SECTION 2

Moe :

OK,/I understand. But what about English in the USA? Did a lot of English-speaking people/sail across the Atlantic Ocean to America?

Mr. Brown :

Good guess,/Moe! They went to the North American continent/to avoid religious conflicts/in the 17th century. They created more new words/in their daily lives.

Moe :

I know/there are some differences/in American and British English,/like “elevator” and “lift.”

Mr. Brown :

Also,/the same word can be used/to refer to different things. For example,/“pants” in the USA are trousers. In the UK,/it means underwear. By the way,/do you know/that English is used in many other countries/as an official language?