范文一：英语趣味小故事

One day,a little monkey is playing by the well。

He looks in the well and shouts ,

“Oh，My god，The moon has fallen into the well，”

An older monkeys runs over,takes a look,and says,

“Goodness me，The moon is really in the water，”

And olderly monkey comes over。

He is very surprised as well and cries out,

“The moon is in the well。”

A group of monkeys run over to the well。

They look at the moon in the well and shout,

“The moon did fall into the well，Come on，Let’get it out，”

Then,the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down,with his feet on the branch 。 And he pulls the next monkey’s feet with his hands。

All the other monkeys follow his suit,

And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well。

Just before they reach the moon

the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky,

He yells excitedly “Don’t be so foolish，The moon is still in the sky，”

A woman was having lunch at a restaurant, and she was enjoying the food very much.

But there was a man in the next seat, and he began looking at the floor near her. The

woman was angry and asked,“What are you looking for, sir?”

“A piece of cake,” the man said to her, “My cake fell to the floor. ”

“A piece of cake?” the woman said angrily, “It’s dirty now! Take this, and go back to

your seat! I’m having lunch now. ” The woman gave the man a big piece of cake.

“But,” the man said, “My teeth are in the piece of cake on the floor!

A Good Boy

Little Tom asked his mother for two yuan. “What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday ?” his mother asked.

“I gave it to a poor old woman .” he answered .

“You are a good boy. ” said the mother proudly . “ Here are two more yuan , but why are

you so interested in the old woman ?”

“ She is the one who sells the candy .”

Where is the father?

Two brothers were looking at some beautiful paintings.

"Look," said the elder brother. "How nice these paintings are!"

"Yes," said the younger, "but in all these paintings there is only the mother and the children. Where is the father?"

The elder brother thought for a moment and then explained, "Obviously he was painting

the pictures."

Mrs. Brown was very fat. Her husband thought she should have a balanced diet, and he made her not eat meat or cakes.

One morning, Mrs. Brown made a nice cake for her husband, and he ate half of it. After he went out, Mrs. Brown cut a very small piece of cake and ate it. It was very delicious. Then she cut another piece and ate it, too. In a few minutes she ate up the cake. “My husband is going to be very angry.” She thought, “What should I do?” She made another cake very quickly, ate half of it, and put the other half on the table. Mr. Brown came back later and when he saw the half of the cake on the table, he was very happy.

Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. Once he goes to a cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He buys a ticket and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out, and buys the second ticket and goes in again. After a few minutes he comes out again and buys the third ticket. Two or three minutes after that he comes out and asks for another ticket. But a girl asks him,“Why do you buy so many tickets? How

many friends do you meet?” “No, I have no friends here, but a big woman always stops

me at the door and cuts up my ticket.”

I Wasn't Asleep

When a group of women got on the car, every seat was already occupied. The conductor noticed a man who seemed to be asleep, and fearing he might miss his stop, he

nudged him and said: "Wake up, sir!"

"I wasn't asleep," the man answered.

"Not asleep? But you had your eyes closed."

"I know. I just hate to look at ladies standing up beside me in a crowded car."

Two Holes for the Dogs

My uncle has two dogs. One is big and the other is small. He likes them very much.

One day, Mr. Smith came to visit him. When the friend saw two holes in the door, a large hole and a small hole, he was surprised and said, “My dear friend, why are there two

holes in your door?” “Let my dogs come in and come out, of course,” Mr. Smith asked.

“But why are there two holes? One is enough!” “But how can the big dog go through the

small hole?” my uncle said.

Sometimes a clever man may make such mistakes.

A Silly Man

Fred was going to school. When he passed a park, he saw a man sawing a big branch from a tree. The man was on a ladder and the ladder was against the big branch he was sawing. “Hi, it is dangerous.” Fred shouted. “After you cut off the branch, you will

fall, too.” But the man didn’t believe him, and said angrily, “Go away, you little thing. It’

s none of your business.”

Fred could do nothing, so he left. He didn’t go far before he heard something

crashed. He rushed back and found the man lying on the ground.

Fred asked some men for help. They carried the man to the hospital.

Which Skirt to Wear?

Time is 8 years old, and follows her own ideas. When her parents tell her to do something, she always doesn’t do it.

Today, she will go to a friend’s birthday party. She is now choosing skirt to wear.

