British English & American English: 11 Vocabulary Differences · Learn English with Gill · engVid
本视频讲解英美英语中11个常见词汇差异，适合练习日常交流和文化理解。了解这些差异能帮助你在不同英语环境中更准确地表达。
Hello.
你好。
I'm Gill at engVid, and today we have a lesson on vocabulary and some of the differences between American words and British words.
我是 engVid 的 Gill，今天我们将会学习词汇相关的内容，以及美国英语单词和英国英语单词之间的一些区别。
Or...
或者……
Well, it's confusing, isn't it?
嗯，这确实让人感到困惑，不是吗？
If I say English words, they speak English in America as well, so I have to say "British" or "UK".
如果我说的是英语单词，那么在美国人们也会用英语来回应；因此我必须明确指出这些单词属于“英国英语”（British English）或“英国标准英语”（UK English）。
There are different names, but the differences in some of the vocabulary...
虽然这些概念有不同的名称，但在某些词汇的使用上确实存在差异……
I have some examples here on the board.
我在黑板上展示了一些例子。
And just to clarify that I myself am in the UK, I'm British, I'm not American, so if you wonder what my accent is,
需要澄清的是，我本人住在英国，我是英国人，不是美国人。所以，如果你想知道我的口音是什么样的……
I have a British accent or a UK accent.
我的口音带有英国特色（即“British accent”或“UK accent”）。
I don't have an American accent, okay, if you weren't sure.
我没有美国口音，好吧，如果你们之前还有疑问的话。
So, here are some typical differences between the British/UK word for something and the American, and often Canadian as well,
以下是一些英国/英国英语中某个词汇与美国英语（以及加拿大英语）之间的典型差异：
word for the same thing, which I think, you know, people are aware of the differences.
其实这两个词表达的是同一个意思，不过我认为人们也意识到了它们之间的区别。
People who are native English speakers mostly do know both words, but they also know which their preferred one is based on where they're living.
以英语为母语的人通常都知道这两个词，但他们也会根据自己的居住地来选择更喜欢使用哪个词。
Okay.
好的。
So, I suppose if a UK person moved to America, they would gradually start using the different word that's used in America, just...
所以，我想如果一个英国人搬到美国，他们应该会逐渐开始使用美国使用的那个不同的词汇吧……
Just to fit in and just to be clear, to avoid confusion.
只是为了让大家能更好地理解我的意思，同时也是为了避免任何误解。
Okay, so let's have a look and see what we have here.
好的，让我们来看看这里有什么。
So, "trousers" in the UK are usually called "pants" in America.
在英国，人们通常把“裤子”称为“trousers”；而在美国，则把它们称为“pants”。
So, the trousers that people wear, women as well as men, wearing trousers, which is...
那么，人们所穿的裤子——无论是女性还是男性——这些裤子……
I'm wearing trousers.
我穿着裤子。
I'm wearing some denim jeans today, which you probably can't see, but they are trousers.
今天我穿了一条牛仔牛仔裤，不过你们可能看不出来……不过那确实是一条裤子。
But in America, they would be called "pants".
但在美国，它们会被叫做“pants”（裤子）。
And British/UK people think it's quite funny, really, that trousers are called "pants" in America because we have a different meaning for the word "pants".
英国人觉得这真的很有趣：在美国，裤子被称为“pants”，而我们对“pants”这个词有着不同的理解。
And in the UK, "pants" are actually an item of underwear, so it causes a bit of, you know,
在英国，“pants”实际上指的是一种内衣，因此这会引发一些……（意思是这种情况可能会让人感到困惑或不适）。
comedy sometimes to hear trousers described as "pants" if you're a UK person.
在喜剧中，如果你是英国人，有时会听到人们把裤子称为“pants”（而不是“trousers”）。
So, there we are, "trousers" in the UK, "pants" in America.
在英国，我们把这种裤子叫做“trousers”；而在美国，我们则称之为“pants”。
Okay, so next one, we have a couple of things together, here.
好的，接下来我们有一些事情需要一起处理。
When we throw things away in the
当我们把东西扔掉的时候……
UK, we throw them into the dustbin, which is a sort of usually a big plastic container with wheels outside the house.
在英国，我们会把那些东西扔进垃圾桶里。垃圾桶通常是一个带有轮子的大型塑料容器，放在房子外面。
And it's a strange word, really, because "dust" is just sort of powder, dirt.
其实，这个词挺奇怪的——“dust”不过就是粉末或灰尘罢了。
So, we throw a lot more things into that container than dust, but for some reason, going back many years,
所以，我们放入那个容器里的东西远不止灰尘；不过不知为何，从很多年前开始……
it's always been called a "dustbin".
它一直被人们称为“垃圾桶”。
The "bin" meaning a container, but we throw all sorts of things in the dustbin, and what we throw,
bin”这个词的意思是“容器”，但我们把各种各样的东西都扔进垃圾桶里。而我们扔进去的东西……
we call it "rubbish".
我们把它叫做“垃圾”。
But in America, they call it the "trash" or a "trash can" is the container, the "trash" is the rubbish,
但在美国，人们把这种用来装垃圾的容器称为“trash can”（垃圾桶），而“trash”本身指的是垃圾。
but there's also the word "garbage" in America as well.
不过在美国，“garbage”这个词也是存在的。
So, "rubbish" here in the UK, "garbage" in America, the "dustbin" in the UK, and the "trash can" in America.
在英国，“rubbish”指的是垃圾；在美国则称为“garbage”。在英国，“dustbin”是垃圾桶的另一种说法；而在美国则使用“trash can”这一术语。
Okay.
好的。
Right, so then these are very odd because a "boot" is usually what you wear on your feet,
好吧，这些情况确实很奇怪——因为“靴子”通常是穿在脚上的鞋子啊。
you know, shoes or boots.
你知道的，要么穿鞋子，要么穿靴子。