VOA一分鐘英語(yǔ)：美式拼寫(xiě)和英式拼寫(xiě) 三大區(qū)別

“顏色” 的拼寫(xiě)是 “color” 還是 “colour”？想表示 “組織、安排” 這個(gè)動(dòng)作是用 “organize” 還是 “organise”？雖然美國(guó)人和英國(guó)人都以英語(yǔ)為母語(yǔ)，但他們對(duì)一些相同事物的拼寫(xiě)方法是不一樣的。這兩種英語(yǔ)中，部分單詞在拼寫(xiě)上的區(qū)別有規(guī)可循嗎？

Hi, I’m Georgina from BBC Learning English. In today’s lesson we are going to look at three differences between American English and British English spelling.
Words which end with ‘-er’ in American English often end in ‘-re’ in British English.
For example:
‘I live in the center of town.’ changes to… centre.
Normally, verbs which end in ‘-ize’ in American English can be spelled in British English with either ‘-ize’ or ‘-ise’.
For example:
‘Can you organize the meeting?’ changes to… organise.
Sometimes words with ‘-or’ in American English can be spelled in British English using ‘-our’.
For example:
‘What’s your favorite color?’ changes to… favourite colour.
It doesn’t matter whether you use American English or British English spelling – just make sure you use one or the other!

用法總結(jié)
1 有些在美式拼寫(xiě)中結(jié)尾為 “-er” 的單詞，在英式拼寫(xiě)中以 “-re” 結(jié)尾。
美式拼寫(xiě)：I live in the center of town.    英式拼寫(xiě)：I live in the centre of town.
美式拼寫(xiě)：I’m going to the theater.    英式拼寫(xiě)：I’m going to the theatre.

2 有些在美式拼寫(xiě)中結(jié)尾為 “-ize” 的單詞，在英式拼寫(xiě)中也能以 “-ise” 結(jié)尾。
美式拼寫(xiě)：Can you organize the meeting?    英式拼寫(xiě)：Can you organise the meeting?
美式拼寫(xiě)：She didn’t realize that.    英式拼寫(xiě)：She didn’t realise that.

3 有些在美式拼寫(xiě)中含有 “or” 的單詞，在英式拼寫(xiě)中寫(xiě)作 “our”。
美式拼寫(xiě)：What’s your favorite color?    英式拼寫(xiě)：What’s your favourite colour?
美式拼寫(xiě)：I like your humor.     英式拼寫(xiě)：I like your humour.