Which is more useful to you - British or American English?

American 'Bill'. A 'bill' is paper money. You have a 'dollar bill', a 'five-

dollar bill' and so on.

Englishman Right. We call that a 'bank note'. 'Trousers' are an item of

clothing.

American Oh. I know what trousers are! Yes... we call them 'pants'.

Englishman Oh, right.

American Oh, the snack food that's round and flat and fried and thin and

very crisp, we call them 'chips... potato chips'.

Englishman Oh, right. Cold, you mean? We call those, 'crisps'. You buy

them in a packet... 'crisps'. 'Car park', is a place where you park cars.

American We call that a 'parking lot'. If I need some medicine or

something like that I go to see the 'druggist'.

Englishman Right. Oh, is that a place or a person?

American No, the place is the 'drugstore', the 'druggist' is the person

who'll give me the medicine.

Englishman Right, we call that a 'chemist' — but that's the name of the

shop. A 'state school' is a school, which is funded by the state, it's the

opposite of a private school, in other words.

American Oh yes, we call that 'public school'.

Englishman Oh, right.

American Water in a sink comes out of a 'faucet'.

Englishman Ah yes, we call that a 'tap'. 'Traffic lights' — do you know

what those are? When you're driving along the road, and you have to

stop because there are lights...

American You have to stop. So we call them 'stop lights'.

Englishman 'Stop lights'. Right...

American When I get a hamburger I also like to get 'French fries' which

are the strips of fried potato.

Englishman Oh, right — 'chips', we call those. When you travel around,

for example in London on the train under the ground, that's called the

'underground'.

American No. It's called a 'subway', that's what we call it. I fill my car

with 'gas'.

Englishman Ah yes, we call that 'petrol'. There's another item of

clothing — a 'waistcoat'.

American Oh, yeah, that men wear. We call that a 'vest'.

Englishman That's right, it doesn't have any sleeves, yeah? 'Vest'... yeah.

American Every town in America has a 'main street' where all the shops

are.

Englishman Oh, right... No, we call that the 'high street'. Same thing,

'high street'.

Перевод текста: Dialogue - Диалог

Американец 'Bill'. 'Bill' — это бумажная купюра. Есть 'dollar bill' —

купюра в один доллар, a 'five-dollar bill' — купюра в пять долларов.

Англичанин Да, мы называем это 'bank note' — банкнота. 'Trousers'

— предмет гардероба.

Американец Я знаю, что это такое! Мы называем это 'pants' —

брюки.

Англичанин Правильно.

Американец Закуска, круглая, плоская, жареная, тонкая и

хрустящая. Мы называем это 'potato chips' — картофельные чипсы.

Англичанин Так, вы имеете в виду холодное. Мы называем это

'crisps'. Они продаются в пакетах. 'Car park' — место для парковки

автомобилей.

Американец Мы называем это 'parking lot'. Если мне нужно какое-

нибудь лекарство или что-то вроде этого, я иду к аптекарю —

'druggist'.

Англичанин А это место или человек?

Американец Нет, место называется 'drugstore' — аптека. 'Druggist'

— тот, кто выдает лекарства.