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基礎數量詞

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, I want A+, English, it's so much fun, English education, for you and everyone, so come along.

A、B、C、D、E、F、G、H、I，我想要 A+，英語，太有趣了，英語教育，為你為大家，一起來吧。

祈使句型

Learn some grammar, learn a phrase, learn something new every day, learn the A+, the way.

學一些文法，學一個短語，每天學點新東西，學 A+，就是這樣。

to 不定詞

Hey, it's time to start the show, are you ready, good, plus here we go, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I want A+, English.

嘿，是時候開始表演了，準備好了嗎，很好，開始了，A、B、C、D、E、F、G、H，我要A+，英語。

Hello everyone and welcome to A+, English, I'm Mike.

大家好，歡迎來到 A+，我是 Mike。

And today we are beginning our article, American versus British English, what's the difference?

今天，我們的文章開始了：美式英語和英式英語，有什麼區別？

Yes, it's famously said, I forget who said it, but they said Britain and America are two countries divided by a common language.

是的，有一句名言，我忘了是誰說的，但他們說英國和美國是被共同語言分割開來的兩個國家。

Okay, that's true, they both speak English.

好吧，沒錯，他們都會說英語。

But different culture and even different spelling, different words, so it's good to kind of, yeah, it's good to be familiar with some of the differences between British English and American English.

但不同的文化，甚至不同的拼寫，不同的單詞，所以熟悉英式英語和美式英語之間的一些差異是有好處的。

Luckily, with television and movies, we can be exposed to both, but some of that might lead to a bit of confusion when you're watching a British TV show and they refer to things with words you've never heard before if you mainly grew up learning American English.

幸運的是，有了電視和電影，我們可以同時接觸到這兩種語言，但如果你主要是學美式英語長大的，當你在看英式電視節目時，他們用你從未聽說過的單詞來指代事物，這可能會讓你感到有些困惑。

So let's look at our warm-up question here, it's what do you know about British English and when do you usually hear it?

讓我們來看看我們的熱身問題：你對英式英語瞭解多少？

Well, as you know, I grew up in Australia, so that's why I tend to follow British English in terms of usage and even spelling.

如你所知，我在澳洲長大，所以在用法甚至拼寫方面，我都傾向於使用英式英語。

Yeah, so you know what, but there are times when I might incorporate Aussie slang and British English speakers might not commonly use.

是的，所以你知道嗎，但有時我可能會加入澳式俚語，而英式英語使用者可能並不常用。

For example, phrases like get a mate or no worries.

例如，"找個伴兒 "或 "別擔心 "等短語。

That's right, or using terms like billabong.

沒錯，還是用 billabong 這樣的詞。

Most people wouldn't know what a billabong is if they didn't live in Australia.

如果不是生活在澳洲，大多數人都不知道什麼是 "billabong"。

And of course, I'm from Canada, and Canada's kind of interesting because we often grew up learning more British English in school, especially many of the spellings of words.

當然，我來自加拿大，加拿大有點有趣，因為我們通常在學校裡學習更多的英式英語，尤其是許多單詞的拼寫。

But then, of course, we're also very exposed to American English.

當然，我們也經常接觸美式英語。

We get American TV, American radio, living in Canada.

生活在加拿大，我們能收聽到美國電視和美國廣播。

So we're kind of familiar with both, but often it's hard for us to decide which is the best because both are so common.

是以，我們對這兩種方法都比較熟悉，但往往很難決定哪種方法最好，因為這兩種方法都很常見。

It can be something that causes confusion, but it can also just be an interesting feature of this common language that isn't exactly the same all around the world.

這可能會引起混淆，但也可能只是這種世界各地不完全相同的通用語言的一個有趣特徵。

So let's get into our article and learn more.

讓我們進入文章，瞭解更多資訊。

In Taiwan, most people learn American English instead of British English at school.

在臺灣，大多數人在學校學習的是美式英語而不是英式英語。

However, both of them are common abroad and quite different.

不過，兩者在國外都很常見，也有很大不同。

Let's check out three different things about them.

讓我們來看看它們的三個不同之處。

People use different words for the same things.

人們用不同的詞來表達相同的事物。

For example, in sports, Britons say football, but Americans say soccer.

例如，在體育運動中，英國人說 football，而美國人說 soccer。

I guess it's safe to say that over the years, Taiwan has had more of an American influence.