She has three skirts: a blue skirt, a white one and a yellow one.

She asks her father, “Which one is the best?” her father says, “I think the blue

one is the best.” Then she asks her mother, “Which one do you think is the best?” Her

mother answers, “ The white one , of course!” Tina says, “Thank you.”

Then she puts on the yellow shirt and goes out.

Ivan came home with a bloody nose and his mother asked, "What happened?"

"A kid bit me," replied Ivan.

"Would you recognize him if you saw him again?" asked his mother.

"I'd know him any where," said Ivan. "I have his ear in my pocket."

Peter was a clever boy. On his first day at school, he learned three words: I, You and She. The teacher taught him how to make sentences with those words. The teacher said, I, I am your teacher; (then pointing to a girl) She, She is your classmate; You, You are my student.

When Peter went home, his father asked him what he had learned at school. Peter said at once, I, I am your teacher; (then pointing to his mother) She, She is your classmate;

You, You are my student His father got angry and said, I, I am your father; (then pointing to his wife) She, She is your mother; You, You are my son.

The next morning at school, the teacher asked Peter if he had learned the three words by heart. Yes, he said proudly, I, I am your father; (then pointing to a girl) She, She is your mother; You, You are my son.

It was Friday that day. The sun was shinning brightly . Mrs. Zhang went to buy a fish in a fish shop. She didn’t know how to cook it. So she asked the shopkeeper to write down the way of cooking on a piece of paper. Then she put the paper into her pocket and left the shop happily with the fish.

On her way home, a white cat took the fish away from her and ran away at once. Mrs. Zhang ran after the cat but she couldn’t catch it. But suddenly she remembered

something and laughed. She shouted to the cat loudly, “You don’t know how to cook the fish. The paper is still in my pocket!”

Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which?

Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer.

Teacher: Please tell us.

Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.

Tom's excuse

Teacher: Tom, why are you late for school every day? Tom: Every time I come to the corner, a sign says, "School-Go Slow". Tom's excuse

A Penny and a Second

一便士和一秒钟

A man goes to church and starts talking to God.

He says: "God, what is a million dollars to you?" and God says: "A penny". Then the man says: "God, what is a million years to you?" and God says: "a second".

Then the man says: "God, can I have a penny?" and God says "In a second".

范文二：趣味英语小故事

趣味英语小故事

A man went to an insurance office to have his life insured. The manager of the office asked him how old his parents were when they died.

Mother had a bad heart and died at the age of thirty. Father died of tuberculosis when he was thirty-five.

I am very sorry,said the manager,we cannot insure your life as your parents were not healthy.

As the man was leaving the office, depressed, he met a clerk, who had overheard the conversation.

You must not be so frank and tell the truth,said the clerk,no office will insure you if you speak like that. Use your imagination a little.

The man went to another office and was shown into the manager’s room.

Well, young man, how old were your parents when they died?

Mother was ninety-three, and she died from a fall off her bicycle. Father was ninety-eight and he died while he was playing

football.

2. An American on a British Train

一个美国人乘英国火车

A young American entered a railway compartment on a British train, to discover that all seats were occupied, Including one on which was seated a small dog. To its owner, a middle-aged lady wearing a large hat, he said politely,Excuse me, ma’am, but may I sit

down?

She said nothing, but merely sniffed and turned over the pages of her newspaper.

Again he said,Excuse me, ma’am, but may I have this seat,

please? And again she ignored him.

For a third time the young American said,Ma’am, would you

please remove your dog so that I may sit down?

And for the third time the snooty matron totally ignored him, so he opened a window, picked up the dog, threw it out, and then sat on the empty seat.

There was a stunned silence, and then an Englishman sitting opposite said,You know, you Yanks are the strangest people. You drive on the wrong side of the road. You eat with the fork in the

wrong hand, you name the floors in the wrong numbers, and now you’ve just thrown the wrong bitch out of the window!

3(A Bad Foot

受伤的脚

There was a bookseller who did not like to pay for anything. One day a big box of books fell on his foot.

Go to the doctor,said his wife，show that foot to him.

No,he said,I’ll wait until the doctor comes to our shop next time. Then I’ll ask him about my foot. If I go to see him, I shall have to pay.

