長褲是trousers或是pants? 了解英式英語跟美式英語的不同。
如何區分英式和美式英語
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
