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英语小测验 英式英语与美式英语：发音的区别你有没有仔细想过英式英语和美式英语在单词的发音上有哪些区别？如果单词的拼写相同，而在英式英语和美式英语中的重音却不同，那么这还是同一个词吗？本期《英语小测验》从单词发音的角度帮你分辨英式英语和美式英语的区别。 1. ‘Thank you for being so hospitable!’ A British English speaker would say this with the word stress ‘hosPITable’. How would an American English speaker pronounce it? a) HOSpitable b) hosPITable c) hospitAble d) hospitABLE 2. The word 'versatile' is pronounced differently in British and American English. Which option below is correct? a) British: /'vɜ:sətaɪl/ American: /'vɜrsətl/ b) British: /'vɜ:səteɪl/ American: /'vɜrsətl/ c) British: /'vɜ:sətaɪl/ American: /'vɜrstæl/ d) British: /'vɜ:səteɪl/ American: /'vɜrstæl/ 3. ‘Better’, ‘water’, ‘writing’, ‘native’, ‘bottom’ and other words with a middle ‘t’ are pronounced differently in British English and American English. What is the difference? a) British English pronounces the ‘t’ but American English does not. b) British English pronounces the ‘t’ fully, whereas American English pronounces the ‘t’ closer to a ‘d’. | 