The next day the doctor came to the shop to buy some books. The bookseller told the doctor about his bad foot. The doctor looked at it and promised to help.

He took out a piece of paper and wrote something on it.Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night.he said.

Thank you.said the bookseller.And now, sir, here are your books.

How much?asked the doctor.

Two pounds.

Good,said the doctor.I shall not have to pay you anything

today.

Why?asked the bookseller.

I have examined your foot. I want two pounds for that. If people come to my house, I ask them to pay one pound for a small thing like that. But when I go to their houses, I usually charge two pounds. And I came here today, didn’t I? Bye-bye!

4.The Gold and the Fur Coat

金子与皮大衣

A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station. They sat next to each other.

What’s that in your bag?asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the old man.

Gold, nothing but gold,answered the old man.

The young man could hardly believe his own ears,What?he said to himself in surprise.So much gold? My God! How I wish to be able to get so much gold!Then he began to think about how to get the gold.

The old man looked tired and sleepy and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open.Are you sleepy, sir?asked the young man.Then you’d better lie down on the chair and have a good rest.

Don’t worry about the bus. I’ll wake you up in time.

All right. It’s very kind of you, young man.The old man lay down and before long he fell asleep.

The young man took the big bag gently. But when he was about to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the old man’s body. Several times he tried to pull it out, but he couldn’t.

At last he took off his coat and went away with the bag.

The young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him. When he reached a place where he thought the old man couldn’t find him, he stopped and quickly opened the bag.

To his surprise, there was nothing but a lot of small stones in it. He hurried to the station at once. But when he got there, he found the old man was gone.

5( Shave Me First

先给我刮脸

A barber was in his shop, busily cutting a man’s hair, when a

handsome young stranger came in. He had a small boy with him. They sat down together and waited until the barber had finished. Then the young man told the barber to shave him and to cut the small boy’s hair.

The barber said,Do you want me to cut the boy’s hair first, or

to shave you?

Oh, shave me.said the young man.Then I’ll go down the road

and have a glass of wine while you’re cutting the boy’s hair.

The young man sat down in the barber’s chair, and the barber

began to shave him.

When he had finished, the young man got up and said,I’ll go

down the road now and have my wine while you’re cutting the

boy’s hair.

All right, but I won’t take long.the barber warned him. The

young man went out, the small boy obediently sat down in the barber’s chair，and the barber began to cut his hair.

As he had said, he soon finished, and then the boy sat down and waited. At the end of half an hour, when the young man had still not come back, the barber said to the boy,It is a pity that your daddy’s taking such a long time. Where is he likely to be now?

I can’t guess,answered the small boy.And that man wasn’t my

daddy. I’ve never seen him before in my life. I was playing in the street this morning, and he came up to me and asked me whether I’d like to have my hair cut without having to pay anything. I said I would, because my hair was rather long, so he brought me here.

6.The Man and His Monkey

耍猴的人

A small crowd had gathered round the entrance to the park. His curiosity aroused, Robert crossed the road to see what was happening. He found that the centre of attraction was an old man with a performing monkey. The monkey’s tricks ,he soon discovered,

were in no way remarkable. So after throwing a few pennies in the dirty hat which the man had placed on the pavement, Robert began to move off, along with other members of the crowd.

范文三：趣味英语小故事

1. The Perfect Son. 完美儿子

A: I have the perfect son. A:我有一个很完美的儿子. B: Does he smoke? B:他抽烟吗?

A: No, he doesn't. A:不抽.

B: Does he drink whiskey? B:他喝威士忌酒吗?

A: No, he doesn't. A:不喝.

B: Does he ever come home late? B:他会不会很晚回家? A: No, he doesn't. A:不会.

B: I guess you really do have the perfect son. B:我想你确实有一个完美儿子. 那他多大How old is he? 了?

A: He will be six months old next Wednesday. A:下个星期三就满6个月了

2. I'm Trying to Stop It

"Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your 了吗,”

ear? Is it infected?" “没有，老师。可是你昨天说你告诉我的知"No, sir, but you said yesterday that 识都是一个耳朵里进，

everything you told me 一个耳朵里出，所以我要把它堵在里面went in one ear and out the other , so I am trying to stop it."

“孩子，你为什么用棉花塞住耳朵,它感染

office .”

