長褲是trousers或是pants? 了解英式英語跟美式英語的不同。

如何區(qū)分英式和美式英語

Man:Hey! Nice pants!

Woman:Excuse me?

Man:I said nice pants.

Woman:You can’t see my pants, can you?

Man:Of course I can.

Woman:How can you see my pants?

Man:They’re on your legs!

Woman:Ha. You haven’t been to America recently, have you?

Man:Oh I er …I er actually just got back from LA! That’s “Los Angeles” by the way....

Woman:I know.

Man:Yeah, I picked up some of the American words, and now I forget which ones to use! So confusing!

Woman:We call these “trousers” in Britain.

Man:Of course we do...you know there are so many things …that’s it’s exactly a completely different language sometimes!

Woman:Really?

Man:Yeah!

Woman:Would you like a crisp?

Man:Crisps? In the States, they’re “chips”!

Woman:Oh. So if I want to order our chips in America, what do I ask for?

Man:French fries!

Woman:I see.

Man:And you know what that is, don’t you?

Woman:A fizzy drink.

Man:That’s a “soda”!

Woman:Hmm…

Man:You know the lift over there?

Woman:Yeah?

Man:That’s an elevator.

Woman:Oh really?

Man:You know in the States, you don’t go to watch a film...

Woman:You “watch a movie”!

Man:Exactly! And you don’t walk on the pavement…

Woman:You walk on the “sidewalk”!

Man:You got it!

Woman:I’ve watched a lot of films...oops...movies!

(The End)

Glossary

British English American English

trousers pants

crisps (potato) chips

chips French fries

fizzy drink soda

lift elevator

film movie

pavement sidewalk