One big difference between British and American English is in vocabulary. For example, the British use the word “autumn”_______the Americans use the word “fall”. In this case, the older word is “autumn”. However, about four hundred years ago, the word “autumn” was_______with “fall”. Later, the British returned to “autumn”, while the_______still use “fall”.

Of course, people from many different countries came to America and made their_______to American English. Indeed, in American English there are words from every major_______spoken on Earth. Many of these words are absent in British English.

_______big distinction between American and British English is spelling. After the Americans defeated the British in 1781 and_______independence, they wanted to make their spelling of English words_______Therefore, Americans write “color”_______“colour”.

Finally, the pronunciations and accents are different. Both countries have slowly________the way they say the same words, but in different ways. This process is continuing even today.

Body language is quiet and secret and it is the most powerful language of all! It speaks louder than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more _________ than we realize. In fact, nonverbal communication takes up about 50% of what we really _________. And body language is particularly _________ when we attempt to communicate across cultures. Indeed, what is called body language is so _________ a part of us that it's actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. _________, different societies treat the distance between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having _________ contact (接触) even with friends, and certainly not with _________. People from Latin American countries, _________, touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it's possible that in _________, it may look like a Latino (拉丁美洲人) is __________ a Norwegian (挪威人) all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving closer. The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep __________—which the Latino will in return regard as __________.

Clearly, a great deal is going on when people __________. And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from different cultures, there's a strong possibility of __________. But whatever the situation, the best __________ is to obey the golden rule: treat others as you would like to be treated.

Many language learners think their pronunciation is good enough because their teacher doesn’t correct them too often or because other students can ____ them.  

Pronunciation is the area which is ____ the least attention to in language learning. Working on each student’s pronunciation in class is just ____. Also the students who are ____ at pronunciation may be afraid that it will embarrass their classmates if they help ____ their mistakes.  

If you believe your pronunciation is good enough to ____ because it is good enough for your teacher and other students. You may be ____ when you actually go to a foreign country. One of my friends was the best student in his ____ class in Poland. When he went to America he found Americans didn’t understand what he said.  

Your pronunciation may still be quite different from that of a native speaker. If this is the ____, other people will find it ____ to understand what you’re saying and will not be comfortable with you. ____, don’t think you can communicate in a foreign language until you’ve tested your skills on real native speakers. ____ for native or near native pronunciation so that people you talk to can communicate with you ____. In order to achieve this goal there’s ____ that you will need to start thinking about pronunciation and ____ time on it.