浅谈美国英语的发展及其主导倾向

美国虽然是一个新兴的国家，但其语言在300多年的发展过程中，已经跟标准英语有了较大的差别。目前，它仍是一种活动能力和创造能力较强的语言。近几十年来，由于大众传媒作用及美国在世界事务中的地位，英国英语在各方面都受到了美国英语的渗透和影响，尤其是词语方面。因此，认识英语和美语的差异、掌握其规律是非常重要的。

On the Guiding Trend of American English and the Difference between American English and British English in Vocabularies and Phrases

The United States is a newly risen country, but for the past three hundred years, its language has become quite different from the Standard English. At present, it's still an active and creative language. In the last decades, due to the effect of mass media and the position of the United States in world affairs, British English has been permeated and influenced by American English in many ways, especially in vocabularies and phrases. Therefore, it's very important to know the difference between them and master the rules.