在英国你如果待过伦敦

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1、Unit5StudyNewPracticalEnglish1EXITLivinginTianjinPassageIIOhChinese,ThisTorturedLanguagePassageIIAmaBitNervousAboutMyEnglishListeningPracticeTalkRoomGrammarCulturalContactWritingBoxExercisesDidyouarriveatarailwaystationinLondonornot?Didyouaskaporterthewaytoyourhotelorno

2、t?Couldheunderstandyouornot?2.Didheunderstandyouatlastornot?Couldyouunderstandhisanswer?3.DidyourteachereverspeakEnglishlikethatornot?4.Whatdidtheportersaytoyou.5.DoeseachmanspeakadifferentlanguageinEnglandornot?6.Dotheyunderstandeachotherornot?Doyouunderstandthem?Script

3、DOtheEnglishSpeakEnglish?Listentothestoryandtrytoanswerthefollowingquestions.IarrivedinLondonatlast.Therailwaystationwasbig,blackanddark.Ididnotknowthewaytomyhotel,soIaskedaporter.InotonlyspokeEnglishverycarefully,butveryclearlyaswell.Theporter,however,couldnotunderstand

4、me;Irepeatedmyquestionseveraltimesandatlastheunderstood.Heansweredme,buthespokeneitherslowlynorclearly.'Iamaforeigner,'Isaid.Thenhespokeslowly,butIcouldnotunderstandhim.MyteacherneverspokeEnglishlikethat!TheporterandIlookedateachandsmiled.ThenhesaidsomethingandIunderstoo

5、dit.'You'llsoonlearnEnglish!'hesaid.Iwonder.InEngland,eachmanspeaksadifferentlanguage.TheEnglishunderstandeachother,butIdon'tunderstandthem!DotheyspeakEnglish?在英国你如果待过伦敦、伯明翰、利物浦、爱丁堡、都柏林等地的话，会发现各城市的差异。同样的，如果你在美国波士顿、纽约、迈阿密、达拉斯、洛杉矶等地区待过的话，你会发现这些地方的发音、字汇、甚至于文法，都跟其它地方稍有不同。学英文

6、的人有时候会注意到。其实世界上有很多种类的英文，不只英式和美式两种而已。光是在美国境内就有好多种不同的美式英文的方言。英式英文与美式英文的差异如果你在宴会上同时碰到一位美国人与一位英国人，几分钟之内就可以凭着他们的对话辨认出来。最明显的线索当然就是发音，例如dance、butter、no、bird等等，不仅子音、元音的咬字有差异，就连重音位置也常常不一样。英语、美语第二项最明显的差异，就是使用的单词。同样的东西，在美国与英国的称呼不一样。以下举一些最常见的拼字的差异比较小，以下是一些例子:例子：QuestionAmericanEngli

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