3. Sorry

“I'm sorry ，Madam ，but I shall have to “对不起，夫人，为您孩子拔牙我要收取20charge you twenty dollars for pulling your 美元。”

boy's tooth .”

“Twenty d ollars! Why ，I understand you to “20美元～为什么,不是说好只要4美元。” say that you charged only four dollars for such

work!” “是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四“Yes ，but this youngster yelled so terribly 个病人吓跑了。”

that he scared four other patients out of the 4.

Teacher:We all know that beat causes an 谁给我举个例子,

object to expand an cold cauese it to contract.

Now，can anyone give me a good example? 约翰:嗯，在夏天天都长，在冬天天都短。John:Well ，in the summer the days are long，

and in the winter the days are short. 老师:我们都知道热胀冷缩的道理。现在，

5. Second language

A mother mouse was out for a stroll with her woof!" The cat was so terrified that it ran for

babies when she spotted a cat crouched behind it's life. a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat Mother mouse turned to her babies and said,

watched the mice. "Now, do you understand the value of a

Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, second language?"

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一只母老鼠带着孩子出来散步，突然她看见非常害怕，拼命跑走了。

一只猫正在灌木丛中虎视耽耽。 母老鼠回过头洋洋自得的对孩子说:“现在

母老鼠向着猫叫道:“汪，汪，汪”，猫听了你知道外语的重要性了吧。

You're Right

Once Mr Henry went to a small town with high mountains all around it. It was a quiet and cool place and some rich people liked to go there for their holidays. A week later, before Mr Henry left the town, he paid thirty pounds for a parrot. When he came back, he began to teach the bird to speak. He tried his best, but it learned only one sentence,“You're right.”He was disappointed and said to the bird angrily，“How foolish you are!”

“You're right,”said the parrot.

The next day Mr Henry took the bird to the market and wanted to sell it for eighty pounds. Before long a fat man came and looked at the parrot carefully. Then he asked,“How much is it, sir?”

Mr Henry didn't hurry to answer and said,“It's a clever bird, you know. It can speak and

sing.”Then he said to the bird,“Are you really worth eighty pounds, my dear?

“You're right,”said the parrot.

The fat man liked it at once and bought it. When he took it home he asked it a lot of questions, but it could only say,“You are right.”

He felt very sorry for it and said to himself angrily,“Why did I spend eighty pounds on such a foolish bird? What a fool I am!

“You're right, answered the parrot.

Hearing this, the man couldn't help laughing and set it free

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范文四：趣味英语小故事

1．Seeing is believing. ( )

2. Look before you leap. ( )

3. Like father, like son. ( )

4. All roads lead to Rome. ( )

5.Where there is a will, there is a way.

有志者，事竟成。

6.eye for eye, tooth for tooth.

以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

7.AS the tree,so the fruit.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

8The older, the wiser.姜是老的辣。

9 Second language

A mother mouse was out for a stroll with her babies when she spotted a cat crouched behind a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat watched the mice.

Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, woof!" The cat was so terrified that it ran for it's life.

Mother mouse turned to her babies and said, "Now, do you understand the value of a second language?"

一只母老鼠带着孩子出来散步，突然她看见一只猫正在灌木丛中虎视耽耽。

母老鼠向着猫叫道：“汪，汪，汪”，猫听了非常害怕，拼命跑走了。

母老鼠回过头洋洋自得的对孩子说：“现在你知道外语的重要性了吧。”

10. Drunk

One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?" "Well, my son," his father replied, "look, there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk."

"But, dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policeman!"

醉酒

一天，父亲与小儿子一道回家。这个孩子正处于那种对什么事都很感兴趣的年龄，老是有提不完的问题。他向父亲发问道：“爸爸，?醉?字是什么意思？” “唔，孩子，”父亲回答说，“你瞧那儿站着两个警察。如果我把他们看成了四个，那么我就算醉了。” “可是，爸爸， ”孩子说，“那儿只有一个警察呀！”

10. Tom: William has asked me for a loan of five pounds. Should I be doing right in lending it to him?

Jack: Certainly.

Tom: And why?

Jack: Because otherwise he would try to borrow it from me.

