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People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. And in the __1__ 300 years, there were __2__ many changes in __3__ places that now people can __4__ tell an English person __5__ an American in the way he or she talks.
Many old words __6__ in England but were kept in America. For example,300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they called either a "faucet ",a "spigot" or a "tap". All these words are __7__ heard in different parts of America, but only "tap" is still common in __8__. Americans often made up new words or changed old __9__ "Corn" is one kind of plant in America and __10__ in England.
Also, over the last three centuries the English language __11__ thousands of new words for things that weren't known __12__. And often, American and English people used two __13__ names for them. A tin can(洋铁罐头) is called "tin" for short in England, but a "can" in America. The word "radio" is __14__ all over the world, including (包括) America. But many English people call it a "wireless". And almost anything having something to do __15__ cars,railroads,etc.__16__ different names in British and American. English.
But now American and British English may he growing closer together. One __17__ is the large amount (数量) of American speech that British people hear daily in movies, on television, or __18__ travelers. __19__ this, Americans seem to be influencing (影响) the British more and more. So some day, English may. even be __20__ on both sides of the Atlantic (大西洋)
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