、The similarities between British English and American English.
A、The differences between British English and American English. B、The similarities between British English and American English.
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2010-08-04
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问题
M:Good morning,I’m doing a survey for the Department of Health and Social Security and I’d like to ask you a few questions if I may.
W: I suppose that’ll be OK.
M: The first question is what is your full name?
W: Louisa O’Leary.
M: And your age, Mrs. O’Leary?
W: Well ... it’s thirty-four.
M: Really? You don’t look it at all. Now how much does your husband earn?
W: That’s a personal question, but I suppose I should try and be as frank as I can with you--£ 10,000 a year.
M: That isn’t much.
W: Yes.
M: Now what I’m really interested in is the way you spend your money. What about housiug, for example?
W: Well, our house costs us about ... er, £ 300 a month.
M: Oh, that must be difficult with ten thousand a year!
W: It certainly is. I was working before we had the baby, of course. That used to make things a lot easier. Now we’re much less well off.
M: Mm. Apart from the house, where does your money go?
W: Food is the biggest item. That’s about £ 240 a month for food and other small bits and pieces-cleaning materials and so on. For electricity, we only use it for lighting. That’s about £ 50 a year.
M: British English and American English are really about the same, aren’t they?
W: I don’t think so. It seems to the that some of the spellings are different. Words like theater and center end in r-e in England instead of in e-r like we spell them. There are more, examples like the word color. In fact, many words which end in o-r in American English are spelled o - u - r in British English.
M: I’m still not convinced. I mean, if someone comes here from England, we can all understand what he’s saying. The spelling, doesn’t really matter that much.
W: Okay. Are we just talking about spelling? Arc there some differences in pronunciation and meaning too?
M: Well, in fact I remember seeing an English movie where the actors kept calling their apartment a flat. Half of the movie was over before I realized what they were talking about. So there are slight differences in spelling and some vocabulary.
W: And pronunciation, too. You aren’t going to tell me that you sound like Richard Burton.
M: Richard Barton isn’t English.
W: Okay. Anyway, the pronunciation is different. I think that what we are really disagreeing about is the extent of the difference.We all agree that British English and American English are different,right"
M:Sure.
选项
A、The differences between British English and American English.
B、The similarities between British English and American English.
C、The spelling differences between British English and American English.
D、The pronunciation differences between British English and American English.
答案
A
解析
主旨大意题。对话开始两个人就对英式英语和美式英语是否一样展开争论,对话中提到拼写、发音、意义上的差异,最后提到两个人对英式英语和美式英语是有区别的意见一致,可见
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