Transcript AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH

AMERICAN AND BRITISH
CULTURE AND LANGUAGE
THE UNITED STATES
THE BRITISH ISLES
TYPICAL AMERICAN-JUNK-FOOD
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In the USA, characteristic dishes such as apple pie,
fried chicken, pizza, hamburgers, onion rings and hot
dogs derive from the recipes of various immigrants .
Wheat is the primary cereal grain. Traditional
American cuisine uses ingredients such as turkey,
white-tailed deer venison, potatoes, sweet potatoes,
corn and maple syrup.
Sauces like: Ketchup and mustard are really famose
too.
IF YOU
ARE HUNGRY, CLOSE YOUR
It may not be the healthiest
EYES
AT
MOMENT….
type
of THIS
food inSAME
the world…
but… from time to time it´s
ok. I´m looking forward to
having lunch today… yummy!!
WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN SPORTS
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Since the late 19th century, baseball has been
regarded as the national sport; American football,
basketball, and ice hockey are the country's three
other leading professional team sports. College
football and basketball attract large audiences.
Football is now by several measures the most
popular spectator sport.[203] Boxing and horse
racing were once the most watched individual sports,
but they have been eclipsed by golf and auto racing,
particularly NASCAR. Soccer is played widely at the
youth and amateur levels. Tennis and many outdoor
sports are popular as well.
BASKET, BASEBALL, SOCCER…
TYPICAL BRITISH FOOD
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roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and
lamb chops, Yorkshire pudding, peas, boiled
carrots, gravy and mint humbugs (mint
sweets)."
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Gravy is a sauce made often from the juices that run
naturally from meat or vegetables during cooking.
The gravy may be further coloured and flavoured
with gravy salt (a simple mix of salt and caramel food
colouring) or gravy browning (gravy salt dissolved in
water). Gravy is commonly served with roasts,
meatloaf, rice,[2] and mashed potatoes.
BRITISH ENGLISH
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British English (BrE) is the form of English
used in the United Kingdom. It includes all
English dialects used within the United
Kingdom.
AMERICAN ENGLISH
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American English (AmE) is the form of
English used in the United States. It includes
all English dialects used within the United
States of America.
MAIN DIFFERENCES
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VOCABULARY (i.e, lorry-truck)
PRONUNCIATION (i.e, twenty)
VERBS (i.e, verb “To have” – “To get”)
PREPOSITIONS (AT/ON)
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
VOCABULARY
Different spelling, same pronunciation
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BrE: Colour
AmE: Color
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BrE: Realise
AmE: Realize
BrE: Centre
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 BrE: Traveller
AmE: Center
BrE: Dialogue
AmE: Dialog
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AmE: Traveler
PRONUNCIATION
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Try to pronounce the following words in both:
AmE and BrE:
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Twenty
Schedule
Vitamine
Alligator
VERB: “TO HAVE”
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BrE: “ Have you got any sisters or brothers?”
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“Yes, I have”
AmE: “Do you have any sisters or brothers?”
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“Yes, I do”
VERB: “TO GET”
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BrE: I have got much better at playing tennis.
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Get/got/got
AmE: I have gotten better at playing tennis.
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Get/got/gotten
PREPOSITIONS (AT-ON)
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AmE: ON
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Someone is knocking ON the door.
On weekends, I play paddle with my daddy.
BrE : AT
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Someone is knocking AT the door.
At weekends, I play paddle with my daddy
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
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AMERICAN grades:
BRITISH schoolyears
Prekindergarten
Nursery (babies)
Elementary School
Middle School
Junior School
Primary School
High School
Secondary School
College
University