我想可以肯定地說，這些年來，臺灣受到了更多美國人的影響。

If you went not too far away to Hong Kong or Singapore, you'd probably find students much more familiar with British English.

如果你去不遠的香港或新加坡，你可能會發現那裡的學生更熟悉英式英語。

But I think here in Taiwan and probably in Japan and Korea as well, American English is the most common form of English taught in schools instead of British English.

但我認為，在臺灣，可能在日本和韓國，學校最常教授的英語形式是美式英語，而不是英式英語。

So in Taiwan, when we say most people are taught American English instead of, that just means rather than.

是以，在臺灣，當我們說大多數人接受的是美式英語教育時，意思就是 "而不是"。

This actually reminds me of a moment when I spelled the word color, c-o-l-o-u-r.

這其實讓我想起了我拼寫 color（顏色）這個單詞的時候，c-o-l-o-u-r。

And one of my students corrected me, insisting it should be color, c-o-l-o-r instead.

我的一個學生糾正了我的說法，堅持認為應該是 color（顏色），而不是 c-o-l-o-r。

I'm like, okay, that's just British English, the way we spell English.

我想，好吧，這就是英國英語，我們拼寫英語的方式。

That o-r at the end of the word, flavor, favor, color.

在 "味道"、"恩惠"、"顏色 "等詞的末尾加上 "或"。

That will often have an extra u in the middle for British and commonly Canadian, Australian, New Zealand English as well.

英式英語中間通常會多出一個 u，加拿大、澳洲和紐西蘭的英語通常也是如此。

I often have to fight with my keyboard when I'm typing on my phone because it's kind of set to American English.

我用手機打字時經常要和鍵盤較勁，因為它被設置成了美式英語。

But if I send a message to my mom or a Canadian friend, I always have to say, no, no, no, I want that u there when I spell color.

但如果我給我媽媽或加拿大朋友發資訊，我總得說，不，不，不，我想在拼寫顏色時把 u 放在那裡。

However, it says both of them are common abroad and quite different.

不過，它說這兩種情況在國外都很常見，而且大相徑庭。

So, yeah, they are quite common as we mentioned.

所以，是的，正如我們提到的，它們很常見。

There's different parts of the world where they'll be more common.

在世界上的不同地方，它們會更常見。

But they are different, different enough to be a little bit confusing and certainly be something to be aware of.

但它們是不同的，不同到足以讓人有點困惑，當然也是需要注意的。

So let's check out some differences between the two languages or the two forms of the language.

是以，讓我們來看看這兩種語言或兩種語言形式之間的一些區別。

In fact, I enjoy learning various expressions from different English-speaking countries.

事實上，我喜歡學習不同英語國家的各種表達方式。

And I think even accents, 口音, can be fascinating.

我認為，即使是口音，也能引人入勝。

And, yeah, remember that word we just saw earlier, abroad?

對了，還記得我們剛才看到的那個詞嗎，"國外"？

That just means overseas, 在海外, right? 國外.

所以，不要把這和上船混為一談。

That is not a British or American English difference.

這不是英式英語或美式英語的區別。

That is just a different word with a different spelling.

These words, these different forms of English will be noticeably different.

這些單詞、這些不同形式的英語會有明顯的不同。

We're talking about word choices or the words you use to talk about certain things.

我們說的是用詞的選擇，或者你用來談論某些事情的詞語。

For example, in sports, Britons, that's people from Britain, they would say football.

例如，在體育運動中，英國人，即來自英國的人，會說足球。

And, of course, here we're talking about the game that you play with kicking a round ball with your feet, the type of game that we see in the World Cup.

當然，這裡說的是用腳踢圓球的比賽，也就是我們在世界盃上看到的那種比賽。

So Americans would say soccer for the sport that they play in the World Cup, but they would say football for, like, the Super Bowl where they wear helmets and throw the ball and that.

是以，美國人會說足球是他們在世界盃上進行的運動，但他們會說橄欖球是他們戴著頭盔扔球的超級碗之類的運動。

Whereas Brits would say football for soccer and American football for what Americans call just football.

英國人會說 football 指足球，而 American football 則指美國人所說的橄欖球。

And, of course, with word choices, there are also other common examples like lift.

當然，在詞語選擇方面，還有其他一些常見的例子，比如電梯。

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