Упражнения “Различия британский – американский British English – American English” (с ответами)
1. Распределите следующие слова на две группы (Британский и Американский), обращая внимание на написание слов.
Favorite – favourite, apologize – apologise, labour – labor, catalogue – catalog, theatre – theater, counselor – counsellor, license – licence, color – colour, hypnotise – hypnotize, center – centre, programme – program, specialize – specialise, traveller – traveler, humour – humor, archaeology – archeology, dialog – dialogue, defence – defense, neighbour – neighbor, kilometre – kilometer.
2. Распределите слова на две группы (Британский и Американский).
Trousers – pants (брюки), gas – petrol (бензин), freeway – motorway (шоссе), a boot – a trunk (багажник), candy – sweets (конфеты), a flashlight – a torch (фонарик), autumn
3. Прочитайте
текст об английской девушке Мэри. Напишите аналогичный рассказ об американской девушке Норе, заменив британские выражения их американскими эквивалентами.Mary lives in a big flat. Every morning she gets up at ten past six and puts on a blouse and a pair of trousers. Mary has a little son, so she has to change his nappy. Then she drinks her coffee with a biscuit and checks her post. Mary works in the city centre, so she takes the underground to get there. Her office is on the ground floor, so she doesn’t use the lift. Mary goes shopping after work. She buys a lot of stuff, so she drives her trolley to the car and puts all the bags into the boot. In the evening when Mary gets home she takes out the rubbish and then she just walks along the pavement. She usually watches some nice film before going to bed.
Мэри живет в большой квартире. Каждое утро она встает в 10 минут седьмого и надевает блузку и брюки. У Мэри есть маленький сын, поэтому она должна поменять ему подгузник. Затем она пьет кофе с печеньем и проверяет почту. Мэрии работает в центре, поэтому она добирается туда на метро. Ее офис находится на первом этаже, поэтому она не пользуется лифтом. После работы Мэри едет за покупками. Она покупает много вещей, поэтому она везет тележку до машины и ставит все пакеты в багажник. Вечером, когда Мэри приходит домой, она выносит мусор и затем просто гуляет по тротуару. Она обычно смотрит какой-нибудь хороший фильм перед сном.
Ответы:
1.
British – favourite, apologise, labour, catalogue, theatre, counsellor, licence, colour, hypnotise, centre, programme, specialise, traveller, humour, archaeology, dialogue, defence, neighbour, kilometre.
American – favorite, apologize, labor, catalog, theater, counselor, license, color, hypnotize, center, program, specialize, traveler, humor, archeology, dialog, defense, neighbor, kilometer.
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British – trousers, petrol, motorway, a boot, sweets, a torch, autumn, a flat, a nappy, underground, pavement, a lift, ground floor, post, biscuits, chips, chemist’s, a lorry, rubbish, mad, holiday, to queue, a trolley, a mobile phone, a city centre, a toilet, engaged, football, a jumper, at five past nine, a taxi, a tin, a tap, a rubber, a film, trainers, a cooker, curtains
American – pants, gas, freeway, a trunk, candy, a flashlight, fall, an apartment, a diaper, subway, sidewalk, an elevator, first floor, mail, cookies, French fries, pharmacy, a truck, garbage, crazy, vacation, to wait in line, a shopping cart, a cell phone, downtown, a restroom, busy, soccer, a sweater, at five after nine, a cab, a can, a faucet, an eraser, a movie, sneakers, a stove, drapes
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Mary lives in a big apartment. Every morning she gets up at ten after six and puts on a blouse and a pair of pants. Mary has a little son, so she has to change his diaper. Then she drinks her coffee with a cookie and checks her mail. Mary works in downtown, so she takes the subway to get there. Her office is on the first floor, so she doesn’t use the elevator. Mary goes shopping after work. She buys a lot of stuff, so she drives her cart to the car and puts all the bags into the trunk. In the evening when Mary gets home she takes out the garbage and then she just walks along the sidewalk. She usually watches some nice movie before going to bed.
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