📖 Lesson 02 · Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes 不同的国家有不同的英语

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Voyages of people from England play an important part in spreading the English language.

英国人的航海在传播英语方面起到了重要作用。

voyage 航行、航海 play an important part in 在…中起重要作用 spread 传播、扩散

At present, English is frequently spoken as an official or common language in many countries, such as America, Singapore, Malaysia and some African countries.

目前，在许多国家，例如美国、新加坡、马来西亚和一些非洲国家，英语常常被作为官方语言或通用语言来使用。

at present 目前、现在 frequently 频繁地、经常地 official 官方的、正式的

All based on British English, the English spoken in these countries can be well understood by native English speakers.

这些国家所说的英语都以英式英语为基础，以英语为母语的人都能很好地听懂。

base on 以…为基础 native 本族的、本土的；native speaker 母语者 speaker 说话者、演讲者

But actually, these Englishes have been gradually changing in accents, spellings, expressions and the usage of vocabulary.

但实际上，这些英语在口音、拼写、表达方式和词汇用法上一直在逐渐地变化。

gradually 逐渐地、逐步地 accent 口音 spelling 拼写 usage 用法、使用

Because of this fact, you can make use of the differences to tell which country the foreigners of your block are from.

正因为如此，你可以利用这些差异来判断你那个街区的外国人来自哪个国家。

make use of 利用 foreigner 外国人 block 街区、街区建筑

For example, if a boss fluently commands his driver, "Come up straight to my apartment by elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs", instead of requesting, "Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis", you can recognize his American identity, while the latter suggests that he is British.

例如，如果一位老板流利地命令他的司机说：“坐电梯直接到我的公寓来，给我的卡车和出租车加点汽油”，而不是客气地请求说：“请坐电梯到我的公寓来，给我的卡车和出租车加点汽油”，那么你就能认出他的美国人身份，而后一种（英式）说法则表明他是英国人。

fluently 流利地 command 命令、指挥 identity 身份 latter （两者中的）后者