DifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish

1、Un it 2 En glish around the worldDIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN ENGLISH AND BRITISH ENGLISH1. Differences in Vocabulary（词汇的区别）America n En glishBritish En glishChin eseapartme ntflat公寓barpub酒吧bathroomtoilet厕所，洗手间busy (of teleph one )engaged电话占线can (of beans )tin (of beans )罐头can dysweets糖果chalkboard /

2、 blackboardblackboard黑板checkbanknote /cheque支票cookiebiscuit饼干，小点心crazymad疯狂的drugstorechemist s药房elevatorlift电梯eraserrubber橡皮fallautu mn秋天gamematch比赛garbage / trashrubbish垃圾gas, gasoli nepetrol汽油linequeue队伍livi ng roomsitting room /drawing room客厅madan gry气愤mailpost邮递mommum妈妈movie / filmfilm电影pantstro

3、users裤子pen palpenfriend笔友restroom (in public buildings ) public toilet / WC (water closet ) 公厕Santa ClausFather Christmas圣诞老人scheduletimetable时间表sickill生病的soccerfootball足球subwayun dergro und地铁stovecooker炉子，电炉trillio nbilli on万亿trucklorry / van卡车，货车be on vacati onbe on holiday度假eleme ntary school / g

4、rade schoolprimary school小学high schoolsec on dary school中学the first floorgro und floor一楼the sec ond floorfirst floor一楼2. Differences in Spelling (拼写的区别)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