DifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish

1、Un it 2 En glish around the worldDIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN ENGLISH AND BRITISH ENGLISH1. Differences in Vocabulary（詞匯的區(qū)別）America n En glishBritish En glishChin eseapartme ntflat公寓barpub酒吧bathroomtoilet廁所，洗手間busy (of teleph one )engaged電話占線can (of beans )tin (of beans )罐頭can dysweets糖果chalkboard /

2、 blackboardblackboard黑板checkbanknote /cheque支票cookiebiscuit餅干，小點心crazymad瘋狂的drugstorechemist s藥房elevatorlift電梯eraserrubber橡皮fallautu mn秋天gamematch比賽garbage / trashrubbish垃圾gas, gasoli nepetrol汽油linequeue隊伍livi ng roomsitting room /drawing room客廳madan gry氣憤mailpost郵遞mommum媽媽movie / filmfilm電影pantstro

3、users褲子pen palpenfriend筆友restroom (in public buildings ) public toilet / WC (water closet ) 公廁Santa ClausFather Christmas圣誕老人scheduletimetable時間表sickill生病的soccerfootball足球subwayun dergro und地鐵stovecooker爐子，電爐trillio nbilli on萬億trucklorry / van卡車，貨車be on vacati onbe on holiday度假eleme ntary school / g

4、rade schoolprimary school小學high schoolsec on dary school中學the first floorgro und floor一樓the sec ond floorfirst floor一樓2. Differences in Spelling (拼寫的區(qū)別)America n En glishtheater, cen ter, literBritish En glishtheatre, cen tre, litreprogramstory (of a building )tire (of a car )realize, an alyze, apol

5、ogizedefense, offense, license(n .)programmestorey (of a building )tyre (of a car )realise, an alyse, apologisedefe nee, offen ce, lice nee (n.)bur nt / burnedcolor, honor, labor, odorcolour, honour, labour, odourtraveler, woole ntraveller, woolle nskillful, fulfillcheckcurbskilful, fulfilchequekerbrepairmend修理burneddreameddre