Their cars have “bonnets(发动机罩)” lot”. Our “cookies” are their “biscuits”, while their “rubbers” are our “erasers”.
Then there are the food words. Would you want to eat something called “Toad in the Hole” or “Bangers and Mash” or “Spotted Dick”? I'm here to report they are all very tasty. There are American equivalents(相等物), ysterical that we call the “toilet” the “bathroom” and they really double over(弯腰) with laughter when we ask for the“restroom”. American ladies in England who ask for the “little girl's room” or the “power room” will be met with blank stares. A “fag” is a “cigarette” in the UK, which can lead to endless confusion for British visitors looking for a cigarette in America. Americans on the other hand are endlessly confused by English signs put up over doorways saying 揥ay Out? We Americans walk on the sidthewalk not the pavement. “Pavement” in America is the actual cement(水泥) the sidewalk is made of.()11.What do British people call French fries?()12.The examples given at the end of the passage mainly show that ________. British may find it hard to understand each other
()13. What does the underlined word “hysterical” in paragraph 4 probably mean?()14. What is the passage mainly about?Some similar habits between Americans and the British.
B. Different communicating ways between Americans and the British.
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