汤姆：威廉向我借五英镑。我该不该借给他？

杰克：当然应该了。

汤姆：为什么？

杰克：否则他就该跟我借了。

11. Hospitality

The hostess apologized to her unexpected guest for serving an apple-pie without any cheese. The little boy of the family left the room quietly for a moment and returned with a piece of cheese which he laid on the guest's plate. The visitor smiled, put the cheese into his mouth and then said: "You must have better eyes than your mother, sonny. Where did you find the cheese?" "In the rat-trap, sir," replied the boy.

好客

由于客人在吃苹果馅饼时，家里没有奶酪了，于是女主人向大家表示歉意。这家的小男孩悄悄地离开了屋子。过了一会儿，他拿着一片奶酪回到房间，把奶酪放在客人的盘子里。 客人微笑着把奶酪放进嘴里说：“孩子，你的眼睛就是比你妈妈的好。你在哪里找到的奶酪？” “在捕鼠夹上，先生。”那小男孩说。

12. Drunk

One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?" "Well, my son," his father replied, "look, there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk."

"But, dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policeman!"

醉酒

一天，父亲与小儿子一道回家。这个孩子正处于那种对什么事都很感兴趣的年龄，老是有提不完的问题。他向父亲发问道：“爸爸，?醉?字是什么意思？” “唔，孩子，”父亲回答说，“你瞧那儿站着两个警察。如果我把他们看成了四个，那么我就算醉了。” “可是，爸爸， ”孩子说，“那儿只有一个警察呀！”

范文五：英语趣味小故事

英语趣味小故事

一·英语有时候真是莫名其妙，你觉得你明明懂了，可实际上你又没有懂。所以，今天我想讲几件轶事，都是因为没有理解听到看到的东西而闹出的笑话。也许，从他们的经验中，你也可以学到一些东西。

第一个故事发生在秘鲁，一位美国妇女在餐馆里用餐。她问服务员： Excuse me. Where could I wash my hands?

服务员把她带到洗手间，可不巧，正有一些工人在粉刷洗手间的墙壁。工人们一看有人要用洗手间，就准备离开。服务员拦住他们，说：

That’s Ok. Stay. She only wants to wash her hands.

在英语里，wash my hands实际上是上厕所的委婉说法。那个服务员按照字面意思理解，结果闹了笑话。 还有一次，一个留学生在国外的学校第一天上学，心里又兴奋又紧张。一个美国人见到一张新面孔，为了表示友好，就问：

Hi! What’s the good word?

留学生一听到这个，立刻傻眼了，他想：

My God! I don’t know the good word. I’ve studied

English for years, but no one told me about

the good word!

他犹豫再三，想，反正我也不知道，就问问他

好了。于是他吞吞吐吐地问：Hello. What’s the

good word? 老美听了，很随意地说：Oh, not much.

这下，这个留学生就更吃惊了！原来，What’s the

good word? 在美语里，是一句问候语，意思是“你

还好吗？”但问话的人并不指望你把遇到的高兴

的事情都一一告诉他，只是打个招呼而已。但这

个留学生以为对方真的在问什么是Good word，

所以闹了笑话，不过还好，也算给他歪打正着了。

下面的故事就更有意思了。一次，一个美国公司的管理人员给公司一个驻外分部发了一份传真，要求对方把职员的人数报上来。他是这么说的：I need a head count telling the number of people in your factory, the number of people in your office, broken down by sex. 在上面的传真里，broken down by sex是“按照性别分开”的意思，但是分公司的外国职员没有理解“broken down by sex”的意思。不过break something/someone down倒是还有一个意思，就是“把某事物，把某人压服”。

结果，美国总部收到了回音。那份传真是这样说的：Here is your head count. Here we have thirty-five people in our factory, fifteen people in our office, five people in the hospital, none broken down by sex. (这是你要的人头数。我们的工厂里有35人，办公室15人，医院5人，无人因纵欲过度而垮掉。)

最后，他还加了一句：And if you really must know, our problem down here is with alcohol. (如果你非要知道，我们这儿的问题是饮酒过度。) 查字典，break down就是“把??压服，把??压垮”的意思，因此外国职员就把broken down by sex理解成了“因为纵欲过度而垮了”，但是在那样的语言环境下，broken down by sex实际上是“按照性别分开”的意思。美国人

一下子就理解的东西，在外国人眼里，就成了匪夷所思。可见，语言学习还真是麻烦。最好

的办法当然是不断积累，还有，如果有不懂的东西，一定要问明白！

二·英语有时候真是莫名其妙，你觉得你明明懂了，可实际上你又没有懂。 故事发生在秘鲁，一位美国妇女在餐馆里用餐。她问服务员：

excuse me. where could i wash my hands?

服务员把她带到洗手间，可不巧，正有一些工人在粉刷洗手间的墙壁。工人们一看有人要用洗手间，就准备离开。服务员拦住他们，说： that’s ok. stay. she only wants to wash her hands.在英语里，wash my hands实际上是上厕所的委婉说法。那个服务员按照字面意思理解，结果闹了笑话。

三·你听说过有不会游泳的鱼吗？你听说过鱼因不会游泳而淹死的事吗？如果谁有这样的担忧，就和那个被嘲笑了几百年的担心天会塌下来的杞国人没什么差别了，必定会成为人们茶余饭后的笑料。

作为一种本能，鱼儿天生就是会游泳的，完全适应水底生活，如果有人想教鱼儿how to swim，这和在鲁班门前卖弄使斧头的功夫，在孔老夫子面前卖弄写文章的本领又有什么差异呢？

因此，teach a fish how to swim 的含义就是“班门弄斧”，“在孔夫子面前卖文章”。英语中类似的表达还有：teach a dog to chase rabbits；show the President where the White House is； teach the Pope how to pray.

四·In America, if you sit ahead when you take a taxi，the driver will be very happy. 在美国，如果你坐在车前座上，司机会很高兴，他会一路上与你谈笑风生。

But if you sit at the back, the driver will not say a word to you. 但是，如果你坐在后座上，司机则跟你一句话也不说。即便你主动搭讪，人家也爱搭不理的。

原来啊，如果你坐在前面，说明你把司机当作了朋友；你若坐在了后面，便表明对方成了纯粹为你服务的司机，你们就是雇佣关系了。

现在人们往往还是寻求金钱（money）以外的尊重（respect）与友谊（friendship），这看上去虽然只是个座位的问题，但却体现了人与人之间的尊重。

所以啊，如果您有机会在美国打的“take a taxi”，可要记得坐在前面啊！

五·最佳答案有人在美国拉斯维加斯的时候曾经在餐厅里向服务生要“napkin”

，服务生很

纳闷，为什么你找我要“尿布”呢？原来“napkin”在最初在英语中指的是小孩用的尿布，而“餐巾纸”这种含义则在只在美国东部比较流行。 pants‘这个词在美语中是’裤子‘的意思，但在’英式英语‘中却是’内裤‘的意思。如果美国人对英国人说’your pants is very pretty。‘英国人就会认为你这个美国人没素质。 英式英语(English English)和美式英语(American English)的差别是客观存在的，并且在语法上也是有一定差别的。

其实，不单是语法结构方面如此，甚至单词的使用也有这样的倾向。这是说，在"英式英语"和"美式英语"中，假若是用不同的词汇表达同一个意思的，那么，使用"美式英语"的人远较使用"英式英语"者多。 笔者曾对一些用词作过研究，藉此判别上述这种趋势是否普遍存在，结果是肯定的。根据一些英美人士所作的调查，在日常应用的词汇中，"英式英语"和"美式英语"各有表达用语的大约有一千个，其中通用的占了大部分。但所谓"通用"，其实是指英国人采纳了美国人的用词而已。在英、美两国本土以外的地区，使用英文的人习惯了"美式英语"而少用"英式英语"者亦占了大多数。 以下举一些例子说明上述情况的表现。 Antenna，aerial（前者为"美式英语"，后者为"英式英语"，下同）--泛指无线电上使用的"天线"，但antenna远比aerial（或aerial wire）流行。

Apartment，flat--指大厦中的住宅单

位，前者也被译为"（住宅）公寓"。不

过，东南亚地区目前流行用"座"来表达，

故使用flat的机会较多。

Ash，can；dust，bin--指垃圾箱。在

美式英语中，含有同等词义的还有

garbage can和junk一heap，但英式英

语则只有dust一bin（或dust-bin）.

香港目前多用dustbin。但废纸篓的两

种称呼分别是waste一basket和waste

一paper basket，流行度则似乎相等。

Automobile，motor-car--汽车。美式

英语很多时更简为auto，如"车祸"即称

为auto accident。两个字的使用度似乎

相差不大。

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